Charity

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

Frontline charities need urgent financial support from the government to cope with growing demand and soaring inflation, a coalition of sector leaders has said. The coalition of nearly 50 charity umbrella bodies, including the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, Acevo and the Muslim Charities Forum, said the sector faced a “second tsunami of need” after

Funders have launched grant schemes worth millions of pounds in response to the cost-of-living crisis. Independent Age has announced a £1m emergency fund for older people, while the insurer Aviva has launched a £2m match-funding programme to support charities working on financial wellbeing. Independent Age said its funding would go to community projects working with

A senior Save the Children campaigner has been appointed as the boss of an anti-poverty advocacy charity. Kitty Arie will become chief executive of Results UK next month. She has spent the past six years at Save the Children International, where she is interim global campaigns, advocacy and communications director. Prior to this she was

The BBC has donated £1.4m to charity as part of its response to a controversial interview conducted with Princess Diana 27 years ago. Seven charities linked to the Princess of Wales have each received a £200,000 donation from the broadcaster: Centrepoint, the English National Ballet, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, The Leprosy Mission, the

The government has not repaid any of the £425m it owes to the National Lottery Community Fund, 15 years after borrowing the cash to help fund the London Olympics, documents show. Third Sector has learned that asset sales from the former Olympic Park in Stratford, which will be used to reimburse the NLCF, have not

Third Sector readers have just one more day to take part in an anonymous online survey asking people working in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector to share their views on and experiences of sexual harassment in fundraising. As the sector returns to in-person events and meetings after the restrictions and remote work of the Covid-19

The Charity Commission in Northern Ireland has contacted a charity over allegations of pro-terrorist chanting at one of its events. The regulator was responding to reports that crowds chanted their support for the IRA during an event hosted by Féile An Phobail, a Belfast-based arts charity. The brother of an IRA bombing victim complained to

The Charity Commission has ordered trustees to address governance failings at a charity that could not account for nearly £5m in spending in Iraq. The commission opened a compliance case into Assyrian Church of the East Relief Organization (ACERO) in November 2018, after the Metropolitan Police began investigating a payment of £147,689 referenced in the

A former cabinet minister and Conservative leadership hopeful has been named as the new chief executive of a global development charity. Rory Stewart, who was international development secretary in 2019, took over at the US-based GiveDirectly this weekend, where he will be both president and chief executive. GiveDirectly has a partner charity called GiveDirectly UK,