Data gathered during the application process for the UK Youth Fund - Covid Relief has revealed that two thirds (66%) of youth organisations ...
Renewed calls for charities to be exempt from Insurance Premium Tax ahead of budget
Ahead of next week's Budget, Ecclesiastical Insurance and the Charity Finance Group (CFG) are once again calling on the Chancellor of th...
Record year sees Everton in the Community support more than 45,000 people
Everton in the Community recorded its highest-ever annual revenue last year, enabling it to support more than 45,000 individuals and familie...
Charity Commission lifts statutory supervision of Oxfam GB
Oxfam GB has been returned to standard regulatory oversight by the Charity Commission following significant improvements on safeguarding, th...
£20m fund to help keep children out of criminal justice system
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has announced a new fund of up to £20 million, to find out how diversionary programmes can keep children out ...
Everfund secures Silicon Valley billionaire investor
Lincoln based software startup Everfund has announced that its latest investor is American billionaire and software entrepreneur Tom Preston...
Top tips for effective legacy communications
The value of legacies to charities is undisputed, and thankfully it’s a growing income stream, increasing from £1.7 billion to £3.3 billion ...
GOOD launches fortnightly podcast of positivity
GOOD has launched The GOOD Download, a fortnightly podcast of positivity from the world of marketing and communications. Following on from G...
Grant funding can exclude those it is designed to help, finds charity
A report from Sported has found that a lack of recognition of the common characteristics of many community groups, and an over-simplificatio...
4 funds now offering support to charities
From funding to help support disadvantaged women and girls, to animal rescue centres, youth unemployment schemes, and Covid impact support w...
Charities turn to Charity Digital Code of Practice for support during pandemic
With the past year seeing a huge surge in digital activity, the Charity Digital Code of Practice site has recorded almost 9,000 users since ...
Free support for Midlands charities from the gunnercooke foundation
Law firm gunnercooke is seeking Midlands-based charities to offer free support to through its charity arm, the gunnercooke foundation. The g...
Funraisin introduces hybrid digital and real world fitness fundraising tools
Events fundraising platform Funraisin has partnered with District Technologies to offer a sponsored fundraising event experience that combin...
Trevor McDonald voices WaterAid’s first animated ad, & other celeb news
Veteran newsreader Trevor McDonald is voicing WaterAid's first animated ad, while other stars are supporting charities in a range of way...
Coaching agency launches with former CIoF Chair as cofounder
A new executive coaching, mentoring and facilitation agency formally launched last week, co-founded by former Chair of the Chartered Institu...
Great Daffodil Appeal returns for 2021 without public collections
Marie Curie’s flagship fundraising campaign the Great Daffodil Appeal launches on 1 March - for the first time in its 35-year history withou...
Crowdfunder seeks charities to join collaborative #MentalHealthMatters campaign
Crowdfunder.co.uk is launching a collaborative #MentalHealthMatters campaign on 1 March, to help mental health charities and organisations a...
Applications open for Champions for Children summer campaign
The Childhood Trust is seeking charities working with disadvantaged children and young people living in London to join its Champions for Chi...
Impact of Covid-19 sees 1 in 5 charities consider downsizing
One in five (19%) charities are looking at downsizing as a result of the pandemic, while a similar number (17%) are considering closing some...
Small charities ‘showed up & stuck around’ in pandemic, report shows
Small charities helped people in need during the pandemic in a way that public services and mutual aid couldn't, according to a report f...
Search on for 2021 Sustainable Project of the Year
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is sponsoring a sustainability award for the second year at the 2021 Museums + Heritage Awards. The Museu...
Lockdown restrictions cancelled out charity retailers’ promising start to Q4
Lockdown restrictions took their toll on the performance of charity retailers in the final quarter of 2020, with the outlook for 2021 remain...
200+ charity people told me how they got their first job in the sector. Here’s what I learnt.
I was expecting a couple of replies at most. I’d put out a tweet asking how people got started in the charity sector – just something to whi...
A whistle-stop tour of great online legacy promotion
Legacy promotion is as important online as it is offline, but what works best? Here are some examples of different charities’ approaches. ...
Sue Ryder December Daily Dash goes virtual & sees income grow 512%
Sue Ryder turned its annual December Daily Dash into a virtual event last year, and saw income rise 512%. The event started in 2015, when Su...
Comic Relief challenges families to hunt down supervillain in digital campaign for Red Nose Day
Comic Relief has launched a digital, family focused fundraising campaign for Red Nose Day 2021. #UnleashTheLaughter has been created by Comi...
Virgin Money incentivises current account switchers with £50 charity donation
Virgin Money has created a current account switching incentive that will enable switchers to its Current Account to make a £50 donation, fun...
Applications open for Big Give’s new Green Match Fund campaign
Applications are open for The Big Give Green Match Fund, a match funding campaign for charities working on environmental issues as part of t...
Legacies: Charity Chat features legacy giving
A huge transfer of wealth is coming. The baby-boomers, the richest generation ever, are coming to the end of their lives, where will their w...
High Court dismisses case against Kids Company founder & trustees
Camilla Batmanghelidjh, the founder and former CEO of Kids Company, and the charity's former trustees saw the case brought against them ...
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