🎧 Podcast: How did the sector fare in 2025? Join Lucinda Rouse, Emily Burt, Emily Harle and Andy Ricketts as they dissect the top stories of the year

🎧 Bonus podcast: How the RNIB has navigated a restructure @lrouse.bsky.social and @emilyharle.bsky.social discuss snippets from a recent interview with outgoing @rnib.bsky.social chief executive Matt Stringer

Matt Stringer: ‘Transformation is hard, no one enjoys it’ The outgoing chief executive of the RNIB reflects on leading through restructures, statutory inquiries and febrile political environments. @emilyharle.bsky.social reports

Our top stories of last week included: ⚪️ Oxfam GB's chief steps down in acrimonious circumstances ⚪️ Leonard Cheshire cuts jobs ⚪️ Music charity receives a £30m donation

More than 100 people have signed an open letter urging the Charity Commission to take urgent action to support charities facing legal threats from transphobic pressure groups

Air ambulance charity appoints next chief

“Doing good requires doing well.” Those words from Jack Catchpool, YHA’s pioneering Quaker founder, could not be more relevant today - James Blake

NSPCC fundraising chief to join the Canal & River Trust

Select committee chair urges government to close loophole that could cost membership charities millions of pounds

Major disability charity confirms 54 corporate job cuts and 73 shop closures

Arrests made and £20,000 seized in connection with charity clothing bank thefts

Resource challenges could slow progress on the covenant, leaders warn

Tribunal upholds disqualification orders against couple who showed ‘worrying disregard’ for charity law

Hundreds call for regulator to investigate Oxfam GB after departure of chief executive

Reduce bureaucracy and make funding practices ‘less prescriptive’, Arts Council England told

When does AI use in fundraising call for transparency? @ianmacquillin.bsky.social

‘Deeply concerning’ fall in people leaving charitable legacies

Science charity reveals next leader

Scottish grantmaker increases annual funding pot to £30m and unveils new brand identity

The former Oxfam GB chief executive has been “pilloried, defamed and stigmatised in a right-wing media frenzy” and will file an employment tribunal claim against the charity, a lawyer representing her has said

Conservation charity appoints next chief

The government is looking for about 12 people to join the new Civil Society Council early next year

Regulator opens inquiry into church charity after longstanding safeguarding failures

A number of charity leaders have defended Halima Begum since the news of her departure from Oxfam GB broke

"The Covenant is not the relationship. It's a starting point where you need it." @janeideceo.bsky.social on what's next for the Civil Society Covenant 🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3YfbUtk @acevo.bsky.social

🎧 Podcast: Under the bonnet of the People’s Postcode Lottery @lrouse.bsky.social and @andyricketts.bsky.social hear from Clara Govier about what the People’s Postcode Lottery looks for in its charity partners.

Children’s hospice to close due to financial difficulties

Children’s charity to save £1.4m a year after restructure, accounts show

Major disability charity made more than 250 redundancies last year

Marie Curie cut nearly 200 staff last year, accounts show

Funders should ‘leave their requirements at the door and think about what charities want’, Postcode Lottery chief urges

Our top stories of last week included: ⚪️ Charities facing a ‘pervasive climate of fear’ ⚪️ Locks sabotaged amid governance row ⚪️ Huge legacy doubles income at a veterans charity

Music charity receives ‘transformational’ £30m donation

"The Covenant is not the relationship. It's a starting point where you need it." @janeideceo.bsky.social on what's next for the Civil Society Covenant 🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3YfbUtk @acevo.bsky.social

‘Force of nature’ to lead arts centre

Regulator closes case into cycling charity but founder pledges legal action

Grantmaker distributes £2.2m to community foundations as it prepares to wind down

Regulator urged to provide immediate guidance to charities considering trans policy changes

Gosh Charity’s income hits another record high

Youth charity reveals next chief

Hundreds of staff transfer to new provider as social care charity closes

Climate of fear having a 'direct and damaging' effect on charities' work, report warns

Labour figures call for charity's trustees to resign over 'failure to resolve strike'

Charity sells its two zoos to Dutch leisure company

Volunteering rates rise but remain far below pre-pandemic levels, research shows

Big Give Christmas Appeal raises record amount

Probe into charity that has failed to file any accounts since it was registered in 2020

"A real challenge for many leaders is where polarisation isn't just happening out in the wider world, but it's happening within their organisations." Jane Ide on on how to navigate interpersonal tensions within staff teams. 🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3YfbUtk

"A real challenge for many leaders is where polarisation isn't just happening out in the wider world, but it's happening within their organisations." Jane Ide on on how to navigate interpersonal tensions within staff teams. 🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3YfbUtk

"Organisations that invest in communications teams equipped with AI training and tools will bolster their data skills to help them adapt faster and be fit for the future." @awarley.bsky.social