Charity

The Robertson Trust has relaunched one of its grants programmes under a new name with an “always-open application route”. The grantmaker’s Programme Awards has been relaunched as the Big Change That Lasts Fund, which will see £10m distributed to Scottish charities next year. The change comes after the grantmaker increased its total annual funding pot

Losing infrastructure organisations is a sector-wide risk, the charity warns Originally Posted Here

Legacy income at the food distribution charity Trussell grew by more than 5,000 per cent in five years after the charity began legacy marketing in 2020, exclusive research from Third Sector has found.  The Legacy Map analysed data taken from the accounts of 100 leading charities to explore how legacies performed over a five-year period.

The former chief executive of HIV Scotland has admitted embezzling £5,000 during his time in post at the now-defunct charity. Nathan Sparling, aged 35 from Bridgeton, Glasgow, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday, where he admitted to embezzling £5,000 between April 2019 and March 2021. The court heard that about £2,000 was spent on

A Fife-based charity under inquiry has folded as a result of “significant” historic problems resulting in financial losses, false representations and reputational harm. Nourish Support Centre, which is based in Kirkcaldy and supports local families caring for children with additional needs, recently lost £100,000 a year when its core funder pulled its support. The charity

A homelessness charity will change its name after a longstanding row with a similarly named organisation. Julian House is based in Bath and provides support to socially excluded vulnerable people through emergency hostels, rough sleeper outreach, domestic abuse refuges and more. The charity said it had “grown significantly” in the past 15 years and had

The Pears Foundation has donated £10m to UK Youth for a new fund to offer multi-year, unrestricted grants to small youth organisations. The £10m commitment brings the Pears Foundation’s total support for UK Youth to £19m, making it the youth charity’s largest funding partner to date. The funding will underpin the UK Youth Fund, which

Claire Whitaker has been appointed as interim chief executive of the Queen Elizabeth Trust. The organisation was formally established this week to mark the centenary of Queen Elizabeth II’s birth. Whitaker will join the QET in the summer on a part-time basis after three years as chief executive of the culture and tourism charity Southampton

Two-day London Marathon would be a one-off, organisers say London Marathon Events revealed last month that it was in talks with City Hall to stage the 2027 event over two days, potentially enabling more than 100,000 runners to take part. Speaking to the media this week, Hugh Brasher, chief executive of London Marathon Events, said

Prime Minister Keir Starmer attended the first meeting of the Civil Society Council at Downing Street this week, where a pledge was made to revise the definition of social value in procurement processes. The council’s meeting also included discussions about civil society’s challenges and opportunities, including volunteering rates and capacity levels, particularly among small charities.

Ian Parrett, former chief operating officer at the London Institute of Banking and Finance, has been appointed permanent leader of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. He has been leading the charity since January on an interim basis, after its former chief executive Rob Okunnu left at the end of December after three

A Staffordshire-based Home-Start has announced it will close this summer after 28 years due to increasing funding challenges. Home-Start Staffordshire Moorlands, which is based in Leek and supports families with young children across the district, will close on 30 June. In a statement, the charity said: “Like a number of other small local charities, we

A major Scottish children’s charity is “undertaking a review of how employee voice operates” amid claims it is attempting to “derecognise” a trade union. The union Unite has claimed Children First was trying to derecognise it as part of a “provocative and ultimately counterproductive course of action”. But the charity, which has 257 staff, said

Arts Council England wants to discuss ways to address regional bias in Gift Aid with the Treasury, the grantmaker’s chair has told MPs. Sir Nicholas Serota and ACE’s chief executive, Darren Henley, appeared before MPs on the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Committee yesterday. They were asked about the grantmaker’s response to the recent independent

Gillian Sewell has led YMCA Derbyshire since 2000 Originally Posted Here

The claimant in a legal case that could have extended whistleblowing protections to charity trustees has quit as chair of a charity due to an alleged “hazardous legal environment”.  Nigel MacLennan stepped down from the classical music charity Playground Proms because continuing in his role would mean “endorsing a system that is dysfunctional and broken”,

A new report from Third Sector analyses half a decade of legacy data taken from the accounts of 100 UK charites Originally Posted Here

The government’s efforts to boost philanthropy may require more hands-on support for community organisations, delegates hear by Emily Harle Originally Posted Here

Eight charities and community groups in Greater Manchester have been awarded a share of more than £100,000 claimed back from criminals. The funds come from the work of Greater Manchester Police’s Economic and Cyber Crime Unit, which tackles online fraud and recovers assets from offenders. The unit said it recovered a record high of more

Members of City and Guilds of London Institute have voted in favour of an inquiry into the sale of the charity’s commercial arm. At the 148-year-old educational charity’s annual meeting this week, members backed an investigation into C&G’s October sale of its training and awards arm to PeopleCert, a Greek language certification company. PeopleCert has

Royal Pharmaceutical Society has changed its name to the Royal College of Pharmacy and begun the process of becoming a charity.  The membership body for pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists said the move marked a “new chapter” in its 175-year history.  The organisation this week revealed its new logo and website, which it said reflected its

LGBT charity investigates after leading trustee resigns following online speculation A Scottish LGBT charity has said it will undertake a full investigation after media reports that the convenor of its board had ‘embellished’ his CV.  LGBT Youth Scotland said Timothy Westwood had resigned from his position after “significant online discussion and speculation” relating to his

Charities risk losing credibility if they fail to anchor community engagement in lived experience amid a changing political environment, the chief executive of the social justice charity Nacro has warned. Speaking at the Good Agency’s inaugural summit in London yesterday, chief executives said the voluntary sector must improve how it responds to a changing world,

Homelessness services and early years provision are among the areas being supported Originally Posted Here

The National Memorial Arboretum will change its name to the Royal British Legion National Remembrance Gardens in September as part of the merger of the two organisations. The NMA, the UK’s centre for remembrance in Staffordshire, finalised a merger with the RBL at the end of March. The RBL has been the NMA’s parent charity

The homelessness charity the Fat Macy’s Foundation has promoted its interim managing director to the top job on a permanent basis. Ryan McKiernan has been interim managing director of the charity and social enterprise for a year, having succeeded the charity’s founder Meg Doherty. The organisation uses hospitality training and access to a rental deposit

A Nottinghamshire baby loss charity has reopened after a skip fire damaged its centre. Forever Stars, which supports families experiencing baby loss, said the Serenity Centre in Beeston was “back and operational” on 12 April after a rubbish fire the previous Tuesday. The charity said it believed the fire was started deliberately and according to

Government proposals to widen the Charity Commission’s powers to tackle extremism could suppress advocacy and campaigning, a group of charities and voluntary sector membership bodies have warned. The government’s Protecting What Matters social cohesion strategy, published last month, says it plans to strengthen the Charity Commission’s powers to tackle extremist abuse by “extending its ability

Seventeen roles are at risk as an end-of-life charity looks to make changes to its services in response to “unprecedented financial pressures”. Farleigh Hospice provides palliative care to adults in mid-Essex and offers bereavement information and support to grieving adults and children. The charity has opened a staff consultation with 17 staff at risk of

Timothy Westwood claimed to have worked in senior roles at organisations including Amnesty International and British Red Cross: the charities have said they have no record of him Originally Posted Here