Charities news

• Scope chief to step down

  20-01-2026 08:12 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Mark Hodgkinson says it is the right time for him to move on after seven years in the role
  
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• Founder leaves Penny Appeal board as charity enters ‘new chapter of governance’

  23-01-2026 17:20 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The charity says the move comes after ‘constructive engagement with the Charity Commission’
  
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• Workers at mental health charity extend strike action for a further seven days

  23-01-2026 17:08 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Staff at Second Step have already taken four days of industrial action this month
  
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• Trust and communication key to successful co-leadership, CFG joint chiefs advise

  23-01-2026 08:45 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Sarah Lomax and Clare Mills have been jointly leading the membership body since October
  
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• Grantmaker unveils new chief as founder moves to different role

  23-01-2026 08:32 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Charlotte Monico is being promoted from chief operating officer while David Goldberg will become strategic founder and president
  
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• Creative charities offered free HR support

  23-01-2026 08:17 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The HR for Creatives programme will work with 35 organisations over a 12-month period
  
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• Christian charity reveals closure plans

  23-01-2026 07:22 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The organisation says it is working with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator on its dissolution
  
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• Northern Ireland charities ‘pushed to breaking point’ after £16m funding cut

  22-01-2026 17:42 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action warns that jobs will be lost and organisations put at risk of closure
  
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• Government announces landmark £1.5bn culture fund

  22-01-2026 17:04 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The funding will be invested in more than 1,000 venues in England over a five-year period 
  
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• Regulator concludes compliance case into anti-extremism charity

  22-01-2026 14:15 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The Charity Commission said the HOPE Unlimited Charitable Trust had taken steps to improve clarity on its relationship with a non-charitable partner
  
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• Government unveils £11m covenant fund

  22-01-2026 08:20 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The scheme will support 15 yet-to-be-determined areas in England to implement new ‘local covenant partnership’ agreements, the DCMS says
  
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• Mental health charity announces next chief executive

  22-01-2026 08:00 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Chris Jarrett will join MQ Mental Health Research at the beginning of March
  
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• Charity rejects proposal to end long-running strike action

  22-01-2026 07:24 via thirdsector.co.uk
  More than 40 union members at the National Coal Mining Museum have been on strike since August
  
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• RNLI rejects union recognition for at-risk workers

  21-01-2026 17:33 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Unite the Union said the charity was ‘deploying tactics to avoid giving its hardworking staff a voice’
  
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• Third Sector Awards 2026 open for entry

  21-01-2026 16:06 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The winners will be announced at a ceremony in September
  
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• Charity mergers fell by more than 10 per cent in 2025

  21-01-2026 16:05 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Economic uncertainty dampening appetite for ‘big strategic decisions’, audit firm says
  
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• Commission chief asks ministers to provide ‘urgent improved clarity’ on Equality Act

  21-01-2026 15:28 via thirdsector.co.uk
  David Holdsworth said it was reasonable for trustees to await final guidance before making decisions, following announcements that GirlGuiding and the WI would exclude trans members
  
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• Fundraising complaints about CICs rose by 50 per cent last year

  21-01-2026 09:00 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Nearly one in five complaints picked up by the Fundraising Regulator were about community interest companies
  
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• Former Become chief to lead the Young Women’s Trust

  21-01-2026 08:27 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Katharine Sacks-Jones will take up her new role in March
  
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• Tribunal upholds regulator’s decision not to register organisation promoting esotericism

  21-01-2026 07:59 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The charity tribunal finds there was a substantial risk that the Research Network for the Study of Esoteric Practices would engage in non-charitable activity
  
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• Criminal justice umbrella body reveals next leader

  20-01-2026 17:42 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Summer Alston-Smith will succeed Anne Fox
  
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• Regulator employs rarely-used powers to merge disputing charities

  20-01-2026 17:26 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The Charity Commission says it has not used its powers in this way for 20 years
  
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• Hospice cuts staff and closes services in face of expected £1.1m shortfall

  20-01-2026 17:05 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The charity says it is facing an ‘exceptionally challenging financial period’
  
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• Hospice charity saves under-threat beds after £800,000 funding cuts

  20-01-2026 07:45 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The charity says it has been overwhelmed by the reaction to its emergency fundraising appeal
  
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• Senior executives at City & Guilds put on leave amid investigation into sale of commercial arm

  19-01-2026 17:33 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The chief executive and chief financial officer are both ‘absent from work’, says the commercial arm’s new owner
  
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• Almost £4m in funding available to charities from train fare case

  19-01-2026 17:19 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Legal advice organisations will be eligible to apply
  
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• Oxfam trustee resigns over ‘inhumane’ treatment of charity’s former chief

  19-01-2026 17:05 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Balwant Singh’s resignation comes after Oxfam GB’s board commissioned an independent review into its governance processes
  
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• Heritage charity completes £10m castle and grounds sale

  19-01-2026 08:20 via thirdsector.co.uk
  The Clan Donald Lands Trust plans to become a grant-making body
  
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• Victim Support Scotland reveals interim leader

  19-01-2026 08:05 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Debbie Adams succeeds Kate Wallace, who stepped down last year for health reasons
  
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• CFG reports £120,000 deficit after digital upgrade

  19-01-2026 07:50 via thirdsector.co.uk
  Income was up but membership numbers fell
  
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