Charity

Salford’s mayor has urged super-rich footballers from the Manchester region to buy an £8m LS Lowry painting and allow it to remain on public display. Lowry’s painting, Going to the Match, is being auctioned in October by the Players’ Foundation, the professional footballers’ charity. The 1953 painting had been loaned to Salford’s Lowry Arts Centre,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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