Charity

A Stafford-based hospice has been trialling a new project that shows customers in its charity shops how much CO₂ has been saved by making a second-hand purchase. Katharine House Hospice, which provides palliative care services, claims it is the first charity to show sustainability savings in its shops. The charity is using till displays, provided by

Glastonbury Festival is set to donate more than £3.7m to charitable causes and campaigns before the year’s end, which the organisers described as a “record amount”. The five-day renowned music festival, hosted by Worthy Farm in Somerset, has raised funds for a range of major charities over the past year, including its long-standing charity partners

Voluntary organisations will be notified of funding decisions for the next financial year before the end of March, the Scottish government has announced. In response to a written question submitted at Holyrood, ministers said funding notifications would be issued “as soon as is practicably possible”. Colin Smyth, Scottish Labour MSP for South Scotland, asked the

A homelessness charity has been ordered to pay more than £19,000 to an employee due to unfair dismissal, an employment tribunal has ruled. Mark Wellington, who was employed as a support worker for the Simon Community from November 2012 to November 2022, claimed he was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against due to his race. After

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has updated its logo, colour palette and website as part of a £50,000 brand refresh. The foundation, which supports and undertakes social action work to end poverty in the UK, said the rebrand was to “realise a contemporary vision for the organisation and to reposition it in line with our strategic

The Charity Commission has closed down a Jewish education and heritage charity after three of its trustees were the subject of UK government sanctions.  The regulator launched an inquiry into the Genesis Philanthropy Group in March 2022, after three of its four trustees resigned due to being sanctioned by the UK government following Russian president

Nearly half of charity staff plan to look for a new employer in the next year, Third Sector Jobs has found. The Third Sector Career Insights 2023 report, which surveyed 318 charity employees, found that 46 per cent of respondents were planning to look for a new employer in the next 12 months. But only

The Charity Commission has closed down a holocaust education charity and disqualified one of its trustees from holding office in a charity for life after he was subject to government sanctions. The regulator opened an inquiry into the World Holocaust Forum Foundation in April last year, after its president and trustee Viatcheslav Kantor, was sanctioned

Younger people are more likely than their older counterparts to donate to charity over Christmas, according to new research. The Winter Donor Pulse report, published today by the fundraising technology provider Enthuse, says 80 per cent of 18-to-24-year-olds say they are planning to donate money or items over the holiday period.  This is compared with just

The National Theatre has announced that Indhu Rubasingham will become its next director and joint chief executive. Rubasingham, who has been artistic director at the Kiln Theatre in north London since 2012, will join the theatre as director designate from the spring.  She will succeed Rufus Norris, who will step down as director and chief

Rates of formal volunteering in Scotland have continued to decline since the Covid-19 pandemic, new government figures have revealed. The Scottish Household Survey, which was carried out through face-to-face interviews with about 10,500 households in Scotland, asked respondents about any volunteering they had participated in over the last 12 months. Just 22 per cent of

Paul Streets is stepping down as chief executive of the Lloyds Bank Foundation after a decade in the role. Streets will leave the grant-maker on 31 May to retire from full-time senior executive work. Appointed as chief executive of the charity in 2013, Streets steered the foundation through both the Covid-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living

Strike action at Oxfam GB has been suspended while union members consider an improved pay offer, the union Unite has announced. More than 500 Oxfam staff began strike action on 8 December in a dispute over pay.  It is the first time industrial action has been taken at Oxfam GB, which employs more than 1,800

Charity legacy income rose by 7.6 per cent to £3.9bn over the past year, according to new data. The figures, for the year to the end of June, have been published by the legacy information company Smee & Ford, based on its data and figures from accounts filed with the Charity Commission.  The data, which

A foundation set up by a sanctioned Russian billionaire opened an account with Barclays after JPMorgan Chase & Co cut ties, latest accounts show. The Potanin Foundation was established by Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin in 2006 to develop education and culture in Russia by awarding grants to support the programmes of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation,

Dame Esther Rantzen is stepping down as president of Childline due to ill-health, 37 years after she founded the charity. She announced her departure from the charity after her lung cancer progressed to stage four. The journalist and TV presenter served as a trustee for the charity until 2018, when she was appointed president. Rantzen’s

Staff costs at Barnardo’s rose by more than £20m as the charity increased its pay to account for the cost-of-living crisis, latest accounts show. The children’s charity spent £190.5m on staff costs, its most significant area of expenditure, up from £169.4m the year before. According to the accounts, for the financial year to the end

The Big Give Christmas Challenge raised a record £33m in one week, organisers have said.  The annual match-funding event attracted more than 94,000 donations for the 1,077 charities that took part.  This year’s figure is 15 per cent up on last year’s total of £28.6m and takes the amount raised since the event was first

A Christian charity has promoted its chief financial officer to the top job.  Stewardship, which facilitates tax-effective giving and support for Christian charities, said Janie Oliver would succeed Stewart McCulloch as chief executive on 1 January. McCulloch has been the chief executive of the charity since August 2018 and is leaving to join the debt

A group of sector experts will draw up a set of “universal principles” aimed at improving best practice in charity investment.  The Charity Investment Governance Principles project will be hosted by the Charity Finance Group and will feature representatives from the Association of Charitable Foundations, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, the Wales Council for

The English National Opera has announced plans to create a new base in Greater Manchester, after Arts Council England told the charity it must move out of London to remain eligible for funding. In July ACE agreed a £24m grant with ENO for the 2024/26 period for the development of an artistic programme, on the

The voluntary sector has made little progress on tackling racism over the past three years despite warm words from many organisations, a new report has found. Warm Words, Cold Comfort: UK Civil Society’s Ongoing Racism Problem, which has been published today by the charity leaders body Acevo and Voice4Change England, is the first piece of

The chief executive of the London Community Foundation has been appointed to the top job at the Nationwide Foundation.  Kate Markey will take up her new role in early 2024 after almost six years at the LCF.  The LCF said Markey had led the organisation’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis.  She

The British Psychological Society could cut about one-fifth of its workforce, sources close to the charity have told Third Sector. Internal communications circulated among BPS employees last week said the charity was consulting on changes affecting 32 jobs, sources said. The charity’s latest accounts, for 2022, show it employed an average of 127 full-time and

An international poverty relief charity has been issued a warning by the Charity Commission for failing to keep proper minutes and to correctly manage a conflict of interest. Penny Appeal received an official warning from the regulator for failing to keep trustee minutes, not acting in the best interest of the charity and failing to

Charities should read the new Non-Party Campaigner Code to “feel equipped” ahead of the upcoming election period, the chair of the Charity Commission has urged. Orlando Fraser, chair of the Charity Commission, and John Pullinger, chair of the Electoral Commission, have stressed the importance of knowing the new code’s implications for the charitable sector, in

Total spending at Marie Curie grew by more than £20m due to increased investment in charitable activities after NHS funding was reduced, its latest accounts reveal. The charity’s accounts, covering the year to 31 March, show expenditure was £175.9m, up 12 per cent on the previous year, due to higher investment in fundraising, nursing and

The Purpose Awards EMEA recognise 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 NGOs throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Sarah-Jane Rumford, managing partner and PR director at the communications agency 89up (pictured, below),

Charity regulators have warned people to do their research when giving to charity after more than £2.7m worth of donations was stolen by fraudsters over the past year. The Charity Commission, the Fundraising Regulator and Action Fraud have launched their annual campaign reminding people how to give safely to charities. Data from Action Fraud, the

Income at the body for YMCA charities in England and Wales rose by more than £4m last year after it increased its trading activities, latest annual accounts reveal. YMCA England & Wales, which is registered as the National Council of Young Men’s Christian Associations, recorded income of £21.7m in the year to the end of