Charity

A charity has hit out at “bewildering” government funding decisions as it appealed for help to finance the last phase of a multimillion-pound project to reopen an outdoor swimming pool. The Broomhill Pool Trust, which was founded in 2004, said it was still about £2m short of the total it needed to restore and reopen

A coalition of major charities has officially launched a massive volunteering drive that will take place on the weekend of the King’s coronation.  The Big Help Out will be held on 8 May, the Bank Holiday Monday immediately following the King’s coronation weekend.  Organisers said they are hoping for an “unprecedented community mobilisation” that will

The number of gifts to charity left in wills hit a record high last year, latest figures show. The legacy information company Smee and Ford said the number of individual bequests within charitable estates granted probate in England and Wales in 2022 was the highest recorded at 123,298. The company said the total value of

Stuart Andrew has pledged his “personal commitment” to facilitating collaboration between civil society organisations and the public and private sectors. Speaking at the launch of the Law Family Commission on Civil Society, launched today by the think tank Pro Bono Economics, the civil society minister said: “The power and importance of collaboration across sectors is

The trustee of a UK charity will appear in court in Malta on 3 February as one of the first people in the world to be charged with promoting ‘gay conversion therapy’. Matthew Grech, 33, is a trustee of the County Down charity Core Issues Trust and lives in Malta. He was charged in the

Running costs will remain high, recruitment will be difficult and the political landscape will continue to change, according to a new report looking at 2023. The Road Ahead 2023, published on Wednesday by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, outlined five key insights for charities over the next year. The report said that due to

Guide Dogs UK has moved out of a London office-share with the Royal National Institute of Blind People after the RNIB ended the lease on its building. Last month, Guide Dogs moved its London office from RNIB’s building on Judd Street to the British Medical Association’s premises in Tavistock Square. A Guide Dogs spokesperson told

St Giles Trust has appointed Tracey Burley (pictured) as its new chief executive as Rob Owen steps down from the role. Burley previously worked as interim chief executive of the youth charity Redthread and as chief operating officer of the LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall. Rob Owen, who led St Giles Trust for 15 years, told

A charity shop has made almost £10,000 after finding a mint condition Cartier watch in a bag of donations. The British Heart Foundation sold the sought-after timepiece on eBay for £9,766 after it was discovered in the bag in the shop at Hounslow, London. The Cartier Tank Francaise 18ct gold watch was sent to the

A coalition of 30 charities will hold a “festival of volunteering” later this year to mark the coronation of King Charles III, it has been announced. The Big Help Out will take place on 8 May, the final day of the coronation long weekend, with hundreds of events planned across the UK to highlight the

The early-bird deadline for reduced-rate entry to the Business Charity Awards is just one week away.  The awards, which are run by Third Sector, recognise the outstanding work done by the people and teams behind corporate and charity partnerships. There are 24 categories, spanning sector partnerships and teams. One of those category winners will be

Some “great charities” could go bust before the inflation crisis is over, the chair of the regulator has warned. Orlando Fraser, chair of the Charity Commission, told an online event this morning that, while experts expected cost-of-living pressures to ease in the next 18 months, “tremendous damage” could be done to the sector in the

The Black Equity Organisation, which was launched last year, has named Wanda Wyporska as its chief executive. Wyporska, who takes up the role in March, will lead the national civil rights charity, set up to tackle systemic racism in the UK.  She joins the BEO from the Society of Genealogists, where she is chief executive.

Ten charities are collaborating as part of a project to open a ‘pop-up’ second-hand clothes store in north London. The shop, Charity Super.Mkt, will open next week in Brent Cross for one month. Traid, Age UK, All Aboard, Barnardo’s, Cancer Research UK, Emmaus, Havens Hospice, Save the Children, Marie Curie and Shelter are all donating

The Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into a disability charity after identifying potential “wrongdoing and abuse” by a senior employee. The regulator said it would examine concerns about the Organisation of Blind Africans and Caribbeans, including whether trustees “exercised sufficient oversight” over the charity’s executive team. The commission said it was worried about

Charities must protect themselves from the potentially “devastating” consequences of cyber crime, a government agency has warned. This could include cyber criminals posing as volunteers to infiltrate charities or even being targeted by foreign states, according to the National Cyber Security Centre. About 30 per cent of charities suffered cyber attacks in 2021, the most

Amazon has announced plans to close its main donations tool, which has raised nearly £20m for UK charities in the past decade. The firm said that AmazonSmile, which is used by thousands of charities, will close in a month. In a statement online, Amazon said the programme “had not grown to create the impact that

Voluntary sector leaders should sacrifice their own ambitions to help charities improve society, they were told yesterday. Mark Russell, chief executive of the Children’s Society, said social change was more likely to happen “when leaders don’t care who takes the credit”. He was speaking at an online event hosted by the Good Agency, a campaigns

Voluntary sector leaders should sacrifice their own ambitions to help charities improve society, they were told yesterday. Mark Russell, chief executive of the Children’s Society, said social change was more likely to happen “when leaders don’t care who takes the credit”. He was speaking at an online event hosted by the Good Agency, a campaigns

A charity that supports deaf people has announced that its three joint chief executives have resigned.  The Royal Association for Deaf people said Amanda Casson Webb, Lesley Frearson and Sue Evans will leave at the end of May, after jointly leading the organisation since 2019.  The charity said its board of trustees was in the

Blood Cancer UK has named Helen Rowntree as its permanent chief executive. She has been interim chief executive since November and has secured the role on a permanent basis following an external recruitment process involving trustees, staff and people affected by blood cancer. Rowntree has been with Blood Cancer UK since 2019 as director of

The charity sector could do more to recognise the role of faith in philanthropy, according to a new report. The British Muslim Civil Society report, released yesterday by Mercy Mission UK, said the sector would benefit from the greater inclusion of faith and minority groups in conversations about philanthropy and government partnerships. The report said

Press Release Back in December 2022 Orange Genie continued their tradition of support for their local community by distributing Christmas gifts to some elderly residents. United Kingdom, January 2023 – Back in December 2022, Orange Genie delivered boxes of Christmas gifts to residents in their home town of Aylesbury. Their intention was to support their

The Charity Commission is today accused of trying to “neuter civil society” with controversial guidance about how charity staff behave on their personal social media accounts. The regulator is warning that charities’ reputations could be damaged by the way their staff behave on their own accounts. The commission launched a consultation today on how charities handle

A refugee charity says it has “no regrets whatsoever” about publishing a video in which a Holocaust survivor criticises the Home Secretary, amid a growing row with the government. Freedom From Torture told Third Sector it has no plans to remove the footage, despite a request from the Home Office. It posted the 60-second clip

Entries for the Third Sector Awards, which celebrate the work of charities and the difference they make to society, have opened for 2023. There are 32 categories this year, covering sector excellence, partnerships and talent, including an award for Best Service Delivery Innovation that will recognise outstanding work to help people facing the cost-of-living crisis.

A bid to set up a select committee to look at reforming the charitable and tax status of independent schools and redistributing money to the state sector has been defeated at the end of a caustic Commons debate. Labour’s shadow education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, tabled a motion calling for the establishment of the Fair Taxation

Criminal justice campaigner Christopher Stacey has been named as the next chief executive of Prisoners Abroad. He will make the move in May, taking over from Pauline Crowe. Stacey has been director of support and development at the justice charity Clinks since 2021, and before that worked for 12 years at Unlock, the charity which

The boss of a small charity has revealed how the “logistical nightmare” of having 35 different funders is costing vital funds and giving her sleepless nights. Emma Pears, chief executive and founder of the children’s charity Selfa, called for an urgent overhaul of the funding system, to end the constant round of applying and re-applying

Parkrun Global is under growing pressure from hundreds of its own volunteers to remove David Dinsmore, former editor of The Sun, from its board. By this morning nearly 500 people had signed a letter protesting about Dinsmore’s appointment, including regular runners, event marshals and event directors. But he seems determined to stay on as a