Charity

Bruce Crawford spent 12 years as chief executive of Scottish Curling Originally Posted Here

Work is being done with the government to improve the charity tax returns process as there is a “lot of confusion” with the current system, charity tax experts have said. Speaking at the Charity Tax Group’s annual conference in Westminster, Richard Bray, chair of the CTG, said it was making a “big push” for improvements

The British public are expected to give an estimated £2.8bn to charities during November and December this year, according to the Charities Aid Foundation. CAF said the estimate is based on last year’s giving, expecting it to be broadly the same this year, and its analysis of donation trends this year.  CAF’s research for its

Building meaningful relationships with major individual donors has been critical to the success of the Royal Academy of Music’s biggest fundraising appeal in its 200-year history, according to the charity’s deputy principal for advancement. Speaking on the Third Sector Podcast, Kirsty MacDonald described the methods used by the academy to reach a £60m goal set

The Glastonbury Festival raised a record of almost £6m for charities and good causes in 2024 through donations and charitable payments. The event said it will have made payments of more than £5.9m to charitable causes and campaigns. This year’s money is split between £4.3m in donations, including £2m to the Somerset NHS Charity and

The League Against Cruel Sports has appointed Emma Slawinski as its new chief executive, following the resignation of its former head. Slawinski, who is director of policy, prevention and campaigns at the RSPCA, will start in her new role in March. Slawinski has held previous positions at the Arts Council England, the animal welfare charity

The UK’s largest relationship counselling charity has fallen into administration and made 80 people redundant  “due to the financial climate and the loss of government contracts”.  The crisis faces the central charity, with the 26 independently-run local Relate charities unaffected.  About 200 employees remain in post, although staff have reportedly been told that further rounds

The Charity Commission concludes that the mother and son trustees were mostly unable to account for almost £600,000 in spending and the charity had to pay back more than £200,000 in Gift Aid that had been claimed in error by Lauren Brown Originally Posted Here

A report from the Charity Finance Group says measures charities are having to take could have ‘far-reaching consequences’ for the services they provide by Dami Adewale Originally Posted Here

A 108-year-old double heart attack survivor who raised more than £60,000 for the British Heart Foundation has died.  The charity said Joan Willett, from Hastings, was a “source of inspiration” during the Covid-19 pandemic, when she emulated the fundraising efforts of Captain Sir Tom Moore by walking 17 miles up and down a hill outside

A former Save the Children UK accountant has been jailed for 10 years for his part in a £1.5m Gift Aid fraud carried out through a network of churches. Kwabena Duodu was a finance business partner at the charity, which said it was confident there was no financial misconduct relating to it, from September 2014

More than one-quarter of charities that run shops say they might have to scale back their retail operation because of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions, according to a new survey by the Charity Retail Association.  Last week, Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed that the government would not provide exemptions for charities to the 1.2

The Big Give’s Christmas Challenge runs for a week and 1,250 charities are taking part Originally Posted Here

A UK-based relief charity has changed its name following an agreement with a Somali charity to support people in the east African country. Somali Relief and Development Forum has been rebranded to become Zamzam Foundation UK. Founded in 2011, SRDF’s aim is to bring together UK Somali diaspora organisations. The charity came to a partnership

Tony Adams captained both England and his club side Arsenal Originally Posted Here

The older people’s charity HelpAge International’s income decreased by almost £7m last year due to a reduction in funding for its humanitarian responses, the charity said. The charity, which is the secretariat to a global network of civil society organisations working with and for older people, had an income of £34.3m in its accounts for

Lindsay MacCallum admitted stealing £85,978 from the cancer charity Rainbow Valley and £9,505 from the stem cell transplant charity Anthony Nolan by Dami Adewale Originally Posted Here

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations, which estimated the 1.2 percentage point rise in employers’ National Insurance contributions would cost the UK charity sector £1.4bn, had spearheaded a letter to Rachel Reeves calling for special treatment.  But the Chancellor has responded to the letter, signed by more than 7,300 charities, to say no exemption would

Personal stories played a key role in the success of a hospital charity’s largest appeal to date, according to its fundraising director.  In an interview on the Third Sector Podcast, Paul Watkins described how Leeds Hospitals Charity responded to an opportunity to launch a £6.8m fundraising appeal to build a new motor neurone disease care

Andy Ratcliffe will join MQ Mental Health Research in January Originally Posted Here

The news agency SWNS is looking for 10 charity partners that it will support with landing coverage for their causes.  The pro bono partnership will see SWNS push the chosen charities’ cause stories through its news wire while providing feedback and support throughout 2025. The news agency will also provide opportunities to send out photographers

Habitat for Humanity GB has opened a charity DIY shop, believed to be the first of its kind in Great Britain. The ReStore shop was officially opened in Romford, east London, on Tuesday (26 November) and will raise money for the charity while giving shoppers the opportunity to access tools and materials needed to improve

The Charity Commission has updated its guidance on cyber crime to make it more simplified and concise, the regulator has said. A smaller fraud prevention guide has also been published which has restructured the regulator’s past advice and put it all in one place. New data from the regulator shows it opened 603 fraud cases

Despite a ‘triple-whammy’ of simultaneous pressures, David Holdsworth says the sector has rallied Originally Posted Here

The deputy chief executive of the Charity Finance Group has described voluntary organisations’ “widespread frustration” with retail banking services, as a survey found 92 per cent of charity respondents experienced at least one banking difficulty in the past two years. Commenting on the launch of the report, Charity Banking Challenges 2024, Clare Mills spoke of

Shãn Nicholas will take up the post on 2 December to allow for a smooth handover Originally Posted Here

Remember A Charity has launched a new committee to develop wealth adviser expertise and promote legacy giving among wealthy people. The Private Client Advisory Committee for Legacy Giving will help to guide Remember A Charity’s work programme with wealth advisers, aiming to equip them with more knowledge and resources to promote legacies among high net

The Purpose Awards EMEA – the awards scheme from PRWeek, Campaign and Third Sector – is now accepting entries for 2025. The awards recognise campaigns that use creative ideas successfully to further positive causes, and acknowledge the organisations behind them. They are open to agencies, brands, public sector bodies, charities and NGOs throughout EMEA. This