On the threshold? Charity Pooled Funds Survey 2016

The efficiency and simplicity of investing in pooled funds means that this approach remains attractive, especially with a raft of new produc...

How can we enable people to take more control of their lives?

Steve Wyler highlights the important role that volunteer advocates can play, and asks why charities aren't making more use of them. f...

The challenges of social impact leadership in India

India shows the challenges for good social sector leadership, says Ruby Chadwick from Civil Society - Home http://ift.tt/2dzHlIH

Society Diary: the death of the beaver has been greatly exaggerated

Our weekly round-up of interesting and outlandish information, collected from the corners of the charity sector. from Civil Society - Hom...

Charity highlights from the Conservative Party Conference 2016

Alice Sharman and Kirsty Weakley went to Birmingham earlier this week for the Labour Party Conference. Here’s a summary of what happened. ...

'Brexit is a chance to scrap procurement rules that make charities too big and businesslike'

Brexit is an opportunity to scrap EU procurement rules that have forced to charities to become too large and too businesslike, the Conservat...

Charity sector is slipping off the political agenda, warns lawyer

There’s a concern that the charity sector is “slipping off the political agenda”, according to a charity lawyer. from Civil Society - Hom...

Report: Cancer charities are the nation’s favourite cause to support

Cancer charities are the nation’s favourite cause to support, but children’s charities have fallen beneath animal charities in popularity, a...

Serious fraud leads to removal of chair at Tower Hamlets charity

Trustees removed the chair of the Bangladeshi Parents and Carers Association, a learning difficulties charity based in Tower Hamlets in Lond...

With a 'can do' attitude you can get the most of of IT staff

Robina Chatham considers how to get the most out of your IT staff. from Civil Society - Home http://ift.tt/2dxjAEy

Resetting the relationship between charities and the Tories

Charities may well have the answers to a lot of the issues facing the country, but will anyone in government be listening? Asks Kirsty Weakl...

Charities 'strong oppose' planned changes to gift aid for intermediaries

The Charity Finance Group and Charity Tax Group have expressed concerns about some of the key proposals to make it easier for donations thro...

Campaign aims to double payroll giving by signing up businesses

A new campaign to double the amount of payroll giving in the UK has been launched today with the backing of some of the country’s largest bu...

Charities risk being written off as ‘left-wing, sandal wearing hippies’, despite a mix of political views

There is a risk that charities are seen as “left-wing, sandal wearing hippies”, a fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference heard. ...

OCS in discussions with charities about incentives for full-time volunteering

The Office for Civil Society is looking at ways to create more incentives for full time volunteering projects, Rob Wilson hinted at the Cons...

Campbell Robb leaves Shelter to join Joseph Rowntree

Campbell Robb, chief  executive of housing charity Shelter, will step down in the new year to become chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree ...

Charity investment analysis: Latest data ‘better than expected’

Cazenove's Emily Petersen looks at the economic outlook a few month's after the Brexit vote and finds that it is "better than e...

Charity Commission unveils free digital toolkit for trustees

The Charity Commission has launched a new resource to help trustees understand how to use digital to improve governance and raise awareness ...

Bubb attacks 'ludicrous' Charity Commission for wasting money on polling

Charities should not be driven by opinion polls on their trustworthiness, but by whether they believe they are doing a good job for their be...

Fundraising Regulator sends out letters asking charities to pay fundraising levy

The Fundraising Regulator has today sent letters to the 62 biggest fundraising charities asking them to pay its levy, with invoices to follo...