Charity

The government should urgently introduce a new Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme that would enable furloughed charity workers to volunteer for their own organisations, a committee of MPs has recommended. A report today from the Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee also says the government should urgently increase the amount of support available to the voluntary

The voluntary sector “should not be forgotten” as global demand for personal protective equipment soars.  Emma Waldron, risk, procurement and governance manager at the Wales Council for Voluntary Action said one of the main challenges the voluntary sector had faced throughout the coronavirus pandemic was securing access to PPE.  The umbrella body works with organisations

Organisers of the London Marathon are calling on charities to take part in a survey about its controversial bond scheme, which gives organisations access to guaranteed places in the race each year.  London Marathon Events, which organises the annual race, said it wanted feedback from charities that had places in the event and those that

Almost 90 per cent of BAME micro and small voluntary and community organisations could face permanent closure within a matter of months if the coronavirus crisis extends into June, a report from the London-based charity the Ubele Initiative has warned. The report, Impact of Covid-19 on the BAME Community and Voluntary Sector, analyses the results

The National Trust could lose £200m of income this year because of the coronavirus outbreak, its director general has warned. In a column for the Telegraph newspaper over the weekend, Hilary McGrady said the charity had to make some “incredibly difficult decisions to pause important conservation programmes to clean rivers, prevent upland flooding and improve

Strong charitable foundations will periodically consider their own futures and the rate at which they are spending their funds, a new report recommends.  Strategy and Governance: The Pillars of Strong Foundation Practice is the third publication from the Association of Charitable Foundations’ Stronger Foundations initiative, which was set up in 2017 to help foundations identify

The community business support charity Power to Change has launched a £12m emergency support fund. The organisation said that, although there were increased demands on community businesses, more than 50 per cent of them had had to stop their operations because of the coronavirus. There are two rounds of funding. The first stage, worth £7m,

The senior leadership team at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations has volunteered to take temporary pay cuts of up to 25 per cent during the pandemic period. The NCVO said yesterday that its four-strong senior leadership team had asked its HR and remuneration committee to approve a temporary reduction in their salaries in order

The Minister for Civil Society has poured cold water on the idea that furloughed charity workers might be able to volunteer for their own organisations.  Baroness Barran was speaking in an online House of Lords session yesterday about the challenges facing the voluntary sector because of the coronavirus pandemic.  The Conservative peer Lord Wei and

The number of British people interested in face-to-face volunteering during the coronavirus pandemic declined in April, but those interested in making financial donations to charities doubled, the results of a YouGov poll shared with Third Sector have revealed.  A report from YouGov’s Coronavirus Tracker, which polled more than 10,000 people across a four-week period in

Atlanta, GA (April 29, 2020) — Today, international humanitarian and development organization, CARE, announced its first-ever domestic aid initiative in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will provide monetary assistance, food, and essential supplies to individuals in need and at risk, including essential workers, frontline medical personnel, and caregivers, in the form of CARE

Covid-19 has profoundly affected the charity sector, triggering significant losses in income, changes to the delivery of direct services, and organisational restructuring in order to continue operating through the crisis. We would like to hear from our readers on how the pandemic has affected the organisation you work for. The results will be published in

Leading tech-for-good company Donr has received a six-figure round of funding to help grow their platform, which helps charities to receive donations via text. 30.04.2020 – Donr – Jesmond, Newcastle, UK A Newcastle-based company who provide the UK’s fastest-growing text donation service has secured a second round of investment funding worth £350,000. Team Donr Tech-for-good

Charities have been given an exemption to the requirement that they derive at least half of their income from trading to be able to access one of the government’s coronavirus loan schemes. The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme enables organisations with annual incomes of up to £45m to access loans of up to £5m for

(New York / San Francisco, April 30, 2020) – As the global race to combat the spread of COVID- 19 continues, CARE and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) today announced a $5 million gift from Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal. This critical funding will strengthen efforts to support women and girls, who find themselves disproportionately

The voluntary sector needs to embrace the positive changes it has made in response to the coronavirus crisis and avoid sliding backwards once it is over, according to the chief executive of the think tank NPC. In a blog, Dan Corry said that charities, government and funders will be faced with a choice in the

The voluntary sector must improve the public’s understanding of charities if it wants to increase levels of support after the pandemic, a new study has concluded. The study, called Sceptical Yet Supportive: Understanding Public Attitudes to Charity, by Beth Breeze of the University of Kent and John Mohan of the University of Birmingham, says that

MPs have pressed the government to provide additional funding for the voluntary sector to help it weather the Covid-19 pandemic.  During question time for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport in the House of Commons this week, Oliver Dowden, the culture secretary, was asked if the government could stump up additional funds for

Charity legacy income could shrink by more than a quarter this year because of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, experts have predicted. The charity legacy consortium Legacy Foresight said at the end of March that legacy income could fall by between 3 and 9 per cent over the following year because of the Covid-19

Third Sector’s annual Fundraising Conference will be held virtually this year and will be free for delegates from charities to attend. The conference was due to take place at the ILEC conference centre in London on 20 and 21 May, but the live event has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. The conference will

The 2.6 Challenge, set up to “save UK charities” because of the income they will lose because of cancelled fundraising events such as the London Marathon, has raised more than £6.4m so far. The event, which began yesterday, the day the London Marathon was due to take place before it was postponed until October, asked

(Geneva, April 24, 2020) – Diaspora communities around the globe are being hit hard by lockdowns, layoffs and illnesses to due to COVID-19. According to recent analysis from the World Bank, remittances to low and middle-income countries are projected to fall by 19.7 percent to $445 billion (from $554 billion in 2019), leaving millions of

Macmillan Cancer Support has launched an emergency fundraising campaign as demand for its services soars while it faces an estimated 50 per cent drop in income because of the coronavirus pandemic.  The charity said it was facing an unprecedented demand for its services as phone calls to its support line about Covid-19 were up by

Three local councils have pledged not to penalise charities for donations left outside shuttered shops amid concerns they would be fined for flytipping. The Southend-on-Sea, Eastbourne and Swindon borough councils, which have all been quoted in local media warning people not to leave items outside charity shops while they are closed during the pandemic, have

A new campaign has been launched to help the public understand the importance of charities to the national effort to manage the coronavirus pandemic. The #NeverMoreNeeded campaign has been set up to make sure charities’ voices are heard and raise awareness of the work they are doing to help the country come through the crisis

The former trustees of a now defunct charity that enabled companies to avoid £17m in business rates by installing bluetooth transmitters issuing public safety messages from thousands of properties have been disqualified from being company directors. A report published by the Charity Commission about its inquiry into the Public Safety Charitable Trust says the charity

Almost £55m has been raised for UK charities during the Big Night In charity fundraising event broadcast on the BBC last night. A total of almost £27.4m was donated during the three-hour long show, with the government having already promised to double funds raised. The National Emergencies Trust will receive £20m of the government’s match

Charities are hoping that this weekend’s 2.6 challenge will bring in millions of pounds for organisations struggling because of the coronavirus pandemic.  Organised by the Mass Participation Sports Organisers group and supported by organisations including the Charities Aid Foundation and the Institute of Fundraising, the challenge calls on people of any age to come up

The Charity Commission has set out guidance to help charities facing difficult financial decisions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The regulator said it had produced the guidance because it understood that many trustees, particularly those at smaller charities, were having to cope with “serious financial challenges that will have a major effect on

The BBC telethon aiming to raise millions of pounds for charities affected by the coronavirus pandemic is due to take place tonight. The three-hour long Big Night In, which is the first joint project between BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief, will offer music performances, entertainment, competitions and celebrity appearances from 7pm. The government