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Government to close £1.5bn National Citizen Service programme

The NCS Trust, the charity set up to operate the scheme, will also be wound down, MPs are told




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More than 230-year-old grantmaker changes its name

Richmond Parish Lands Charity has become the Richmond Foundation




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Volunteering charity appoints next chief

Amerjit Chohan will take up the top job at Helpforce in the new year




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Cancer charity broke fundraising code over clothing collection bags, regulator rules

The Fundraising Regulator says it saw ‘little supporting documentary evidence’ to suggest the charity had comprehensive oversight over the work carried out by a clothing collection company in its name




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Consultancy walks away from ‘dream gig’ with NCVO, citing differences in values

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations says Fair Collective had completed the work it had been contracted to deliver but the consultancy disputes this




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Regulator recovers more than £10m in unused funds for Welsh charities

The programme has supported 72 inactive Welsh charities to become operational again, the commission says



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Hundreds of charities offered chance to gain London Marathon places in shake-up of bond system

The system has offered running places in the race to charities since the 1990s




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Female charity chiefs hitting ‘concrete ceiling’ as gender pay gap at 10-year high

The gap reached 14 per cent last year, research from the charity leaders body Acevo shows




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Charity chiefs from ethnic minorities remains static at just 7 per cent, report finds

Nearly a third of charity chief executives have experienced discrimination or barriers during their career in the sector, Acevo says




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Hospice saved after raising more than £6m in a month

Zoe’s Place Liverpool had said it faced closure by the end of the year




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‘Substantial rise’ in individual giving as major charity’s income up by 10 per cent

The charity also received a £5m grant from the People’s Postcode Lottery




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Multiple sclerosis charities merge

The charities say the move puts them in a stronger position to make a positive impact on the lives of people affected by multiple sclerosis




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Street sale nets charity almost £1m more than expected

The Gloucestershire road includes 22 residential homes and two mixed-use buildings




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Commission looks into charity that closed abruptly

Re:work helped marginalised people find employment




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Support charity appoints new chief

Nicola Burston has been at The Drinks Trust for the past four years




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National Lottery Community Fund commits £3bn to charities by 2030

The grantmaker announces three partnership programmes as part of the funding new package




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Former charities minister appointed shadow culture secretary

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations says Stuart Andrew has a ‘deep understanding’ of the voluntary sector



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Race equality charities launch project to co-ordinate sector-wide riot response

A series of webinars will confront the root causes of the racist riots that took place over the summer




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Covenant represents ‘vital opportunity’ for sector to reset its relationship with government, NCVO president says

The proposed measure presents a ‘real chance’ for meaningful partnership but will require commitment to collaboration, Baroness Delyth Morgan tells the House of Lords



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Analysis: How the Autumn Budget could affect your charity

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered her first Budget speech to the House of Commons. Lucinda Rouse rounds up the key aspects for the voluntary sector




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Charity tax rules to be toughened to prevent abuse, Budget reveals

Proposals include plans to introduce tax relief sanctions for persistent non-compliance with filing obligations and reform of the donor benefit rules, documents show




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Government announces ‘hugely significant’ social impact investment vehicle

The new initiative was announced by the government in the Budget today




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National Insurance increase could cost sector £800m a year, estimates suggest

The charity leaders body Acevo warns that charities could be forced to cut staff




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Charity tax legislation and a social impact investment vehicle among Budget measures

Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, also announced an increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions and a huge rise in health spending




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Local authorities must improve engagement with voluntary organisations, report finds

The Care Quality Commission said addressing inequalities demanded better relationships between local authorities and the voluntary sector




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Scrapping tax breaks for independent schools could create ‘two-tier charity sector’, lawyers warn

A working party of Charity Law Association members said the government plans risked ‘eroding a long-established principle that all charities have equal status under the law’.




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Analysis: What will the sector’s covenant with the government look like?

It is being hailed as a ‘once in a generation opportunity’ to make the sector’s voice heard but what might the new agreement between the sector and the government include? Andy Ricketts reports



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Education charity ‘untenable’ after losing £500,000 government grant

Young Enterprise Scotland, which has 31 staff, accuses the Scottish government of failing to follow through on funding assurances



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James Somerville: Charities will benefit more from funding for public services than direct measures in Labour’s first budget

Charities need stability and clarity from next week’s announcement – more ambitious interventions can wait



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Ndidi Okezie: The cost of fragmentation means we must rethink our approach to social change

Are we willing to reject the broken ‘as is’ and push towards a more radical new way of learning and working together?



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Prime Minister pledges new partnership with charities as he announces new 'covenant'

The agreement will be drawn up over the coming months; voluntary sector leaders say it is a 'foundational moment'



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EDI the 'weakest governance area', report finds

Research by the Directory of Social Change analyses governance reviews carried out by more than 1,100 users of its app




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Prime Minister asks MP Danny Kruger to review sector's role in Covid-19 recovery

Kruger has been told to develop proposals to maximise the role of volunteers, community groups, faith groups, charities and social enterprises in the fight against coronavirus




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Community asset transfer 'relies too much on local capacity and resources', report says

Disadvantaged areas 'lack the capacity to take on the process of asset ownership', according to a Localis publication




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Coronavirus updates: Third Sector live blog

Keep up to date with all the latest coronavirus-related news affecting the charity sector. Please refresh for the latest updates




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Entries now open for Third Sector Awards 2020

The deadline for the early-bird price is 14 May, with a final deadline of 4 June




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Just one more day to get reduced-cost entry to Business Charity Awards

The deadline for early-bird entries is 11.59pm on 6 February




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Age UK's income down by almost £19m last year




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Scottish government creates rural social enterprise hub

As well as creating the hub with a £27,000 grant, the government has given out 17 grants totalling £1m to charities and social enterprises




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Anonymous donor gives £1.5m to community foundation

Heart of England Community Foundation has now received more than £7m from the unnamed person




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Labour's council insourcing proposal sparks fears among charities

Voluntary sector providers of local authority services say ideology must not hamper effective service provision



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Community-owned assets in England 'contribute £220m to economy'

A report commissioned by the government and Power to Change says there are more than 6,300 such undertakings




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Power to Change offers £1.6m to community businesses

The community business funder has made the money available for community asset schemes such as pubs or bookshops




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Crowdfunding campaign aims to resurrect former vinspired service

The defunct charity's former digital director wants to set up its digital volunteer recruitment network as a social enterprise




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Entries open for the Business Charity Awards 2025

The early-bird awards entry deadline is 9 January




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Adeela Warley: In the face of great pressure, charities must find new ways to capture imaginations

Strategic communications is by no means a ‘silver bullet’, but it is a vital part of addressing the challenges we face




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UK Youth appoints former Acevo head as interim chief

Vicky Browning succeeds Ndidi Okezie, who is stepping down after five years at the charity’s helm




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Tributes paid to ‘fantastic and inspiring’ former chair of Charity Finance Group who has died aged 67

Ian Theodoreson, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in 2019, wrote that he ‘had lived a good life’ in a blog post posthumously published on 27 October




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Podcast transcript: Chris Sherwood on the RSPCA's growth, governance and coalitions for change

Lucinda and Emily are joined by the outgoing chief of the RSPCA




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Charity deletes social media posts after Tory leadership candidate says it is ‘peddling divisive statements’

The racial justice charity accepts the wording and statistics used in posts about the Chris Kaba case ‘were not as carefully expressed as they should have been’