Charity

Charities could face a shortfall of £80m a year after 2027 because of a planned reduction in the rate of income tax, experts have indicated. The change means the value of Gift Aid will fall from 2024, when the basic rate of income tax will be reduced from 20 per cent to 19 per cent,

23rd March 2022: FREE NOW, Europe’s leading multi-mobility platform, takes measures to support refugees from Ukraine. FREE NOW passengers across Europe now have the option to round up the payment for rides directly from the app, and FREE NOW will double the donation amount, up to €100,000 per month, for three consecutive months. Funds raised

Save the Children UK has rejected a £750,000 donation from an international energy firm on the grounds that it would breach the charity’s recently adopted policies on accepting money linked to fossil fuels. Neptune Energy made the donation instead to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Rescue Committee, according to reports

Police are investigating a suspected cyber attack against the Scottish Association for Mental Health. The charity said it had been the target of a “sophisticated and criminal cybersecurity attack”. The attack affected the association’s email system over the weekend, as well as its national phone line, according to a statement on SAMH’s website. SAMH declined

Press Release The business and art worlds are working hand in hand to support Ukraine. The international art leader LUMAS and renowned artist Paolo Pettigiani have joined forces to release a print run of a new photographic artwork on March 22, 2022 with all proceeds going towards providing medical care for the Ukrainian people. The

The Small Charities Coalition is transferring some of its services to the NCVO and Foundation for Social Improvement, as part of the process leading to it winding down at the end of the month. The SCC, which announced closure plans in December, said it had received six proposals to host and maintain services including its

The founder of an animal rehoming charity has been banned from being a charity trustee for 15 years because of her role in serious mismanagement of the organisation. Capricorn Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, which operated an animal rescue service in north Wales, was founded by Sheila Stewart in 1983. The regulator opened a regulatory compliance

The on-the-night total raised by last week’s Red Nose Day fell by more than £9m compared with last year. Organiser Comic Relief announced that the on-the-night amount was £42.8m, down from £52m this time last year. It is the fourth event in a row that the figure has fallen and is almost £36m down on

The Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine Appeal has raised £175m in two weeks, making it the second-biggest fundraising appeal in the organisation’s history, new figures show. The DEC said the appeal raised £55m on its first day, the largest amount raised by one of its appeals in 24 hours, and proceeded to hit the £100m mark

Imperial War Museums has decided not to repay a donation from the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, after taking advice from the government. The Chelsea Football Club owner is one of two dozen Russian nationals whose assets have been frozen by the UK government in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. IWM will keep a donation

A former Charity Commission board member has questioned the prospective appointment of Orlando Fraser as the regulator’s next chair.  The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport announced earlier this month that Fraser, a former Conservative Party parliamentary candidate and a former member of the Charity Commission board, was its choice for next chair of

More than a quarter of foundations are failing on accountability, transparency and diversity practices, according to new research. Twenty-eight of the 100 foundations assessed for the first Foundation Practice Rating were awarded a D grade overall, the lowest score available. Just three were awarded an A grade. The assessment was carried out by the consultancy

English Heritage is reviewing its partnership with P&O Ferries in light of the company’s actions yesterday, when it sacked 800 staff without notice. The partnership enabled English Heritage members to get discounts on P&O travel services, but the charity told Third Sector it had decided to put the relationship on hold. The company has been

A date has been set for MPs to question the government’s preferred candidate for chair of the Charity Commission. The Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee has confirmed that it will interview Orlando Fraser from 10:45am on Thursday 24 March. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport announced earlier this month that Fraser,

A children’s hospice in Wales is set to receive a reported six-figure sum paid as a settlement to the former private secretary of Diana, Princess of Wales, as part of the fallout from her infamous Panorama interview in 1995. Tŷ Hafan will receive the proceeds of a settlement paid by the BBC to Commander Patrick

The walking charity Ramblers has appointed Ross Maloney as chief executive. He succeeds Vanessa Griffiths, who stepped down in January 2020 after serving in the role for four years. Tanya Curry joined the charity as interim chief executive the following month. Maloney will join Ramblers from the Scouts, where he is deputy chief executive and

Oxfam GB has updated records relating to a fifth former member of staff after an investigation into sexual misconduct, bullying and other claims in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The charity said last year that an external investigation had led to three members of staff being sacked and a fourth person would have faced dismissal

Camelot is set to lose the licence to run the National Lottery after nearly three decades. The company said it was “incredibly disappointed” after the Gambling Commission announced the Czech-based company Allwyn Entertainment as its preferred candidate to run the lottery from 2024. Allwyn already operates lottery competitions in the Czech Republic, Austria, Greece and

The Charities Aid Foundation has announced a list of more than 100 organisations that will receive a share of £20m of government funds to help them weather the coronavirus pandemic. The funds are the second phase of the £40m Resilience Fund, which has already given out £19.2m to 645 organisations to help them through the

A former chair of the Charity Commission has criticised the government for lacking urgency in appointing one of his successors. William Shawcross, who was chair of the regulator between October 2012 and January 2018 but is now the Commissioner for Public Appointments, made the comments in his report into the failed appointment of Martin Thomas

The Charity Commission is unaware of any legal action against its investigators conducting its inquiry into the Professional Footballers’ Association Charity despite weekend media reports, Third Sector understands. An article published by the Mail on Sunday newspaper yesterday claimed that four trustees at the PFAC, which is the charitable arm of the professional footballers’ union,

The government is inviting charities to help deliver nearly £400m in funding for youth services over the next three years. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport said any charity interested in partnering on the second phase of the Youth Investment Fund would need to apply by the end of the month. YIF 2

The Labour Party has named a former charity consultant as its shadow civil society minister, filling a vacancy that has been open for three months. Barbara Keeley MP, who represents Worsley and Eccles South, said charities had a role in creating “a better, more prosperous Britain”. She will cover both civil society and arts policy.

Income stabilised last year at the charity behind the Which? brand, 12 months on from suffering a major fall. Total income at the Consumers’ Association was down slightly in the year to June 2021, while spending rose by about £1m, according to accounts filed with Companies House yesterday. The association had a surplus of £4.2m

The Charity Commission has been asked to undertake additional due diligence relating to charities connected to its proposed new chair, Third Sector understands. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport this week announced the commercial barrister Orlando Fraser as its preferred candidate to be the next chair of the regulator. It came after the

Frontline staff at one of the UK’s biggest care charities are to receive a second pay increase in six months. Community Integrated Care announced that salaries for its support workers would next month rise to £10 an hour in England and £11 an hour in Scotland. The rise is expected to affect about 5,000 members

Barnardo’s has appointed one of its joint interim chief executives to the permanent role. Lynn Perry, who has been at the charity for 13 years, has been its corporate director for children’s services since 2019 and took up the top job on a permanent basis yesterday. She has been co-interim chief executive of the charity

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations has named Sarah Vibert as its permanent chief executive. Vibert, who has been the membership body’s interim chief executive for the past year, promised that the NCVO would be a “generous, collaborative leader in the sector and beyond”. The NCVO said more than 200 people applied for the position

Major charity membership bodies and the shadow culture secretary have raised questions about the party political links of the government’s choice of candidate for the next chair of the Charity Commission. The membership bodies Acevo and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations said they were concerned about the links to the Conservative Party of the

The Charity Commission has criticised three former trustees of an educational charity after the husband of the charity’s founder was given money to pay for hairdressing appointments, concerts and weekend trips away. The regulator has published a report into its inquiry into Hope House School, which runs a small independent school near Newark, Nottinghamshire, for