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The London Marathon should be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a charity chief executive who is planning to run the event to raise funds for her organisation.  Theresa Dauncey, chief executive of the National Brain Appeal, said the escalating number of cases caused by the outbreak meant the event should be put back

Amman (March 13, 2020) – As the war in Syria enters its tenth year, the regional crisis has reached horrifying new levels. With nearly one million displaced in Northwest Syria, people are living through one of the worst emergencies since the war began in 2011. At least 80 percent of those displaced are women and

The London Marathon has been postponed until 4 October because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been announced.  The race was due to take place on 26 April but organisers had been under increasing pressure to delay the event because of the rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus.  The race is worth tens of millions

  About COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic affects us all – but to date it has largely been limited to the developed world. As it spreads to poorer countries, overwhelming weak healthcare systems, we must stand in solidarity with our most vulnerable neighbors. CARE is working hand in hand with communities to get in front of

Charities could miss out on a new loan scheme announced in the Budget to help mitigate the impact of coronavirus if they do not earn more than half of their income through trading. Government guidance on the new Covid-19 measures unveiled in yesterday’s Budget says that the temporary Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, delivered by

The international development umbrella body Bond has cancelled its annual conference because of the growing coronavirus pandemic. The event, which was due to take place on 23 and 24 March, was cancelled on government advice, Bond said. About 1,000 people were due to attend the two-day conference, including the international development secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan. Latest headlines

ATLANTA (March 11, 2020) — CARE is deeply concerned by the continuing global spread of the novel coronavirus and the resulting COVID-19 disease. CARE is committed to working closely with health officials in the countries and regions where the organization is operational to ensure the safety and security of CARE staff and programs. “CARE is

Charities have criticised a lack of sector-specific policies in today’s Budget, amid policy announcements by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the coronavirus, business rates and the Tampon Tax. Rishi Sunak, who was presenting his first Budget, set out a large number of spending commitments, including £30bn to help businesses and the NHS through the

Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has said a UK replacement for EU funds that support organisations including charities has become an “overdue matter of increasing urgency”. In a letter to Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Khan points out that details of the proposed UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the government-announced replacement for European

MAPUTO (March 10, 2020) – One year after Cyclone Idai left a trail of destruction across parts of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, nearly 100,000 people continue to live in makeshift shelters and are alarmingly vulnerable to future climate shocks.  International aid agencies CARE International, Oxfam and Save the Children are warning that without greater climate financing

The government has refused to release its correspondence with the National Citizen Service Trust and The Challenge that took place before the latter’s collapse into administration. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has turned down a request from Third Sector made under the Freedom of Information Act on the grounds that it would

Charities face being unable to deliver social care properly unless the government provides greater funding for the sector at the forthcoming Budget, according to a new report by the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group.  The report, called Securing the Future of Social Care, says growth in demand for social care services coupled with £7bn in cuts

Charities and community groups are being invited to apply for a share of £2m of government funds for projects that promote social cohesion.  The Faith, Race and Hate Crime Grant scheme offers funding of between £100,000 and £450,000 to support inter-faith and community projects in England that will build bridges between people of all backgrounds.

Charities across the UK marked International Women’s Day yesterday with events, festivals and emergency appeals to provide support to the women who need it most. International Women’s Day, held annually on 8 March, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, and calls for the acceleration of women’s equality.

Union members at the RSPCA are set to go on strike after talks to settle a long-running dispute over new staff contracts broke down. Unite and RSPCA officials met at the conciliation service Acas on Tuesday in a bid to break the deadlock over the introduction by the charity of a new performance-related pay scheme

Jeremy Hughes did not receive a pay-off after Samaritans reversed its decision to appoint the former head of Alzheimer’s Society as its new chief executive, Third Sector has been told. The suicide-prevention charity abandoned the appointment of Hughes last week after newspaper reports alleged that he displayed bullying behaviour during his time at the Alzheimer’s

The charity leaders body Acevo has called for a discussion on the support charities might need to deal with complaints by staff in the wake of the Charity Commission’s report on Save the Children UK. The membership body made the comments in response to the regulator’s report, which uncovered “serious failings” in the way Save

Baroness Stowell, chair of the Charity Commission, will appear before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee of MPs for the first time since it opposed her appointment to the role. A committee statement today said Stowell and Helen Stephenson, chief executive of the regulator, would be questioned about the commission’s track record and

Major charity employers are drawing up plans to deal with the possible effects of the coronavirus outbreak on their workforce.  Out of a group of the largest charity employers in the UK contacted by Third Sector, none said they had yet been forced to take drastic measures such as closing offices or reducing services to

The Bristol-based charity St Peter’s Hospice has launched a partnership with John Lewis to open a pop-up shop in the department store’s branch at the Cribbs Causeway shopping centre. The shop, which will be open from 12 to 29 March, will sell premium second-hand ladies garments from brands such as Hobbs, Fat Face, Phase Eight

Brussels/Amman (March 5, 2020) – As several thousand refugees and asylum-seekers line Turkey’s border with the European Union, CARE denounces acts of violence against vulnerable groups seeking protection at Europe’s borders and calls for European member states to cooperate, share the responsibility, and accept refugees into Europe, including by offering safe asylum. This is crucial in

Charities should plan for their events to still go ahead despite the escalating coronavirus crisis, according to guidance from the Institute of Fundraising. More than 95,000 people are thought to have contracted Covid-19 since the virus first emerged in Wuhan, China, in January, and has since spread across the world, including to the UK, where

Anti-sexual harassment activists have called for the chief executive of Save the Children UK to stand down after the Charity Commission found “serious failings” in how the charity had handled allegations against senior staff. The commission published its investigation report on the charity today, condemning “serious weaknesses in the charity’s workplace culture” and concluding that

ATLANTA (March 5, 2020) – This International Women’s Day, leading global humanitarian and development organization CARE has partnered with the women of Scandal — Kerry Washington, Bellamy Young, Katie Lowes and series creator Shonda Rhimes — for a new PSA that calls out the many obstacles women experience and underscores the powerful things women can

Women in fundraising are missing out on leadership positions and experience systemic and sector-wide barriers to progression in their careers, according to a report by the Institute of Fundraising. The report, Understanding the Female Leadership Gap in Fundraising, published today, reveals that although men and women in fundraising generally start on the same salaries, a

The Charity Finance Group and the insurance firm Ecclesiastical have called for an insurance premium tax exemption for charities to be granted in the forthcoming Budget. The rate of IPT, which is a tax on general insurance premiums such as buildings or car insurance, has doubled in recent years, and the CFG and Ecclesiastical are

– This article was clarified on 3 March 2020; see final paragraph Staff at the homelessness charity St Mungo’s will strike for three days this month after talks to settle a long-running dispute about terms and conditions broke down. The union Unite said today that it planned to stage a walkout between 16 and 18

Representatives from the RSPCA and the trade union Unite have agreed to meet today in a last-ditch attempt to avert strike action over the introduction of new staff contracts. Last month, members of the union voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action over the RSPCA’s plans to bring in a performance-related pay scheme for salary

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has launched a governance review of the National Citizen Service Trust after the department vetoed an “unacceptable” exit package for the trust’s former chief executive. An article in the Sunday Mirror newspaper yesterday claimed that Michael Lynas was given £15,000 as part of a retraining package after