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A former employee of a Scottish social care charity has admitted to embezzling about £40,000 from the accounts of its vulnerable residents. Sense Scotland, which provides care for vulnerable adults and children with complex needs, has agreed to repay all of the stolen funds, after a former employee admitted taking the money from some of

A group of more than 30 charities has urged the next government to make environmental programmes and policies fairer for all. A report published today by the think tank NPC in collaboration with 32 charity partners, including Barnardo’s, the RNIB, the Wildlife Trusts and Girlguiding UK, contains a set of joint recommendations designed to ensure

Unicef UK’s income fell by more than 10 per cent last year from a record high in the previous 12 months that was boosted by “unprecedented support” for its emergency Ukraine appeal.  The charity’s latest accounts, filed with Companies House last week, show it had income of £160.9m in 2023, down from £179.5m in the

A fundraiser for the agency Appco UK, who was raising funds for Breast Cancer Now, took donations from a vulnerable individual despite having reason to believe he lacked capacity, the Fundraising Regulator has found. The watchdog has found that BCN’s contracted agency, Appco UK, breached the Fundraising Code of Practice’s provisions regarding engagement with vulnerable

Macmillan Cancer Support has secured a private prosecution against a pair of brothers who oversaw a raft of fraudulent claims worth more than £22,000 in grants from the charity.  Moses Kellie, 44, and his brother Elijah, 43, admitted acquiring criminal property in a prosecution brought by the charity.  Elijah Kellie operated 45 bank accounts which

Richard Kramer, chief executive of the disability charity Sense, will retire next year.  He joined the charity as deputy chief executive in 2013 before being promoted to the top job in 2018.  Sense said Kramer, who has also worked for organisations including Mencap and Turning Point, had “led the charity through a period of growth

A global type 1 diabetes charity has changed its name as part of a bid to more accurately represent the organisation’s work and the community it serves. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, which supports type 1 diabetes research and people affected by the condition globally, has changed its name to Breakthrough T1D. Type 1 diabetes

Almost two-thirds of people rate door-to-door fundraising negatively and half said they would be less likely to support charities again after being contacted by a door-to-door fundraiser, research from the Fundraising Regulator has found.  The report, which includes data from a survey of more than 3,000 UK adults, reveals that 62 per cent of respondents

The advertising watchdog has rejected more than 200 complaints that an advertising campaign by the Alzheimer’s Society was offensive and caused unjustifiable distress. The Advertising Standards Authority said today that three television adverts and one radio spot, put out by the charity in March and April, had not breached advertising guidelines.  The ASA said it

Charities must avoid instrumentalisation and tokenism in order to be truly anti-racist in their communications, a new report from the anti-racist brand strategy agency Brand By Me has urged. The summary of the report, which does not name any of the charities analysed, says the instrumentalisation of the global majority is a “widespread issue” in

A social housing charity has gone into administration following a dispute with its landlord about poor property conditions. The Noble Tree Foundation is a social housing charity with 470 housing units in England, providing housing and support to more than 850 ex-service personnel, vulnerable adults and asylum seekers. The charity has appointed John Dickinson and

Nearly seven million people are expected to take part in the Big Help Out this weekend, organisers have said. The initiative, which will be held from 7 to 9 June, aims to boost participation in volunteering through events and campaigns hosted by charities.  Organisers said that there are more than a million opportunities to volunteer