Danny Kruger, co-founder and former chief executive of the criminal justice charity Only Connect and a former government adviser on civil society, was among the people with a voluntary sector background to have been elected to parliament in yesterday’s general election. Others included David Johnston, former chief executive of the Social Mobility Foundation, who retained
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Charities should be wary of embarking on change unless it has the support of the public, according to Baroness Stowell, chair of the Charity Commission. In a speech this week, Stowell said trust in charities had declined and voluntary sector leaders could no longer “assume legitimacy” in the eyes of the public. People, she said,
Variety, the Children’s Charity, has promoted Jo Carter to be its next chief executive. The charity said Carter, who joined as director of fundraising, marketing and communications in May, had been interim chief executive since July. She succeeds Frances Lang, who only joined the charity in September last year. A spokeswoman for the charity said
SANAA (December 12, 2019) – A quarter of all civilian casualties across Yemen in 2019 were recorded in Hodeidah governorate. Despite a ceasefire in the port city being at the heart of last year’s Stockholm Agreement, Hodeidah has seen 799 civilian casualties since the Agreement was signed, the highest toll countrywide. Families continue to flee
Quintessentially founder’s new app Kindred gives back to conscious consumers with every transaction London, 11 December 2019: Kindred, a new platform that digitises word-of-mouth recommendations on social media, has raised £2.25 million in seed capital investment and has a £35 million valuation pre-revenue. Board investors are Richard Laxer, ex-President of GE Capital, and Dan Bricken,
Christian Aid has revealed plans to close all of its regional offices in England in the first phase of a new global strategy that could lead to up to 200 job losses. The charity announced in the summer that it planned to restructure and withdraw from 12 countries as part of plans to save £7m
The UK is the fifth most generous country, according to figures from the funding platform GoFundMe. A report from the crowdfunding website about donations made through it globally in 2019 shows Ireland was the most generous country overall, with the US second, Australia third and Canada fourth, based on the number of donations per capita.
Newbury, 11th April 2018 – Not-for-profit cloud platform, The Good Exchange, has announced today that it has been named the 2018 digital partner for the National Council for Voluntary Organisations’ (NCVO) Annual Conference, which is being held on Monday 16th April at The Brewery in London. The NCVO champions the voluntary sector and volunteering, believing
RSPCA staff could strike in February after a union poll indicated huge opposition to proposed changes to pay and conditions. In an indicative ballot by the union Unite, which has more than 800 members at the RSPCA, 88 per cent of them said they were prepared to take industrial action. Ninety-six per cent said they
New software enables small charities to access cashless donations globally 400 sign-ups in time for Christmas Cost of accessing cashless payments reduced from £500 to less than £100 London, UK. 10th December 2019. More than 400 charities have signed up to a new service that slashes the cost of setting up contactless donations from £500
The Charity Commission has warned charities to review their policies on how employee details are amended after several voluntary sector organisations reported fell foul of fraudsters. In an alert issued today, the regulator said it had received four reports from charities that had fallen victim to fraudsters impersonating members of staff in order to change
A global survey of civil society freedom has said activism is being increasingly repressed. People Power Under Attack is published annually by Civicus, a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists based in South Africa that works to strengthen citizen action. The latest document rates the extent to which states respect the right of
75% agree that corporate fundraising is becoming more important to the local community, yet nearly 60% supported between just one and five good causes in the last year, largely due to administrative overhead Newbury, 18th April 2018 – Not-for-profit, The Good Exchange, has today released the results of new research into the key drivers and
Sir John Low, chief executive of the Charities Aid Foundation, is to step down next year. Low, who has led CAF since 2007, said he would leave the organisation once a successor had been appointed. Low joined CAF after five years in the top job at the RNID, now Action on Hearing Loss, and also
Criticism about the amount of government spending that goes on the National Citizen Service and a suggestion that each small charity should be required to set up a Facebook page that includes basic information about the organisation were among the ideas put forward by politicians last night. The Charity Debate, organised by the Charities Aid
Charitable private schools in Scotland are set to lose their business rates relief from 1 September, the Scottish government has said, in a move that is will cost the sector an estimated £7m a year. The government said in a statement that it would amend the Non-domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill to include the new date,
Oxford City Council has made a further £10,000 of small grants available for local charities and community groups through the innovative online matching platform The Good Exchange. Following a successful pilot earlier this year, the City Council will offer further grants of up to £1,000 through the second round of its 2018 Small Grants Scheme
The Salvation Army is on the hunt for baby Jesus after a figure of him was stolen from a nativity scene on display at one of the charity’s shops. A statement from the charity said that on Tuesday the manager of its store in Peterborough noticed the miniature of the child had gone missing, leaving
Action for Children has opened an interactive pop-up store in London’s Covent Garden as part of its Be a Secret Santa fundraising campaign. The previously vacant store, donated for free by the property company CBRE, opened yesterday and will operate until 18 December. Visitors watch a giant screen showing various festive photos and, based on
Nairobi (December 6, 2019) - As rains are expected to continue over the next few days and conditions likely to worsen, CARE plans to respond to the floods that have devastated much of Kenya. CARE plans to provide lifesaving assistance across Garissa County, with a focus on some of the most vulnerable, including refugees living in
Kumi Naidoo has resigned as secretary general of Amnesty International because of ill health. Naidoo announced to his 52,000 followers on Twitter yesterday he had been forced to make the “painful decision” to relinquish the role he took up just 16 months ago. He is due to continue working for the human rights organisation until
Newbury, 11th September 2018 – Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF), funded through the #iwill Fund, is working in partnership with The Good Exchange’s not-for-profit, online matching cloud platform. The #iwill Fund was created through £40 million of seed funding from Government, and the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund. It supports the aims of the
The Charity Commission has apologised for accidentally retweeting an anti-Boris Johnson tweet. On Thursday, the commission and the Prime Minister were both tagged in a tweet by The Jewish Chronicle that featured the newspaper’s front page: this led on a story that Johnson had spoken about Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s approach to tackling antisemitism in
Atlanta & Los Angeles (October 10, 2019) — In honor of International Day of the Girl, leading humanitarian organization CARE and beloved children’s brand Care Bears™ have partnered with more than 30 celebrities, artists, and influencers, to celebrate smart, strong, and capable girls around the world. Kacey Musgraves, Hilary Duff, Sia, Iman, Meghan Trainor, Michelle
The Institute of Fundraising has launched a new confidential helpline that fundraisers can use to report sexual harassment. The helpline, which was launched today, will provide free confidential support and advice to complainants who want to report harassment by an IoF member or which took place at an IoF event. Latest headlines The helpline is
Access, the Foundation for Social Investment, has expanded its enterprise development programme with a further £6m of support, including grant funding. The programme, which works to support enterprise models in charities and social enterprises, will now work with mental health and equality organisations, in addition to those in the youth and homelessness sectors involved in
WASHINGTON (Oct. 11, 2019) – Reps. Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Andy Levin (D-MI) traveled to Bangladesh with CARE to see how vital U.S. investments in combatting malnutrition and stunting are helping to build more resilient and healthy Bangladeshi and refugee communities. The delegation was hosted by CARE’s Chief Operating Officer Tjada McKenna and joined by
The online matching platform for the charitable sector has now dispersed a total of £8.5m to good causes Newbury, 18 September 2018 – Not-for-profit, charity-owned online charitable giving platform The Good Exchange has today announced significant growth figures as it celebrates its second anniversary. In the second year of operations, the platform has experienced 76
The Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales is offering small charities grants of up to £100,000 towards their core costs. The grant-maker has today begun accepting applications from charities in England and Wales with annual incomes of between £25,000 and £1m that are working to address complex social issues such as mental health, homelessness
On October 13, 2013, Cyclone Phailin hit the southeastern coast of India, lashing the states of Odisha and Andhra and others with winds up to 220 kph and dumping more than of water. The cyclone It left a trail of destruction in its path, knocking down homes, destroying crops and wiping out the livelihoods of thousands of the country’s