Charity

About 16 per cent of fundraisers intend to leave the profession in the next two years, report says Originally Posted Here

Pauline Radcliffe has been appointed as the Office for the Scottish Charity Regulator’s next chair. Radcliffe will join the regulator at the start of December and her term will run until the end of November 2030. She succeeds Marieke Dwarshuis, who is leaving after the end of a four-year term. Radcliffe will be paid a

Voluntary sector leaders criticise Autumn Budget’s lack of charity support The Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey presented his first Autumn Budget to the House of Commons this week, laying out a range of measures that aim to mitigate cost-of-living pressures. This includes increasing the threshold of Small Business Rate Relief to support retail, hospitality

The Charity Commission is “assessing information” about alleged charity law breaches by trustees at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Bafta trustees might have inadvertently breached charity and company law by accepting free tickets for guests at its award ceremonies, according to The Guardian newspaper. Michael Pritchett, chair of Bafta’s membership council, told

Julie Parker is to retire as the chief executive of Penhaligon’s Friends after more than 20 years at the charity. Penhaligon’s Friends is based in Cornwall and provides free bereavement support, advice and resources for children up to the age of 18, their parents and carers. Parker joined the charity in 2006 as its family

A prison service recruitment charity will close by the end of the month, after the end of a £4m-a-year government contract. Unlocked Graduates has recruited university graduates to work as prison officers for the past 10 years. The charity is winding up following the end of its contract with the Ministry of Justice, which saw

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations increased its membership income by nearly 27 per cent last year but overall remained relatively flat, latest figures show. The body’s membership income rose from £1.8m last year to £2.2m, according to its accounts for the year to the end of March 2026. This was part of the NCVO’s

The two people who raised safeguarding complaints that led to the row between the Charity Commission and the Public Service Ombudsman have reiterated their calls for a change of leadership at the regulator after it was strongly criticised by a group of MPs. The House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee today published

The board of the Charity Commission must take responsibility for the “staggering” decision to take legal action against the Public Service Ombudsman, a committee of MPs has concluded. The House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee has today published its report into the row between the commission and the PSO, which this month

Mark Norbury is set to step down as chief executive of UnLtd after more than a decade of leadership. UnLtd funds and supports social entrepreneurs who build ventures to solve societal challenges. Norbury joined the social enterprise support charity in 2016 and will leave next summer to work with more organisations across different sectors, the

The Charities Aid Foundation has put nearly 10 per cent of its staff at risk of redundancy amid financial pressures. The foundation, which is separate from CAF Bank, is consulting staff on restructure proposals, which sources say could affect about 60 roles. This figure includes existing vacancies that will either not be filled or could

Black and minority-led charities are being offered the chance to apply to a £4m grant and loan fund that aims to help organisations strengthen the communities they serve. The Flexible Finance Fund is run through a partnership between the social investment body Social Investment Business and the minority-led social enterprises Create Equity and The Ubele

Voluntary sector ‘absolutely critical’ to the country’s success, PM says At a meeting of the Civil Society Council in Manchester last week, Andy Burnham said he recognised the vital contribution made by civil society organisations, according to a statement published by 10 Downing Street.  The statement says the PM “reflected on the power of partnership

Charities have been urged to contact their web hosts to ensure their sites are secure amid the PHP cyber-security vulnerability issue. The PHP Hypertext Preprocessor is an open source programming language designed primarily for web development. This week, the PHP Group published a security update addressing two “critical vulnerabilities” within PHP that could leave organisations

The Civil Society Council has been urged to undertake a review of civil society infrastructure following a “concerning” pattern of closures, in a letter to the new charities minister. The open letter to Vicky Foxcroft, who was last month confirmed as the new civil society minister, also calls for improvements to the charity funding system

Staff at Royal Museums Greenwich are planning further strike action amid a long-running dispute over pay, terms and conditions. Prospect members will walk out of the museum on 31 October if remaining demands are not met by management, warned the union, which has more than 300 members at the charity. The museum, which has a

Carly Whyborn has been promoted to permanent chief executive of Refugees at Home as the charity consolidates two top roles. Whyborn has been interim chief executive alongside her chief operating officer role since her predecessor, Lauren Scott, went on maternity leave in May. The new chief executive joined Refugees at Home in 2022 as a

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has appointed its interim boss as its permanent chief executive. Jo Passingham has worked at the charity for a year and a half, initially as chief operating officer before becoming interim chief in October last year. She succeeds Alice Bunn, who left last year to become co-director of the UK

A former Scouts leader has been spared jail after pleading guilty to the theft of £200,000 intended for a children’s trip to Canada. Robert Sidley, 46, pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position at a Worcester Crown Court hearing on 19 October, where he was handed a suspended sentence. Sidley, of Worcester, was county

An end-of-life charity with a £1.8m deficit is proposing a restructure in response to ongoing financial pressures. Ellenor is based in Kent and provides specialist palliative and end-of-life care for people of all ages. The hospice announced this week that it was consulting with staff on proposed changes to reduce costs and help secure its

Craig Titley-Rawson will step down as chief executive of South Hill Park at the end of October, the charity has announced. Titley-Rawson, who joined the Bracknell-based arts and culture charity in 2017, said he had decided to “look towards new challenges”. He said his first project after leading the charity would be to assist a

Louise Blackwell has been appointed chief executive of Worthing Theatres and Museum. Blackwell has spent more than 25 years in the arts industry and will join the West Sussex-based cultural and heritage charity on a part-time basis in January before moving to full-time work in April. She succeeds Amanda O’Reilly, who left WTM in February

A homelessness charity has absorbed a housing association as part of a bid to develop better routes into long-term accommodation and bring housing and homelessness support services together. Peter Bedford Housing Association has become a subsidiary of the Single Homeless Project, the organisations have said. The housing association is an exempt charity that manages 324

Sentebale has reportedly paused its legal action against Prince Harry over fears that rising legal costs could force the charity to close. The charity, which supports people in Africa living with HIV and Aids, launched defamation proceedings against the Duke of Sussex, who co-founded the organisation, and his fellow former trustee Mark Dyer earlier this

A former president of the Royal Albert Hall has called for the Charity Commission to take urgent action to tackle a perceived conflict of interest in the charity’s governance arrangements.  In a letter to the regulator, Richard Lyttelton, who resigned as president in 2011, says the charity’s trustees have long resisted reform to address a

Jane Ide tells the Charity Commission’s annual public meeting that ‘something has shifted’ Originally Posted Here

Directory of Social Change to be wound up The training and publishing charity has appointed an insolvency practitioner and will be closed down.  The organisation, which employs 25 people, said it had been “squeezed by the huge financial pressures facing the sector”.  A joint statement from William Butler and Debra Allcock Tyler, chair and chief

Sacking Charity Commission staff who were found to have misled parliament in the regulator’s row with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman would be a “foolish gesture”, its chair has said.  Asked about the case at the Charity Commission’s annual public meeting in central London yesterday, Dame Julia Unwin said asking people to leave would

Charities should not shy away from making tough decisions because of a fear of scrutiny and complaints, the chief executive of the support charity P3 has said. Speaking during a panel discussion at the Charity Law Association annual conference in central London this week, Mark Simms said “facts trump feelings” in relation to dealing with

The Charity Commission is “clear-eyed” on the threat posed by hostile foreign state influences, its legal chief has said. Speaking at the Charity Law Association annual conference in central London, Jan Lasik, director of legal and accountancy services at the Charity Commission, said the regulator had a number of live inquiries regarding charities with potential