Charity

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

Charities will be included in plans to protect businesses from soaring fuel costs for the next six months, the government has confirmed. Prime Minister Liz Truss told the House of Commons this morning that voluntary organisations would qualify for a support package that would cap the annual energy bill for a household using an average

An adviser on charity policy to the former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced plans to run for Mayor of London. Samuel Kasumu, who worked as special adviser on civil society and communities at Downing Street between 2019 and 2021, outlined his plans in a piece for the website Conservative Home. Kasumu said that if

The charity formerly connected to the Professional Footballers’ Association has received an official warning over its handling of funds and assets worth millions of pounds. The Charity Commission found that The Players Foundation had not appropriately managed £1.9m that was transferred out of its accounts between 2013 and 2019.  It also criticised the charity for

Charities should “carefully consider” any fundraising activity they had planned for the period of national mourning following the death of the Queen, according to new guidance. Queen Elizabeth II died yesterday, aged 96, and was succeeded as monarch by her son, King Charles III. In a joint statement issued today, the Fundraising Regulator and Chartered

Since launching their community grant programme, Ørsted has awarded more than £1 million to specifically fund projects relating to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). The East Coast “Skills Fund” forms part of the company’s £465,000 East Coast Community Fund 20-year annual commitment and is part of the community engagement programme for Ørsted’s Hornsea and

Income at the National Trust rose more than £150m last year as it recovered from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the charity’s accounts show. Its annual report for the year to February 2022 shows that income rose about a quarter compared with 2020/21, from £507.7m to £643.3m. The trust’s income is still lower than

Charities across the country have paid tribute to the Queen, who has died at the age of 96. Queen Elizabeth II was patron of more than 600 charities during her lifetime, including Cancer Research UK, the RSPCA and Girlguiding. Buckingham Palace announced the Queen’s death this evening, after an earlier statement saying doctors had grown

Blancco’s erasure software enables the charity to ready donated devices to be shipped to African children, supporting the development of their digital skills, and promoting a circular economy AUSTIN and LONDON – September 7, 2022 – Blancco Technology Group (LON: BLTG), the industry standard in data erasure and mobile lifecycle solutions, has today announced it

The government should reform commissioning rules to help charities win and deliver public contracts, according to the think tank NPC. A paper, published this morning, argues that the Procurement Bill, which is being considered in parliament, could be used to ensure that social value and public savings are a part of commissioning decisions. It also

Alzheimer’s Research UK recorded its highest levels of income and spending last year, latest figures show. The charity’s annual accounts for the year ending in March 2022, published today, show income was £42.2m, up from £39.2m in 2020/21. It continued to grow last year, having tripled its annual income between 2014 and 2019. Total expenditure

PDSA is taking over free veterinary services previously provided by the RSPCA, in a partnership between two of the country’s largest animal welfare charities. The RSPCA will stop providing subsidised public veterinary care in order to focus more on treating animals it has rescued, while the move allows PDSA to strengthen its work as the

Income at Save the Children UK fell by almost £50m last year, amid cuts to the government aid budget and ongoing disruption caused by Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. Save the Children UK’s latest accounts, published today, also show the charity has taken legal advice on a potential multimillion-pound liability in its pensions scheme.  The

The Disasters Emergency Committee has raised more than £16m in five days through its appeal to help people affected by the flooding in Pakistan. The total includes £5m in match-funding provided by the UK government. The money will be used by 11 of the DEC’s members, including Islamic Relief Worldwide, Save the Children UK and

The government has appointed a Paralympian as the Welsh member of the Charity Commission board. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said Pippa Britton, who competed in two Paralympic games as an archer, was joining the regulator’s board for a three-year term. She is vice-chair of Sport Wales and of Aneurin Bevan University

The Jubilee Sailing Trust has confirmed that three roles are being made redundant after one of its subsidiary charities went into administration. The Jubilee Sailing Trust Ltd, one of the subsidiaries through which the JST works, has been forced into administration after a creditor threatened legal action to recover money it is owed, according to