Charity

Membership charity organisation for homelessness services in England uses Conga to award more than £6 million of funding to frontline homelessness charities affected during the pandemic London, UK – Conga, a leader in revenue operations management, today announced that Homeless Link, a national membership charity for organisations working directly with people who become homeless in

Versus Arthritis has apologised after allegations surfaced on social media that described an independent investigation into claims of bullying and racism at the charity as intimidating and “victim-blaming”. Screenshots from an internal message board, shared on Twitter, also questioned whether the sharing of confidential and personal information with a third-party company was compliant with data

A group of major charity umbrella bodies have called on MPs to put pressure on the government to ensure the appointment of the next chair of the Charity Commission is politically neutral. In a letter sent to Julian Knight, the Conservative chair of the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the 10

Charities working in developing countries are being encouraged to apply to take part in a £2m government aid initiative that will match-fund public donations. The UK Aid Match scheme aims to help developing countries combat Covid-19, end preventable deaths through tackling malnutrition or malaria, and help girls access quality education. Run by the Foreign, Commonwealth

The second national lockdown in England will cost the sector at least £28m in lost shop revenue, the Charity Retail Association has warned.  From Thursday, all non-essential shops, including charity shops, in England will be required to close until 2 December in an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus.  In September, the CRA estimated that

The Prime Minister has promised to do “much more to support the voluntary sector” over the winter as it grapples with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.  Boris Johnson was responding to a question in the House of Commons today from Rachael Maskell, the shadow charities minister, as part of an announcement that England will

It goes without saying that this year has been incredibly difficult for people who are used to working in an office environment, and the imminent return to lockdown over winter will feel even harder than it did the first time around (for the reasons, see my article from last month). It’s no surprise, then, that

Claire Horton, the chief executive of the dogs and cats rescue and rehoming charity Battersea, will step down at the end of January, the charity has announced. Horton, who has led the charity since 2010, is leaving to take up the role of director-general of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. In a statement, Battersea said

Last week, tier 3 restrictions came into force in Greater Manchester. In all 10 boroughs of the city and its surrounding areas, residents were forbidden from meeting with people outside of their households indoors or outdoors, and bars and pubs that do not serve substantial meals were forced to close. As negotiations between central and

The presentation of the Official Receiver’s investigation into the former charity Kids Company was dismissed as “thoroughly unfair” at the High Court yesterday. The court was hearing evidence from William Tatham, who had examined client expenditure, and whether it had followed the charity’s policies, on behalf of the OR. Under cross-examination by Andrew Westwood of

The latest episode of the Third Sector Podcast looks at Facebook. The social media giant has become even more important as a fundraising tool since the coronavirus pandemic struck, but a growing number of charities are asking whether giving money to an organisation that has been criticised for allowing fake news and hate speech to

Mental health charities Time to Change and Mind have each mooted the prospect of redundancies in the past week, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a financial toll on the voluntary and not-for-profit sector.  On Monday it was announced that Time to Change, a campaign set up 15 years ago by Mind and Rethink

Versus Arthritis has filed a serious incident report with the Charity Commission following multiple employee accounts of systemic racism, racially motivated microaggressions and bullying, Third Sector can reveal. The report was filed with the Charity Commission earlier this week, according to an email seen by Third Sector.  Trustees took the decision following consideration of accounts

Donors gave £800m more than usual to charity during the UK’s spring lockdown, but some charities have still lost out on hundreds of millions of pounds, according to new research from the Charities Aid Foundation. Between January and June 2020, members of the public donated a total of £5.4bn to charity, according to CAF’s UK Giving:

More than 100,000 community share investors have raised over £150m in the past eight years as more communities seek alternative ownership models, according to new research. A report by the membership organisation Co-operatives UK, Understanding a maturing Community Shares market, shows that 92 per cent of businesses that have raised finance with community shares are still trading.

Press Release WatchGuard releases free online tool so companies and organisations can check if their credentials have been exposed on the dark web 29 October 2020: With WatchGuard Technologies’ new dark web Scanning tool, businesses can simply enter their domain name into this search engine https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-resource-center/dark-web-scan to find out how many of their email accounts

The social impact investment market in the UK grew by nearly one-fifth in 2019 to more than £5bn, according to new research. Figures released by social investor Big Society Capital show that more than £1.2bn was committed to 1,192 charities and social enterprises, and the number of transactions made in the sector increased by 18 per cent

Comic Relief today announced plans to modernise its international appeal films for Red Nose Day 2021, scrapping ‘white saviourism’ and images of poverty overseas in favour of local stories that empower and preserve the agency of their subjects.  The charity said all African appeal films for Red Nose Day 2021 would be led by local

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising has unveiled its new branding and website after achieving chartered status in March. The membership organisation started the process of becoming a chartered body in 2015. The logo was designed in partnership with the digital agency William Joseph and combines symbols representing hearts, a person and a crown. Ceri Edwards,

Dozens of staff were dismissed from Save the Children International in 2019 as reported child safeguarding incidents rose by more than half, according to the charity’s latest accounts. The number of incidents increased by more than 200 year on year to 589, up from 369 in 2018, the accounts for the year to 31 December

Many charity professionals, including a former board member of the Charity Commission, have hit out at the sector’s regulator after it mooted a possible inquiry into the purpose of the National Trust. The Telegraph newspaper reported over the weekend that current chair, Baroness Stowell, appeared to suggest the charity could face an inquiry into the

An Anglican priest dubbed the “Vicar of Baghdad” when he was based in Iraq, has been disqualified from being a charity trustee for 12 years.  Canon Andrew White, who served as vicar of St George’s church in the city between 2004 and 2014, has been disqualified from acting as a trustee or senior manager at

Stories about spending at the defunct charity Kids Company were described as “salacious” at the High Court yesterday.  Representatives acting on behalf of former trustees of the charity, which collapsed in 2015, pored over what they described as mistakes in the Official Receiver’s case, which began last week. The OR is seeking to secure disqualification

The Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal is arguably one of the best-known charity appeals in the UK.  Every November, a flood of volunteers descends on public places selling paper poppies and other poppy emblems, designed to encourage people to remember those who died in combat, and to raise money to support those who survived. 

Charitable foundations are being urged to be “more ambitious than ever” in using their resources to help communities through the coronavirus pandemic.  A report from the umbrella body the Association of Charitable Foundations says the outbreak and the climate crisis are having an “unprecedented short- and long-term impact on society”.  The report, Ten Pillars of

Charities and social enterprises are being offered a free tool to help them assess whether they are ready for when the Brexit transition period ends at the turn of the year. The law firm Stone King has developed a Brexit Self-Audit Tool to help charities and social enterprises assess their readiness for the end of

The food poverty charity FareShare received a record number of donations this week as the footballer Marcus Rashford continues to hold the government’s feet to the fire over free school meals. Earlier this week, the Manchester United and England striker’s campaign to end child food poverty took another turn as he called for an extension

The dramatic fall in charitable fundraising caused by the coronavirus outbreak could result in billions of pounds of investment in medical research being lost over the next seven years, new research shows.  Analysis by the think tank IPPR says that in a “reasonable worst-case scenario”, the drop in charity fundraising could lead to £4.1bn of

The local infrastructure body Navca has reported a surplus in its annual accounts for the first time since 2013. The membership organisation’s annual report for the year to the end of March shows a more than £100,000 rise in total income from charitable activities to £397,778. Total expenditure was just over £377,000, meaning it made

Charities could be missing out on in-memoriam donations because too many are failing to update their funeral support to take account of the coronavirus crisis, the legacy fundraising consortium Legacy Foresight has warned. Giving in memory of a loved one is worth about £2.2bn a year to charities in the UK, the consortium says, with