Charity

More than 60 charities have called for an investigation into how the outage occurred Originally Posted Here

The chief executive of the cultural charity OnFife is to step down to take up the top job at a conservation charity. Heather Stuart will leave in October to join the Mount Stuart Trust, the charity that looks after Mount Stuart House and Gardens on the Isle of Bute. She was the first chief executive

The Prime Minister’s plans to give a share of income tax revenue to regional mayors “has the potential to transform our communities”, the head of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations has said. Under the plans, set out by Andy Burnham today, the government will also allow strategic authorities in England to retain some money

Financial regulator engages with CAF Bank amid ongoing outage The Financial Conduct Authority is “actively engaging” with CAF Bank amid a major outage after attempted fraudulent activity. The regulator’s engagement follows a system outage at CAF Bank, which serves more than 14,000 charities and social purpose enterprises, which has prevented many charities from paying staff,

About 60 gardeners working at several Royal Parks sites in London are being balloted for strike action following a pay dispute with the charity’s subcontractor. The union GMB said that about 60 of its members working as gardeners and team leaders would be eligible to vote in the ballot, due to close on 14 August.

The volunteer-run service was offered a free-of-charge licensing agreement, the charity says Originally Posted Here

A research foundation has moved more than a quarter of its total assets out of a global investment bank, after deciding the asset management firm was “incompatible” with its sustainability goals. The Nesta Trust has completed the transfer of £120m from Northern Trust Asset Management to the European asset manager Amundi, as part of its

A children’s health charity has warned it is suffering “serious reputational harm” due to sustained fraudulent activity carried out under its former name. This comes after a large number of fake charity collection bags were found dumped in Suffolk, which claimed to be in support of Be Child Cancer Aware, now Beads of Courage UK.

A charity set up to fundraise for an outdoor education centre in Cumbria has criticised a local authority for failing to consult it on the decision to close the venue. Friends of High Borrans exists to improve access to outdoor learning for disadvantaged children, via the centre, which is in Windermere, Cumbria. North Tyneside Council,

The bank is making changes to its online service after identifying a ‘previously unknown vulnerability’; it says all money is secure by Emily Harle Originally Posted Here

More than 300 staff at the V&A Museum are being balloted for strike action over concerns about pay and health and safety during this year’s record-breaking heatwaves. The ballot, which opened on 23 July and will close at noon on 20 August, has been distributed to Public and Commercial Services Union members at several V&A

The Albert Hunt Trust has announced it will reopen for funding applications from certain charities for “a final time” before its planned closure in 2029. The grantmaker, which was set up in 1979 under the name of the businessman Albert Hunt, supports local charities across the UK, including those providing hospice care, supporting the homeless

The cancer charity Walk the Walk has welcomed David Wright as chief executive.  Wright, who was a trustee of the charity for three years and was appointed chair last year, succeeds founder Nina Barough, who stepped down at the end of 2026 after nearly 30 years.  Wright has more than 30 years’ experience in property and

Campaigners have criticised the grantmaker Creative Scotland for putting the Centre for Contemporary Arts building up for sale on a “rushed timeline”. The 43,000ft2 building was a multi-arts venue and hub run by the charity CCA, which closed abruptly in January. It entered liquidation, closed its building, which is owned by Creative Scotland, and made

Stephanie Peacock has remained as a minister in the renamed Department for Culture, Media and Sport but her responsibilities are yet to be confirmed. The MP for Barnsley South, who has held the charities brief among other responsibilities since July 2024, has been reappointed as a parliamentary under-secretary at the now Department for Digital, Culture,

UK charities spend an estimated 12 million hours on banking administration each year, a report has found. This is equivalent to about 6,000 full-time staff working on nothing but banking tasks, the Charity Finance Group’s third annual charity banking report says. The estimate was based on survey responses from more than 2,400 charities regarding time

The chief executive of MSI Reproductive Choices was awarded a bonus that roughly doubled his pay for the fifth year in a row, new figures show. The charity’s accounts for 2025 show Simon Cooke was awarded a performance-related bonus of £253,763 on top of his base salary of £254,212. This brought Cooke’s total remuneration up to

Regulator ups engagement with Amnesty International UK over removed report The Charity Commission has escalated its engagement with Amnesty International UK to a compliance case, after the charity published a report describing the author JK Rowling’s sexual violence charity as “anti-rights”. This follows Amnesty International UK’s decision to permanently remove the report, which listed Rowling’s

Sarah Ferguson’s charity has been removed from the register of charities after details emerged regarding her relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Sarah’s Trust was founded in 2018 by Ferguson, the former Duchess of York and ex-wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, to introduce philanthropists to causes that need funding to create sustainable change.

Almost 90 per cent of strategists and transformation leaders say significant change is needed, report finds Originally Posted Here

Norfolk Community Law Service has appointed Kate Price as its chief executive. She will join the legal charity in October, succeeding David Powles, who is leaving this month to become chief executive of the Norwich-based homelessness charity St Martins. Price brings more than two decades of leadership experience across local government, health integration, community services

The Charity Commission has escalated its engagement with Amnesty International UK to a compliance case, after it published a report describing the author JK Rowling’s sexual violence charity as “anti-rights”. This follows Amnesty International UK’s decision to permanently remove the report, which listed Rowling’s Beira’s Place among more than 100 organisations it classed as “anti-rights”,

The chief executive of Climate Outreach is leaving after three years in post. The charity, which focuses on public engagement with climate change, said Rachael Orr was leaving to take an “exciting new role in the climate sector”, which is yet to be revealed. In a LinkedIn post, Orr said she would be leaving in

The Office for the Impact Economy will be moved into the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as part of new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s reshuffle.  The department, which was launched by Sir Keir Starmer’s government in November as part of the Cabinet Office, aims to grow the impact made by social investors, philanthropists and

The Charity Commission will publish updated Equality Act guidance in the autumn Originally Posted Here

But charities are being told to approach this relationship with confidence rather than caution Originally Posted Here

The Charity Commission is assessing concerns raised about a social media post by Save the Children UK marking Sir Keir Starmer’s exit from Downing Street, which had sparked criticism from the government. The post, which was published on X last week, suggested Starmer was complicit in the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians, including

Niall Duffy will join Safe Haven for Donkeys in October as chief executive. He will work alongside the charity’s current chief, Andy Foxcroft, for a period until his retirement at the end of the year. Duffy joins from The Donkey Sanctuary, where he has spent the past three years as executive director of policy and

The charity behind the “daily mile” is to become a subsidiary of the London Marathon Foundation.  The Daily Mile Foundation was set up as a charity in 2016 by the headteacher Elaine Wyllie, who had been encouraging her pupils to run around their school grounds for 15 minutes a day to improve their fitness levels. 

The former leader of Victim Support Scotland has been appointed to lead the homelessness charity Cyrenians. Kate Wallace joined the charity at the end of June, succeeding its former chief Ewan Aitken, who left the top job after 12 years. Aitken said leaving Cyrenians would be “very hard” but, after more than 30 years of leadership