Only a small step for payroll giving
The government’s reforms to payroll giving have been a damp squib, says Ian Clark. For the last quarter of a century payroll giving has been struggling to make any progress as an effective fundraising...
View ArticleMacmillan launches Go Sober for October fundraising challenge
Macmillan Cancer Care has partnered with the Australian fundraising campaign, Dry July, to launch Go Sober for October in the UK. Much like the Dryathlon which Cancer Research UK ran in January,...
View ArticleFive things rich donors want charities to know
Every good fundraiser has an “elevator pitch” ready to use in case they bump into Richard Branson in a lift – but what if you find yourself sitting next to a rich potential donor at dinner? A lot...
View ArticleLocal infrastructure is more important than ever for charities
The charity sector must demonstrate the worth of effective local infrastructure: these organisations are too valuable to lose. Infrastructure is often undervalued, but it is nevertheless essential. The...
View ArticleHow charity leaders can get the most out of social media
A strong personal social media presence is now essential for charity leaders. Recent research by MBA Online revealed that eight out of 10 people are more likely to trust and buy from an organisation...
View ArticleMany government departments ‘do not understand charities’, says Nick Hurd
The Minister for Civil Society tells Tory conference event he feels ‘constant frustration’ at some departments’ lack of enthusiasm for the social economy Many government departments do not understand...
View ArticleRegulator to pilot online system for allocation of street fundraising sites
Sally de la Bedoyere of the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association tells conference that such a scheme would improve transparency of face-to-face The Public Fundraising Regulatory Association will...
View ArticleProfits growth slows down across UK charity shops market
Revenues and profits across the UK charity shops continued to rise last year but at a slower rate than in recent years, the latest Charity Shops Survey shows. The survey, published by Charity Finance...
View ArticleCharities Aid Foundation head criticises trustees for not defending senior pay
John Low says the boards of major charities set the salaries and should speak up in the face of media scrutiny John Low, chief executive of the Charities Aid Foundation, has criticised trustees of...
View ArticleOffender charities Langley House Trust and Kainos Community merge
Tracy Wild, chief executive of Langley House and its new subsidiary, says their work will be strengthened by ‘combined talents’ The offender charities the Langley House Trust and the Kainos Community...
View ArticleCharity Commission drawn into public office appointments row
Baroness Sally Morgan has suggested that the appointment ofWilliam Shawcross, chair of the Charity Commission, was politically-motivated, amid wider allegations of a pattern of non-Conservative...
View ArticleDaily Mail launches fresh attack on charity chief executive pay
The Daily Mail has attacked the level of chief executive pay atSave the Children International and Marie Stopes International. In an article published yesterday the Mail said it had emerged that the...
View ArticleCompany payroll giving match funding up £1.5m
Companies matched £7.5m worth of employee payroll giving last year, up by a quarter on the previous year. New figures released today by industry body the Association of Payroll Giving Agencies (APGO)...
View ArticleFundraisers – ‘Stop firefighting and see the fire’
Charities need space to innovate and collaborate, and must use technology and local platforms when it comes to fundraising, says Claire Houghton. Central to the debate on how fundraising will look in...
View ArticleYounger: Charity Commission lacks resources to regulate effectively
The Charity Commission barely has the resources to regulate effectively, its chief executive Sam Younger told a Commons committee today. During a Public Administration Select Committee evidence session...
View ArticleProstate Cancer UK signs up 65,000 people to ‘movement’ in 10 days
Prostate Cancer UK has signed up 65,000 people to its movement-style new campaign, Men United vs Prostate Cancer, less than two weeks after it launched. Men United vs Prostate Cancer will be the...
View ArticleCharity Commission needs new leadership, says Public Accounts Committee
The Public Accounts Committee has said it has “little confidence” the Charity Commission has the leadership capability to tackle its “significant failings” and radically reform. In a damning report...
View ArticleExchequer lost £170m to tax relief abuse and error last year
Fraud, avoidance and error connected to gift aid and other tax reliefs cost the Exchequer £170m in the last tax year, and a further £217m of tax is still at risk, according to a Public Accounts...
View Article10 years time: what will charity finance look like?
I expected that by 2014 we’d live in a world serviced by robots, had high hopes for teleportation, and assumed technological advances would have made poverty, disability, discrimination and many of the...
View ArticleMPs condemn charities watchdog as ‘not fit for purpose’
The charities watchdog has been condemned as feeble and not fit for purpose following an investigation by MPs into its performance. The public accounts committee (PAC) found the Charity Commission had...
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