Charity

Five major charities have launched the UK’s first 100 per cent voluntary sector-owned payroll giving system after more than a year of development. The aim of GoodPaye is to raise £150m for charities by 2030, by “making workplace giving more impactful and more accessible to employees, employers, and charities”. The venture between Barnardo’s, Crisis, The

The chief executive of MSI Reproductive Choices received a £229,000 bonus in 2021 – almost doubling his annual remuneration to £460,000. Simon Cooke’s pay package comes three years after the Charity Commission criticised MSI’s board for failing to properly record discussions before awarding him a £217,250 bonus in 2018. The reproductive healthcare charity defended the

A group of charities have formed a national coalition to keep Covid in people’s minds and provide support for those with long-term effects from the virus. Covid Alliance UK brings together organisations including Asthma & Lung UK, Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, Fifth Sense, Citizens Advice, ENO Breath and Covid-19 UK Families  – with Covid

A charity that helps young people from disadvantaged backgrounds get into accountancy and finance careers has appointed a new director. Sanjay Singh will lead the ICAS Foundation, taking over from Linda Jamieson, who has been director since 2014. Singh has spent almost 15 years in the charitable sector and has worked with several prominent charities

The government is investigating safety at schools run by the National Autistic Society after claims that a child was found eating a dead rat and a teacher brought in a sword. Third Sector has seen a host of documents relating to these and other incidents, which have led to the Department for Education demanding assurances

The Charity Commission will not intervene in a controversial plan to sell a charity-owned rural estate in Cornwall to raise funds for an independent school, despite local opposition. The regulator acknowledged that its decision would be a “further disappointment” for residents, but said it had no role in the potential sale. The decision clears the

Macmillan Cancer Support has today announced that Gemma Peters, currently chief executive of Blood Cancer UK, will be its next chief executive. She joins Macmillan with 20 years of experience in health and cancer care at Blood Cancer UK, King’s Health Partners, King’s College London and Mencap. Peters said: “I am delighted to be joining

The majority of working-class staff at anti-poverty charities avoid discussing their backgrounds at work because of misconceptions about class, research has found. The research report Missing Experts, published today by youth-leadership charity Reclaim, says working-class employees are “sick of being overlooked, patronised or stereotyped” by colleagues in the sector who make assumptions about their backgrounds.

It will take more than tax cuts to rejuvenate the charity sector, experts have told the government ahead of today’s mini-budget. Amid reports that the new Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, is considering announcing a swathe of tax cuts, one leader told Third Sector he could not see how tax reductions “will make any difference to charities

MPs and government ministers are increasingly unwilling to engage with charities unless the issue “secures column inches”, according to a study. Researchers spoke to some of the UK’s biggest charities and found a 12-month trend among MPs and ministers of decreased engagement with, and fewer responses to outreach from, voluntary groups. Sector leaders fear the

Charities today told of their relief as Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng promised to protect Gift Aid donations from the impact of the income tax cut announced in his mini-budget. But there was widespread voluntary sector anger at the balance of the package of announcements, with Oxfam GB saying the focus on cutting tax meant the poorest

Former civil society minister Tracey Crouch has today launched a national report urging Prime Minister Liz Truss to cut through the lottery red tape that is costing charities millions of pounds. The report, by People’s Postcode Lottery, comes on the day of new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget, which is expected to include a package of

The Business Charity Awards, which recognise the outstanding work done by the people and teams behind corporate and charity partnerships, have opened to entries for 2023. The awards, which are run by Third Sector, cover 24 categories, spanning sector partnerships and teams. One of those category winners will be selected to win the prestigious Business

A record number of people across the globe donated money to charity or helped a stranger in 2021, a study shows today. And approximately 40 percent of the world’s population took part in charitable actions last year, according to the Charities Aid Foundation World Giving Index 2022. The World Giving Index, compiled by the market

Funding for good causes through lottery sales will more than double in the next 10 years, the new National Lottery operator has promised. Allwyn will run the National Lottery from February 2024 after being awarded the licence in April. It replaces Camelot, which has run the National Lottery since it started in 1994. Allwyn made

Traidcraft Exchange has undergone a £30,000 rebrand to “reconnect with its radical roots”. The charity has today changed its name to Transform Trade, after an 18-month overhaul enabling it to renew its focus on protecting human rights in international trade. Transform Trade told Third Sector it kept costs down by carrying out much of the

Monthly charity donations of £20 started as direct debits in 2017 will be worth £14.90 in two years’ time, according to a new report by Pro Bono Economics and the Charities Aid Foundation. The cost of giving: What UK charities need to know about inflation, published today, shows that the £5.7bn of total donations made

More than 1,000 charity volunteers will help people as they queue to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II, government figures show. St John Ambulance will provide 600 of those volunteers, to support people waiting to see the Queen as she lies in state at Westminster Hall. The SJA says 2,000 of its volunteers

Cuts to local government funding have contributed to a “postcode lottery” in volunteering opportunities for young people, a report says. The place where someone grows up “powerfully determines” the level of support they get to volunteer with charities, according to research published today by the Institute for Community Studies. The report Volunteering Journeys, which was

The Disasters Emergency Committee has raised £25m through its appeal to help people in Pakistan affected by recent floods. The total, which was updated yesterday, includes £5m in match-funding from the UK government. The appeal was launched a fortnight ago, after flooding affected more than 33 million people in Pakistan and left more than 1,400

Charities will receive financial help with their October energy bills, the government has confirmed. But the Department for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy also said  this support would be backdated if necessary, seemingly acknowledging that the scheme might not be rolled out for several more weeks. The government has promised that energy rates for charities

A former government special adviser has been appointed chief executive of Adoption UK. Emily Frith will join next month from the Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England, where she has been head of policy and public affairs for the past five years. She succeeds Sue Armstrong Brown, who stepped down in March to become

A community interest company that worked with deaf people has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 to a former member of staff who was discriminated against. The employment tribunal found that Keith Excell, a former finance officer at Deaf Positives Action CIC, was subjected to disability discrimination and was dismissed in breach of contract. Tribunal

Charity leaders have voiced concerns after reports that a government scheme to help the sector with soaring energy bills might not start for several weeks. Prime Minister Liz Truss told the House of Commons last week that the scheme would cap energy rates for six months to protect businesses and charities from sharply rising costs. Third

Macmillan Cancer Support could lose out on millions of pounds after cancelling fundraising events as a mark of respect for Queen Elizabeth II. The charity has called off four walks planned as part of its Mighty Hikes fundraising programme, which were due to take place at two venues this weekend. The UK is in the

Income at Voluntary Service Overseas has fallen by one-third in the past year, after what the charity called “a challenging funding situation”. VSO’s income in the year ending in March 2022 was £33.3m, down from £49.4m in 2020/21. It is the sixth year in a row that the charity’s income has fallen, Charity Commission data

An employee at advocacy charity Pohwer was constructively unfairly dismissed after working with a “controlling and aggressive” line manager, the employment tribunal has found. The tribunal judge concluded manager Gary Beer “was not held accountable” for his behaviour by senior colleagues and the charity did not follow its own policies in handling grievances raised by

Charity leaders will find it “very difficult to survive in the sector” if they do not give up some of their power, according to the chief executive of Muslim Aid. Kashif Shabir told an online event today that global development charities in particular had changed in recent years, and charity bosses needed to adapt in

The Malaria Consortium achieved a record income in 2021/22, thanks to grants worth tens of millions of pounds from US foundations. The charity raised £84.4m in the year to March 2022, a sharp rise compared with £67.9m in 2020/21. It spent £79.8m, up from £66.8m, and recorded a surplus of £4.7m, according to accounts filed last