From Localgiving’s Crowdfund Wales hitting a £2mn funding landmark and the Port of Dover Community Fund reaching £1mn, here’s a round up of ...
Charity sector has pensions gap of 29%, survey shows
Despite the charity sector being one of the top sectors for female employment, it still has a gender pensions gap of 29% according to resear...
Governance guide launched for UK international NGOs
A governance guide has launched to help international NGOs in the UK address increasingly urgent issues within the sector – from equality, d...
Small & medium charities spend over a third of grant income on applications
Inefficient application processes mean small and medium charities are spending more than a third of grant income on them, research has found...
Exchanging donated games for cocktails – & other corporate partnership initiatives
Retro arcade bar NQ64 is collecting games and gaming gear for charities and offering donors cocktails in return, while The Lego Group’s part...
Revitalising Trusts Programme launches in Wales to unlock dormant charitable funds
The Charity Commission, backed by Welsh Government, has launched the Revitalising Trusts Programme in Wales to unlock up to £12 million of d...
Funding available for UK charities – round up
Following the recent announcements of a new £17mn sport and physical activity fund , and more funding available from the Climate Action Fund...
Emergency Nutrition Network appoints first CEO, & other sector movers
Nigel Tricks has become the charity’s first CEO, while Cats Protection and Reach Volunteering have both appointed a new Chair of Trustees. M...
Twitch beta launches new charity feature
With the aim of making charity streams more efficient, Twitch has beta-launched a new fundraising stream feature – Twitch Charity. The feat...
New report consolidates data, insights, trends & predictions for post-pandemic charity sector
A report has been published that consolidates the findings of over 80 reports and data sources and outlines post pandemic trends and forecas...
New £17mn sport & physical activity fund will support London children & young people
The London Marathon Charitable Trust is partnering with the Greater London Authority & Sport England on the £17mn fund. In addition, Lon...
Third Sector to be digital only from October
Haymarket’s Third Sector has announced that from October this year it will be digital only, with an end to its print magazine. The magazine...
£8 million available for community projects from Climate Action Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund’s Climate Action Fund is making up to £8 million available to community projects across the UK that are ...
Resources launched to help charities recruit young trustees
With only 0.5% of trustees currently between the ages of 18-24, a guide has launched to help charities recruit young people. It has been la...
RNLI becomes second biggest charity on TikTok in a week
RNLI has gained more than 100,000 new social media followers and 4mn views within days of launching on TikTok. The charity is currently sec...
UK charity tax receipts remain broadly steady
New data published by HMRC shows that for the tax year ending April 2022 tax reliefs for UK charities and their donors were £5.4 billion – l...
Data & tech leaders unite to launch first aid appeal for Ukraine
Global data and tech leaders have come together in a new initiative to secure medical kits for Ukraine. The newly formed Data and Tech Aid ...
Fundraisers’ changing learning requirements, & how providers are meeting them
Things can change fast in the fundraising world – think Covid and the impact it had on events and digitisation – but even when there isn...