Charity

The annual moustache-growing event by the men’s health campaign Movember was the highest-earning charity mass-participation fundraising event in 2020, according to new figures. Data produced by the events company Massive shows that Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life was knocked off the top spot for the first time as the coronavirus pandemic restrictions forced the

Javed Khan will continue to receive his full salary from Barnardo’s as he helps manage the transition to a new chief executive, the charity has confirmed. Khan announced last week that he had stepped down as chief executive for family reasons after seven years in the role. Lynn Perry, the charity’s corporate director of children’s

Volunteering levels hit a recent high during the Covid-19 pandemic but the proportion of people who gave to charity fell to a new low, a major government study shows. The latest Community Life Survey, an annual exercise that polls more than 10,000 people in England about a range of subjects relating to community activity, shows

The aid sector has not done enough to acknowledge its historical links to colonialism and needs to work to repair its relationship with the people it serves, according to the academic Khadijah Diskin. Speaking at the BAME Fundraising Virtual Conference 2021 yesterday afternoon, Diskin, who is a PhD candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University, said that

Dhivya O’Connor, interim chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, is to take up the top role at the education charity United World Schools. O’Connor joined the CIoF in May as interim successor to Peter Lewis. The membership body announced earlier this week that Katie Docherty would become its permanent chief executive from October.

Almost two million volunteers supported by the National Lottery Community Fund have contributed £4bn to the UK economy over the past three years, according to new research. A new report, Power in Purpose, published yesterday by the grant-maker, sets out the extent of the social and economic impact volunteers make to communities. Researchers found that

Scotland’s largest independent grant-making trust unfairly dismissed its former chief executive because he opposed gay marriage, an employment tribunal has ruled. The tribunal heard that Kenneth Ferguson was sacked by the Robertson Trust after Stirling Free Church, of which Ferguson is an elder, signed an agreement to hire premises owned by the charity. The tribunal

Javed Khan, chief executive of Barnardo’s, has stepped down after seven years in the role. Khan said in an announcement on the charity’s website earlier this week that he had decided to leave the charity after “reflecting in some depth on what is best for me and my family”. He said he would continue to

In this episode of the Third Sector Podcast, features and analysis writer Rebecca Cooney and editor Emily Burt discuss where the sector is on the road to recovery.  Clearly the pandemic is not over and there’s every chance another lockdown or at least more restrictions could be in the UK’s future. But, as the world tentatively begins

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has reported a 2,000 per cent increase in donations in just 24 hours after a video of its volunteers rescuing migrants in the English Channel went viral. The search and rescue charity released the video across its social media channels on Tuesday. It quickly clocked up more than 150,000 engagements

Police are examining a claim of misconduct in public office made by a charity against the Charity Commission.  The whistleblowing charity Compassion in Care submitted evidence to the Metropolitan Police at the end of last week after obtaining information about the regulator’s investigation into the charity through a subject access request.  In an email to police, seen

Charities should carefully consider the language they use when communicating with potential service users to avoid putting them off, according to new research. A paper from the Association of Charitable Organisations says research it conducted with members found that “complicated and archaic language” commonly used in the voluntary sector can create barriers for people approaching

The chief executive of Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans is stepping down from the top job after four years. Mark O’Donnell will stay in his post overseeing the sight-loss charities until October, when he will take on a “challenging new consultancy role”, a spokesperson said. The charities said O’Donnell and his executive team had

The number of people volunteering in charity shops has fallen by an estimated 45,000 during the coronavirus pandemic, new figures show. The Charity Retail Association said the number of charity shop volunteers, which was 233,000 in 2019, had since fallen by an estimated 20 per cent. The membership body said charity shops had experienced a

This article is from the latest edition of Third Sector, which was published on 16 July.   Each move, announcement or even apology from the Chartered Institute of Fundraising in relation to its handling of sexual misconduct allegations over the past four months has led to expressions of anger, frustration and disappointment – largely from the

A volunteer crew member at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was abused by two members of the public over the weekend, the charity has said. On Friday evening, the charity’s Tower Lifeboat station, under Waterloo Bridge on the north side of the River Thames, reported crew members being abused as they reported for duty. In

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising has appointed Katie Docherty as its next chief executive.  The umbrella body said Docherty (pictured), who has spent the past five years as chief executive of Scouts Scotland, would be its first Scottish-based leader.  Docherty, who lives in Fife, will succeed Peter Lewis, who announced in March that he would

A domestic abuse charity has been told to pay more than £26,000 to a former director it unfairly dismissed.  A ruling from Nottingham Employment Tribunal said Nottinghamshire Independent Domestic Abuse Services should pay £26,387 to Sue Ready, the charity’s former director of service delivery and development.  A remedy hearing on 2 July met to decide

Unicef UK reported a record total income last year despite a turbulent period for the charity. The charity’s accounts for 2020 show total income increased to £109.4m, up from £101.4m in the previous year. According to the charity register it last recorded a total income of more than £102m in 2016. Income from donations and legacies

At least two more speakers have pulled out of speaking engagements at the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s annual convention in the wake of criticism about its handling of sexual harassment complaints. Jon Cornejo, a consultant at JMB Consulting and organiser at the anti-racism campaign group CharitySoWhite, and the fundraiser Ruby Bayley have both withdrawn from

A group of residents is taking the Charity Commission to the charity tribunal over its support for a local authority’s decision to turn a charitable venue into a luxury hotel. The Ealing Council in west London entered into an agreement with a developer in July 2016 to sell off the town hall on a 250-year

New election legislation could deter more charities and issue-based campaigners from engaging in advocacy work in the run-up to an election, organisations have been warned.  Provisions in the Election Bill, which began its passage through the House of Commons earlier this month, include a requirement for more organisations to register with the Electoral Commission when

In this episode of the Third Sector podcast, news editor Andy Ricketts and editor Emily Burt discuss the GDPR and the risks that data security incidents can bring to UK charities. They recap a report into a data breach that occurred at the transgender young people’s support charity Mermaids and a ransomware attack at The

A data breach at the National Lottery Community Fund has left more than six years of contact and bank details exposed to fraudulent behaviour. The grant-giver has apologised after data provided to it between September 2013 and December 2019 by UK Portfolio, England funding and Building Better Opportunities customers was breached. The NLCF declined to

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising has said that an investigation into a complaint of sexual harassment against a member has been completed.  The institute asked the consultancy Tell Jane to look into complaints of sexual harassment against against a member dating back to 2014 after an outcry on social media in March.  It was alleged

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising has said it has appointed a new chief executive and expects to make an announcement in “the next few weeks”. In a question and answer document following up member queries that went unanswered at the membership body’s annual general meeting earlier this month, the CIoF said: “We can also confirm

The Council’s confirmed status as a charitable organisation further supports its efforts to bolster the UK cyber security community London – 20th July 2021 – The UK Cyber Security Council – the self-regulatory body for the cyber security education and skills sector – today announced that its application for charitable status has been approved by

The Royal Collection Trust cut 165 jobs after it lost more than 90 per cent of its total income last year, latest figures show. The charity maintains and displays the large collection of royal artefacts held in trust by the Queen and manages public visitors to her official residences, including Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and

The proportion of people who engaged with emails sent by charities rose significantly last year, new data indicates.  Figures produced by the Data & Marketing Association and the email marketing and data management company Validity show that 6.9 per cent of people clicked on links in emails from UK not-for-profit organisations in 2020, compared with

Twenty-nine staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity have been warned they could face redundancy as part of a restructure. The charity said its new structure would result in a small net gain in the number of people it employed, which stands at 237. It said the restructure was part of an “ambitious organisational strategy”