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It comes after the charity announced plans to cut up to 60 jobs Originally Posted Here

The National Holocaust Centre and Museum has changed its name to National Holocaust Museum to establish its status as the UK’s only museum wholly dedicated to the Holocaust, the charity has said. The Nottinghamshire-based charity was founded in 1995 by the Smiths, a Christian family looking to befriend Jewish survivors of the Holocaust living in

More than 100 people are expected to protest outside the Royal Academy of Arts this weekend, after the charity announced proposals to cut about 18 per cent of its workforce. Staff will gather outside the London-based arts charity on Saturday to protest against the possible redundancy plans. The RA last week announced that up to

Gavin Maggs will take up the post in June Originally Posted Here

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets has appointed Guy Holloway as its next chief executive.  Holloway, who has spent the past five years at the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, latterly as interim chief executive, will succeed Martin Coles, who is stepping down after 15 years at the MSSC. A spokesperson said

Charities that claim Gift Aid on regular donations from people who have died will be asked to return the funds to the tax office, it has been confirmed.  The Charity Tax Group said His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs had clarified to Cancer Research UK that a Gift Aid declaration ceases to be valid when a

The number of charity mergers increased by more than 30 per cent last year, latest figures show. The Good Merger Index, published today by the consultancy Eastside People, found there were 63 mergers involving 131 organisations in the year to the end of April 2024, a 31 per cent increase compared with 2022/23. In 2023/24,

The Big Give has opened applications for its fifth annual Women and Girls Match Fund Campaign, which offers charities supporting women and girls the chance to benefit from doubled donations. The match funding platform will run the campaign between 8 and 15 October, coinciding with the International Day of the Girl on 11 October. The

The deadline for entering the Purpose Awards EMEA has been extended to midnight (GMT) on Thursday 13 March. The awards, from PRWeek, Campaign and Third Sector, recognises campaigns that use creative ideas successfully to further positive causes, and acknowledge the organisations behind them.  The awards are open to agencies, brands, public sector bodies, charities and

A charity football match at Wembley Stadium has raised nearly £5m for charities, including BBC Children in Need. The Sidemen FC match on Saturday saw two teams of YouTubers go head-to-head in a fundraising effort that raised £4.7m for good causes. Sidemen FC, a group of seven major content creators that includes the boxer KSI,

A woman who was jailed for stealing more than £95,000 from two charities has repaid the money in full. Lindsay MacCallum, a former charity manager, was sentenced to three years in prison after defrauding the cancer charity Rainbow Valley and the blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan. She was jailed in October after pleading guilty to two

A cultural events charity is set to dissolve and most of its creditors, owed more than £4.2m, will not be repaid, administrators have said. The Coventry City of Culture Trust was set up in 2015 to oversee Coventry’s bid to be UK City of Culture in 2021 and subsequent activities.  But the charity closed after

Government urged to unlock £11bn ‘jackpot’ for charities Charities could benefit from a “goldmine” of up to £11bn if the government releases dormant funds, assets and unclaimed Gift Aid, according to a new report. Supercharging Philanthropy, published by the The Centre for Social Justice, says the think tank has uncovered almost £4bn in dormant funds,

An air ambulance charity increased its income by more than 30 per cent after scrapping fundraising job titles and income targets. Speaking on this week’s Third Sector Podcast, Keith Wilson, director of income and engagement at the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, said the charity changed its approach about three years ago and

Jaguar Land Rover has launched a charitable foundation aimed at empowering children and young people. The JLR Foundation will support charitable initiatives that help children and young people to “reach their full potential and catalyse positive social and environmental change”, the car company said. JLR has pledged up to £2.5m to support the foundation’s work

The charities pooled their infrastructure in 2019 Originally Posted Here

The Charity Commission is assessing a complaint alleging an orthodox Jewish charity has been fundraising for Israel Defense Forces soldiers and promoting hate speech. The regulator confirmed it was “assessing information” about a complaint about the Mizrachi (UK) Israel Support Trust, a charity set up for the promotion of the orthodox Jewish religion and for

The fund will offer grants of up to £100,000 a year over a 10-year period Originally Posted Here

A cross-party group of MPs have written to the Prime Minister to express “deep concern” over the decision to cut the UK’s aid budget. Sir Keir Starmer announced last week that the government planned to cut its annual aid budget from 0.5 per cent of gross national income to 0.3 per cent to pay for

Care After Combat has appointed its clinical and research lead as its next chief executive. Dr Jane Jones will take up the post on 21 March, succeeding Adrian Kirk. Kirk, who has been the charity’s chief executive for four and a half years, announced in November that he planned to leave, saying: “I believe that

A children’s bereavement charity has rebranded in a bid to ensure its service users can easily access the information and support they need. Once Upon a Smile, based in Trafford, Greater Manchester, has unveiled a new website and logo. The charity, which provides practical and emotional support to bereaved families, also updated branding for its

Angela Salt is set to step down as chief executive of the girls and young women’s charity Girlguiding after six years in the role. The charity said in a statement that Salt would step down in June and would look at new opportunities at that point.  “Angela has steered the organisation through an extraordinary time

A neurological care charity plans to sell an ageing part of one of its sites to create a new community hub. Castel Froma Neuro Care was set up in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, in 1874 to support patients with complex neurological conditions. The charity is based in two properties at Lillington House and Helen Ley House,

A report from The Centre for Social Justice says almost £4bn in dormant funds, assets and unclaimed Gift Aid could be used as match-funding to attract more than twice that amount in donations from philanthropists Originally Posted Here

The charity warns it could run out of money in 18 months if changes are not made Originally Posted Here

Two community support charities have expressed “anger and frustration” after the sustainable transport charity Sustrans and a local council pulled out of a project that had seen £200,000 spent on it. Work on The Link, a proposed walking and cycling route between the villages of Neilston and Uplawmoor in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, ended after Sustrans

The Charity Finance Group says the platform ‘no longer aligns with our values’ Originally Posted Here

Save the Children UK puts a fifth of its workforce at risk of redundancy The charity said it had begun a redundancy consultation that puts 197 of its 927 staff at risk in a bid to save £6m on an annual wage bill of £44m.  STC UK said the restructure was part of a “refocus

A charity-operated television channel has been dissolved after the Charity Commission found its former trustees had not sufficiently monitored its chief executive’s actions, leading to financial and governance failures. The regulator has today published a report into its inquiry into Sikh Channel Community Broadcasting Company Limited, a Birmingham-based charity that was set up to advance

Victoria Corbishley will succeed Anna Hemmings at GamCare Originally Posted Here