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• Dog rescue trustees used charity funds to buy £7,000 Rolex and 'live entirely rent-free', regulator finds

  05-12-2024 16:25 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The Charity Commission concludes that the mother and son trustees were mostly unable to account for almost £600,000 in spending and the charity had to pay back more than £200,000 in Gift Aid that had been claimed in error
  
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• Dog rescue trustees used charity funds to buy £7,000 Rolex and ‘live entirely rent-free’, regulator finds

  05-12-2024 16:25 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The Charity Commission concludes that the mother and son trustees were mostly unable to account for almost £600,000 in spending and the charity had to pay back more than £200,000 in Gift Aid that had been claimed in error
  
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• Children’s hospice consults on redundancies to help plug £1m funding gap

  05-12-2024 16:14 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Forget Me Not Hospice says 16 jobs are at risk
  
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• More than one-third of charity donors have cut back, research indicates

  05-12-2024 16:11 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The study of more than 1,000 UK adults showed 37 per cent had reduced their donations because of the cost-of-living crisis
  
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• More than two-thirds of charities likely to consider job cuts due to NI hike

  05-12-2024 09:03 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  A report from the Charity Finance Group says measures charities are having to take could have ‘far-reaching consequences’ for the services they provide
  
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• Charity ‘sad and angry’ after having to abandon £650,000 building despite having funds in place

  05-12-2024 08:25 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Blue Box Belper says the local council has caused it to miss a deadline to secure the land it required
  
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• Anti-poverty charity appoints new chief after founders retire

  05-12-2024 07:58 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Yekemi Otaru has been interim CEO of the charity since August, as founders Brian and Jenny Taylor prepared to step back
  
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• ‘Remarkable’ British Heart Foundation fundraiser dies aged 108

  04-12-2024 17:15 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Joan Willett raised more than £60,000 for the charity during the Covid-19 pandemic
  
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• Women’s charity quits X due to rise in abusive comments and concern over ‘unsafe environment’

  04-12-2024 16:57 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The organisation says the rate of ‘malicious and abusive’ comments on its social media account has increased in recent months
  
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• Women's charity quits X due to rise in abusive comments and concern over ‘unsafe environment’

  04-12-2024 16:57 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The organisation says the rate of 'malicious and abusive' comments on its social media account has increased in recent months
  
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• Inquiry into animal charity that has failed to comply with official warning

  04-12-2024 16:55 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The Charity Commission says TheDogYouNeed.com submitted incomplete accounts which raised ‘several areas of concern’
  
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• Volunteering levels fall to record low

  04-12-2024 16:53 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The results from the latest Community Life Survey show 33 per cent of adults in England gave up their time to help someone else at least once a month in 2023/24
  
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• Former Save the Children accountant jailed for £1.5m church Gift Aid fraud

  04-12-2024 08:47 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Kwabena Duodu spent almost 10 years as a finance business partner at the charity, which says it is confident there was no financial misconduct relating to it
  
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• Forces support charity welcomes new leader

  03-12-2024 18:15 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Steven Sweeney joins Forces Children Scotland from Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire
  
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• NI increase could cost charity retail sector £20m a year, umbrella body estimates

  03-12-2024 17:56 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  A survey by the Charity Retail Association finds that more than a quarter of charities with shops say they might have to reduce opening hours while two-thirds anticipate raising prices
  
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• Restructure cost development charity more than £1.6m last year, accounts show

  03-12-2024 17:26 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Tearfund made 114 redundancies in two waves, representing about 10 per cent of its overall workforce
  
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• Major children’s charity’s income down by almost £8m last year

  03-12-2024 17:20 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Latest accounts for Plan International UK show funds from institutional donors and major partnerships were down year on year
  
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• Environmental charities invited to apply for free advertising space

  03-12-2024 17:10 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Ocean Outdoor donates 2 per cent of its annual revenue to charities across its UK digital screen network
  
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• Relate goes into administration and makes 80 redundancies

  03-12-2024 16:54 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The relationship counselling charity’s central body is facing financial difficulty because of the financial climate and the loss of government contracts, a spokesperson says
  
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• Festive match-funding campaign aims to raise tens of millions of pounds for charities

  03-12-2024 07:38 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The Big Give’s Christmas Challenge runs for a week and 1,250 charities are taking part
  
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• Care charity chief to step down

  02-12-2024 17:57 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Paul Newman has been at Greensleeves Care for more than 10 years
  
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• Domestic abuse charities set to be awarded council funds after counterpart closes

  02-12-2024 17:50 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The Daisy Project and Glasgow Women’s Aid hope to receive more than £150,000 from Glasgow City Council’s coffers
  
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• Relief charity changes its name following agreement with Somali organisation

  02-12-2024 17:27 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Somali Relief and Development Forum has rebranded to become Zamzam Foundation UK
  
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• Sixteen projects receive share of £20m National Lottery funding to tackle sustainable energy challenges

  02-12-2024 17:15 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The National Lottery Community Fund has awarded the money from its 10-year, £100m Climate Action Fund
  
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• Redundancies at education charity after it loses Scottish Government funding

  02-12-2024 17:06 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Young Enterprise Scotland says 17 jobs have been cut
  
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• Tributes paid to ‘fundraising trailblazer’ who has died at 62

  02-12-2024 15:44 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Caroline Ford died at the hospice that employed her for 14 years
  
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• Former England footballer to chair charity

  02-12-2024 07:14 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Tony Adams captained both England and his club side Arsenal
  
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• Emergency charity changes its name

  02-12-2024 06:18 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Wiltshire Air Ambulance has added Bath into its name to reflect the work it carries out in the area
  
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• Mental health charity appoints new chief after death of former leader

  29-11-2024 17:39 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Andy Ratcliffe will join MQ Mental Health Research in January
  
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• Personal stories ‘captured people’s imagination’ in charity’s most ambitious capital appeal

  29-11-2024 16:51 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The charity’s fundraising director says storytelling is ‘at the heart of every good fundraiser’
  
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• News agency seeks charity partners for free coverage support

  29-11-2024 08:47 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  South West News Service is looking to form year-long pro bono partnerships with 10 charities to help them promote their stories
  
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• Fraudster could be ordered to pay back almost £100,000 to the charities she stole from

  29-11-2024 08:26 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Lindsay MacCallum admitted stealing £85,978 from the cancer charity Rainbow Valley and £9,505 from the stem cell transplant charity Anthony Nolan
  
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• Income at older people's charity falls by almost £7m due to reduction in emergency funding

  29-11-2024 08:11 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  HelpAge International says its income for the previous financial year was boosted by a significant investment in its work in Ukraine
  
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• Gambling levy plans forces charities to subsidise anti-gambling harms work, lottery warns

  28-11-2024 17:53 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Under the new plans, society lotteries will be charged a levy of 0.1 per cent 
  
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• Gambling levy plans force charities to subsidise anti-gambling harms work, lottery warns

  28-11-2024 17:53 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Under the new plans, society lotteries will be charged a levy of 0.1 per cent 
  
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• Culture secretary defends treatment of charities amid 'real danger' posed by NI hike

  28-11-2024 17:45 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Lisa Nandy says the previous government 'silenced and gagged' charities
  
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• ‘First of its kind’ DIY charity shop opens

  28-11-2024 16:39 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The shop will generate funds for the charity but also give shoppers access to home improvement materials
  
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• Charities call off merger that was 'more complex' than envisaged

  28-11-2024 08:15 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  LawWorks and Advocates for International Development say the merger work was distracting staff and trustees while they tried to deliver their services
  
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• 'Volunteering in crisis' as participation levels tumble

  28-11-2024 07:29 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Figures from the Scottish Household Survey 2023 indicate that more than a third of a million people north of the border have stopped formal volunteering since before the Covid-19 pandemic
  
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• Commission updates guidance on cyber crime

  27-11-2024 17:14 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The regulator says phishing is the most common type of cyber attack experienced by charities
  
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• Regulator facing 'significant resource pressures and challenges', chief warns

  27-11-2024 17:10 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  David Holdsworth says the Charity Commission's budget is 'about 35 per cent behind' inflation
  
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• Domestic abuse charity to close due to ‘highly competitive’ funding environment

  27-11-2024 16:52 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The charity's chief says its demise is likely to be the 'tip of the iceberg', with other organisations likely to follow
  
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• More than nine in ten charities experience banking challenges, report finds

  27-11-2024 01:01 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The finding comes from a survey of nearly 1,900 charity representatives
  
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• Charities remain ‘responsive and resilient’ despite finances wearing thin, according to regulator chief

  26-11-2024 17:58 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Despite a ‘triple-whammy’ of simultaneous pressures, David Holdsworth says the sector has rallied
  
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• Charities will not be exempt from employer National Insurance hike, Chancellor confirms

  26-11-2024 17:00 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The rise in employer NI contributions are expected to cost the sector £1.4bn per year
  
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• Orlando Fraser to step down as Charity Commission chair

  26-11-2024 16:49 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The chair plans on returning to the private sector after spending more than seven years at the regulator
  
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• RSPCA unveils interim chief executive

  26-11-2024 07:34 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  Shãn Nicholas will take up the post on 2 December to allow
  
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• 'Great loss to the charity sector' as furniture recycling boss dies aged 50

  26-11-2024 07:00 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  John Mann was director of the Reuse Community Project in Milton Keynes
  
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• Major children’s charity quits X due to it no longer providing a ‘positive space’

  26-11-2024 06:37 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The organisation's account is home to its largest social media presence
  
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• New group aims to promote legacy giving among wealthy people

  25-11-2024 17:27 via thirdsector.co.uk
  
  The committee of wealth advisers will share expertise and advocate for legacy giving
  
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