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The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into a Leicester-based poverty relief charity after it failed to act on a legal order issued by the regulator. GiftingHumanity was set up in 2016 to provide relief and assistance to homeless people and victims of natural or other kinds of disaster. The commission said today it

The charity consultancy Fair Collective has said it has backed out of a “dream” project with the National Council for Voluntary Organisations because of a difference in values.  The Sheffield-based consultancy, whose clients include Pregnant then Screwed, Mind and the Social Mobility Foundation, embarked on the “Power of Small” project in the spring of this

The Charity Commission is assessing information about a community support charity that closed suddenly. Re:work, based in Bristol, said it was formally advised to cease operations on 31 October because of long-term financial issues. The closure means Re:loved, the charity’s shop in the Knowle West area of Bristol, has closed until further notice. “Discussions are

The Canal and River Trust has received almost £1m more than expected after selling 24 properties on a street in Gloucestershire. The properties in Dock Road, Sharpness, were listed for auction with a guide price of £1.6m but sold for £2.5m yesterday. The auction house Allsop described the lot as a “rare unbroken” street comprising

A multiple sclerosis support charity has absorbed a smaller organisation in a bid to support more people with the condition. Multiple Sclerosis Research, Treatment and Education, which provides services, care and advice while undertaking research, has merged into the Multiple Sclerosis Trust, which supports people with MS, their friends, families and carers, and health and

A children’s hospice in Liverpool has been saved after an emergency appeal raised more than £6.4m in just a month. Zoe’s Place provides end of life and palliative care services for children up to five years old through its three hospices in Liverpool, Middlesbrough and Coventry. The charity said last month that it faced having

The proportion of chief executives from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds has remained static for the past four years at just 7 per cent, new research has found. For the past four years, just 7 per cent of chief executive respondents to the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations’ annual pay and equalities

I like to think I’m pretty good at setting scenarios for teams to think about when I’m working with clients. I enjoy doing them and it’s a fantastic exercise for at least three reasons. The first is it’s a fun way for a team to bond and learn to work better together; a shared challenge

Hundreds of charities are being offered the chance to purchase running places in the TCS London Marathon as part of a major update to its bond scheme. London Marathon Events said today it was opening a ballot for 800 new charities to secure places at the event, which raises tens of millions of pounds for

The Charity Commission has helped recover more than £10m of unused charitable funds to revitalise inactive charities in Wales. The regulator’s Revitalising Trusts programme prevents charitable funds from lying dormant by offering support and advice to trustees who are having difficulty spending income, recruiting trustees, finding beneficiaries or finding time to run the charity. The