Charity

Naomi Campbell has had a Charity Commission order banning her from being a trustee for five years overturned. The supermodel was disqualified from trusteeship for five years in September 2024, after a Charity Commission inquiry found the charity she founded spent less than 9 per cent of its total expenditure on charitable grants. Fashion for

Charity leaders have paid tribute to the “pioneering” charitable work of broadcaster and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen, who has died aged 86. The TV presenter and campaigner founded Childline in 1986, which merged into the NSPCC in 2005, and The Silver Line in 2013. She died yesterday after years of living with terminal lung cancer,

The health charity Coeliac UK has appointed a former senior leader at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations as its next chief executive.  Saskia Konynenburg, who spent almost four years in senior leadership positions at the NCVO, is the long-term successor to Hilary Croft.  Croft left Coeliac UK last month after seven years to take

Thirteen jobs have been saved at a Scottish arts and culture magazine after its publisher was acquired by a charity. The Skinny was founded in 2005 by a group of volunteers to cover arts and cultural events in Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond, according to its website. The magazine, which is published by the community interest

Imran Sanaullah, who previously led two foundations in parallel, has taken the helm at Charity Digital. He succeeds Jonathan Chevallier, who left in January 2025 to pursue other career interests, the charity said. According to his LinkedIn profile, Chevallier is working as a consultant with a focus on business and digital strategy, sales and marketing.

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising recorded a deficit of almost £200,000 as its income dropped by more than £400,000 last year, latest figures show. The membership body’s accounts for the year to the end of December 2025 show it had an income of £4.4m, down from £4.8m in the previous 12 months. Spending dropped by

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A community support charity has closed its homelessness day centre after four years due to financial issues. The Foxton, which is based in Preston, Lancashire, provides homelessness, youth and women’s support services in the local area. The charity closed its day centre on 25 September due to reduced funding but said it was “incredibly proud”

The National Lottery Community Fund has pushed for increased collaboration between individual lottery funding distributors to create a simplified system for applicants. The call comes in the NLCF’s response to the government’s call for evidence on how the grantmaker’s good cause funding should be spent, which closed this week. The NLCF said it welcomed the

Funders and charities must become “comfortable with uncertainty” in order for place-based giving to succeed, according to a new report. The report, from the Centre for Place-Based Giving, which is part of the network Funders Together, brings together insights and case studies from 27 giving schemes across London, Bedford and Manchester. These schemes have raised

A nurse-led cancer charity has announced its closure due to rising costs and the loss of NHS funding. The Wirral-based Holistic Cancer Centre has provided therapeutic, emotional and practical support to people with cancer and their families since 1988. In a statement, the charity said the loss of long-standing NHS funding combined with rising operational

The dental health charity the Oral Health Foundation has appointed Andrew Hay as its next chief executive. Hay, who has spent more than 40 years working in retail, for Sainsbury’s and latterly the Co-op, is the long-term successor to Nigel Carter, who retired in March due to ill health after almost 30 years in the

Reach Volunteering saved from closure A group of funders and an anonymous donor have saved the charity by pledging almost half a million pounds to keep it running. The 45-year-old charity said the funds would allow it to transform its model and become sustainable for years to come. Reach Volunteering connects charities with volunteers via

The Victoria & Albert Museum is launching a voluntary exit scheme for staff, as employees at its main site in South Kensington continue with planned strike action. The V&A said it was facing “rising operational costs, driven by inflation, economic uncertainty and reduced visitor spending”, adding that it was exploring a wide range of cost-saving

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Stevie Tyler has been named as the first chief executive of the Adult Literacy Trust. The charity, which was formed in 2021, provides one-to-one reading support and confidence-building for adults with poor literacy, working alongside formal education providers. Tyler has more than 20 years of experience in the charity sector and was chief executive of

Melisha John has been named the sole chief executive of My Life My Say, after more than two years as co-leader. The appointment comes after her former co-chief executive, Dan Lawes, left the youth voice and democracy charity this week. Lawes had worked at the organisation for three years, two of them in the co-leadership

Arts Council England has launched a “more straightforward” application process for its redesigned, longer National Portfolio programme, but has warned applicants that “money is tight”. The grantmaker has published the details of its redesigned National Portfolio funding programme, ahead of applications opening next month. For the first time, the programme will last five years, from

An anti-racism charity says it is “disappointed” that a Reform UK-led council has withdrawn its support for the charity’s annual campaigning day. Sunderland City Council announced at a council meeting last week it was ending its formal affiliation with Wear Red Day, a national campaign run by the charity Show Racism the Red Card. Wear

Islamic Relief Worldwide has told its supporters that it is “not leaving” America after expelling its US affiliate from its international network. IRW has also clarified that the US organisation, which has changed its name, is no longer associated with the Islamic Relief brand, programmes or global delivery network. This follows a resolution passed by

The policy director of the National Youth Agency has been appointed chief executive of the education charity Titan Partnership. Harriet McCann will join the north and west Birmingham education charity on 12 October. She succeeds the charity’s last permanent chief executive, Jas Rohel, who left a year ago to pursue other opportunities, a spokesperson for

A family support charity in Elmbridge has named its first chief executive. Cathy Garling joined Oasis Charity on 14 September, bringing more than 25 years’ experience in the charity, professional membership and media sectors to the role. The charity supports children, young people and families facing challenging circumstances – such as domestic abuse, financial hardship

The Upper Tier tribunal has refused an appeal by an academic body looking to press the Charity Commission to investigate a membership charity amid claims of “harmful and discriminatory practices”. The City Doctoral Researchers Association, which is part of City St George’s, University of London, saw its appeal refused at a hearing last week. The

Eight out of 10 high-net-worth donors want to work with other philanthropists but fewer than one in 10 actually do, research indicates.  The Swiss banking and wealth management group Lombard Odier’s The Next [Gen] Chapter of Philanthropy report is based on research among 260 high-net-worth individuals split equally across four markets, including the UK. It

Charities minister confirmed after almost two-month wait Vicky Foxcroft has been announced as the new charities minister, almost two months after the government’s reshuffle began. Stephanie Peacock, who had been the charities minister since the 2024 general election, remains at the DCMS but has had her previously long list of responsibilities reduced. Peacock will also

A record £370m was distributed to the National Lottery Community Fund through the Dormant Assets Scheme last year, new figures show. The scheme is operated by Reclaim Fund Ltd, a not-for-profit body owned by HM Treasury. Reclaim Fund’s accounts for the year to the end of March 2026 show the body distributed £370.3m to the

Lisa Gibson has been appointed as the chief executive of Lincolnshire Rural Support Network. Gibson will join the charity, which supports people working in the region’s farming industry, on 21 September. She succeeds Amy Thomas, who is leaving after five years to become director of services and impact at YMCA Lincolnshire. Gibson worked at Cambridgeshire,

The culture secretary has pledged to “tighten up the law” after some RNLI volunteers and staff faced threats and abuse online earlier this month. Lisa Nandy said the government would crack down on social media sites to prevent people’s personal information, such as their home addresses, being published, known as doxxing.  This follows reports that

Charities with a culture of transparency around risk will be better placed to adapt to a changing world, according to the programmes lead at Turn2us. Speaking at the Association of Charitable Organisations’ annual conference, Polly Trenow, who is the co-head of programmes at the financial insecurity charity, said leaders must be willing to talk about

Staff at the Victoria & Albert Museum will take two further days of strike action later this month as part of an ongoing row over pay and working conditions. The PCS and Prospect unions both announced that members at the V&A’s main site in South Kensington, west London, would walk out on 25 and 26