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"Oxfam trustee quits board over ‘cruel’ treatment of ex-boss" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

How alcohol-free venues ended up as pubs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'To maintain a gambling license, an operator must pay a percentage of earnings into a pot. That money will then be distributed by commissioners...' www.gamblinginsider.com/in-depth/305...

Code of Fundraising Practice launched: www.farrer.co.uk/news-and-ins...

'In a statement the Charity Commission said it had ben engaging with the charity in April 2025 after receiving an application from its trustees to change the charity's structure.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"'All sides' to blame in Prince Harry charity row, watchdog finds" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Oxfam said its 'restructuring proposals' were to secure its financial future and 'not about a policy to replace in-house roles with non-unionised casual labour'." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“The government is determined to see the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea Football Club reach humanitarian causes in Ukraine." www.gistreel.com/uk-governmen...

"A previously leaked financial statement for 2023-24 indicated a £12 million deficit, and the former principal resigned last year after revealing a £30m budget shortfall and impending job losses." www.scottishfinancialnews.com/articles/dun...

"The Commission refused to register IFTCC on the basis that its purposes "were not exclusively charitable nor for the public benefit". www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/05...

“No donor has influence on university governance, and it is mischievous and disingenuous to suggest otherwise." www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5246...

"The fact that the report contains errors, and even a small number of irrational findings or observations, does not mean that the overall document is irrational." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'If [Campbell] succeeds, the implications for her former friend could be serious. Knowingly providing misleading information to the Charity Commission is a criminal offence that carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison.' on.ft.com/44mUTBF

'Those of us involved in international solidarity need to look past the current retrenchment to search for new ideas and sources of resources. One of the most promising new ideas is to improve the amount and the quality of diaspora philanthropy.' ssir.org/articles/ent...

“The thing about mutuality is it’s not based on volunteerism. It’s mutual, so it’s people helping each other to do something. The hastiness that happened over lockdown meant it might have slipped much more into a charitable model." www.bigissue.com/news/activis... #mutualaid

'While the charity was successful, it was a kind of pet project for Harry, relying on the annual Sentebale polo cup and surviving the Covid pandemic largely through a pro bono performance by the pop star James Blunt, a friend of the previous chair.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

'Signs of political activity targeting nonprofits emerged last November, when the European Commission sent a stark message to over 30 NGOs: They could no longer use funds from the LIFE programme, an EU green cash pot, for advocacy.' www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...

'The Human Rights Commission also criticises the disproportionate nature of the penalties, with fines of up to €3,000 and prison sentences of up to two years [which homeless people cannot pay]'. www.luxtimes.lu/luxembourg/h...

'The barrister later said there was a 'real possibility' the Charity Commission was “predetermined” to criticise Kids Company.' www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/k... #Kidscompany

'As a museum, it’s very small and doesn’t really tell you a lot about the man himself. However, it does host a modestly interesting exhibition.' www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-v...

'Such was Churchill’s fondness for his pet that he wrote a special bequest that a cat of the exact colour and markings [of his cat Jock] should always live at Chartwell. And that is why Jock VI has just arrived at the estate.' lady.co.uk/churchill-ch...

'The seven commissioners, who are not full-time, were [previously] responsible for making all casework, enquiries, compliance and registration decisions and orders through a committee.' www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/new-sch...

'Eventually, hip hop’s own Dr Barnardo spots a sign held up by a single mother claiming to be 20 weeks pregnant. He lifts her out of the moshpit and into the VIP section and gifts her $30k. This is a good deed… right?' www.dazeddigital.com/music/articl...

'The chief executive was found to have acted as a de-facto trustee, and set himself a yearly unauthorised salary of £40,000.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'The man with the golden arm, as he was dubbed, gave plasma 1, 173 times over 50 years until, to his chagrin, he was forced to stop aged 81.' on.ft.com/3QRMzC5 via @FT

'The Charity Commission’s chief executive wrote to those members of the General Synod who are also charity trustees. This must mean most ... General Synod members, because membership of the General Synod comes with automatic membership of a parish’s PCC.' anglican.ink/2025/01/29/t...

'Charities are required to maintain transparency and integrity when dealing with the Charity Commission. Under Section 60 of the Charities Act 2011, providing false or misleading information, whether knowingly or recklessly, is a criminal offence.' www.trethowans.com/insights/pro...

'Chabad Lubavitch Centres North East London and Essex Limited set up a fundraising page in October 2023 to raise funds for a soldier of the IDF stationed in northern Israel. The page, which was eventually removed in January 2024, raised around £2,280.' www.gov.uk/government/n...

'The Charity Commission failed to properly handle safeguarding concerns relating to historic child sexual abuse at a charity, the Parliamentary Ombudsman has found.' www.ombudsman.org.uk/news-and-blo...

'Heir to his parents’ fortune made in the vinting business, Roger Thiberville, a meteorologist shared but one thing with the town of 1,800 residents: its name.' www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-leaves-e...

'According to the Daily Telegraph, Thursday’s judgement by the First-tier Tribunal is the first case in which anyone has successfully overturned [a disqualification] order.' www.thejc.com/news/communi...

'Gates Foundation has given the UK-based group more than $700,000 for the next 18 months to fund journalism in “under reported” parts of the world."

'Trustees of Chabad Lubavitch Centers in North East London and Essex received a final warning from the UK’s Charity Commission after 180 complaints were received that the Jewish organization was fundraising for the IDF.' m.jpost.com/diaspora/art...

'It’s a challenge to the commission’s guidance ... if the charity could have declined it quietly without significant risk, but incurred the risks of going public in order to signal solidarity with beneficiaries.' www.civilsociety.co.uk/voices/andre...: www.civilsociety.co.uk/voices/andre...

'Our plan is to transform our existing for-profit into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation⁠ (PBC) with ordinary shares of stock and the OpenAI mission as its public benefit interest.' openai.com/index/why-ou... #openai

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'The couple founded their charitable trust in 1979, and the Allan & Gill Gray Foundation backed education in particular.' www.royalgazette.com/general/news...

'The former trustees were unable to account for more than £250,000 transferred overseas, with a further £500,000 lacking a satisfactory financial audit trail, the regulator found.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Qubatrust

"HHJ Tayler in MacLennan v The British Psychological Society [2024] EAT 166 has found that the effect of the ECHR is that a charity trustee could potentially be entitled to whistleblowing protection as a 'worker'." www.lexology.com/library/deta...

Mohammed v Patel [2024] EWHC 2581: 'There was therefore a breach of the Constitution because the voting did not take place at the SGM but rather took place in advance of the SGM with the result then announced in advance of the SGM...' www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

"The foundation ... is gauzily liberal, but [Alam] doesn’t really 'impose' any ideological template on Entitlement. Instead, the author offers insights into the effects of money and power on the professionals who work in establishment philanthropy."...

Mohammed v Patel [2024] EWHC 2581: 'There was therefore a breach of the Constitution because the voting did not take place at the SGM but rather took place in advance of the SGM with the result then announced in advance of the SGM...'...

“Some of the dogs were housed in the property... But the failure to manage the conflict of interest and the receipt of unauthorised benefits, in respect of accommodation costs, enabled [the trustees] to ... live rent-free in a sizeable, family home.”...

'When donors contribute assets to a DAF, they are committing those funds irrevocably to charitable purposes. The claim these funds languish in perpetuity is a caricature...' https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/innovating-altruism-how-dafs-are-transforming-charitable-giving/

"HHJ Tayler in MacLennan v The British Psychological Society [2024] EAT 166 has found that the effect of the ECHR is that a charity trustee could potentially be entitled to whistleblowing protection as a 'worker'."...

'About a third of [Relate] counselling was funded by public sector contracts, with the remainder from means-tested fees, typically between £83 and £130 per session for face-to-face adult relationship counselling.'...