Over 300 charities and voluntary organisations have signed a letter to the home secretary, saying they will refuse to comply with her “immoral and impractical” proposal to introduce a volunteering “test” for migrants applying for indefinite leave to remain in the UK

The RNLI chief executive discusses his first year in the role, the importance of the charity staying true to its humanitarian principles, and the challenges it’s facing following its 200th anniversary…

More than 200 charities and other volunteer-led groups have been recognised in this year’s King’s Award for Voluntary Services

A disability charity set up 90 years ago and named after the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is closing

The Charity Commission has told the Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England to accelerate its delivery of safeguarding improvements and close gaps in its approach to handling complaints

Umbrella body @ncvo.bsky.social delays Civil Society Almanac publication until 2026 and makes changes to leadership team

The chief executive of the Charity Retail Association (CRA) has announced that he will be stepping down from the role in 2026, after more than 10 years in post.

The Charity Commission has announced that it has opened a statutory inquiry into a Jewish grantmaking charity after it ignored official orders and “failed to meaningfully engage” with the regulator.

The chief executive of @dsc-charity.bsky.social has criticised a requirement to report on impact in the new Charities Statement of Recommended Practice #SORP2026 #SORP

The Charity Commission has opened a compliance case into Westminster-based think tank Policy Exchange, after concerns were raised last month by the @goodlawproject.bsky.social

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (@jrct.bsky.social) is recruiting a head of reparations as part of its response to previous revelations that its founder’s company profited from colonial-era trade and the work of enslaved people

Hertfordshire’s two local Mind charities have announced plans to merge by the start of April next year, with an aim to improve relationships with commissioners

The government has announced it will create the Office for Impact Economy to provide “a single front door” for impact investors, philanthropy and purpose-driven businesses to partner with the government and increase their social impact.

The Fundraising Regulator has said it is in contact with the main online fundraising platforms over recently tightened rules regarding zero tip options

Homelessness charity Crisis has announced plans to become a not-for-profit landlord while the Charity Commission and the Regulator of Social Housing have signed an agreement on shared working.

The Charity Commission has issued guidance to the Institute of Economic Affairs and closed its compliance case after looking into concerns raised last year

Bloody Good Period, a charity that fights for menstrual equity, has announced that it is closing

Women in Charity Network’s co-founders Harriet Edwards and Laura Williamson discuss recent research on the biggest challenges facing women in the sector...

Women are more likely to be “super givers” – meaning they have donated money, donated goods, volunteered, fundraised for a charity and sponsored someone else’s fundraising efforts in the past year – than men, according to new research.

ACEVO’s latest survey of charity leaders has found persistent inequalities in pay equity and career developments as well as challenges in diversity and wellbeing.

The chief executive of Spirit of 2012 @ruthhollis.bsky.social shares insights from the Olympics legacy funder’s final year

Society Diary: Victorious Celebrity Traitors star thanked by charity

An advisory group has recommended that the government simplify gift aid and legacy giving, modernise wealth advice on philanthropy and activate corporate purpose and giving in order to unlock more money for the charity sector.

In this interview, Chance for Childhood’s first Africa-based chief executive discusses stepping up to the role of CEO and how her charity is shifting power

The Directory of Social Change (@dsc-charity.bsky.social) has published a handbook offering advice to charities on how to respond to incidents of racism and xenophobia

Charity leaders must be open and transparent about redundancy proposals and should pause to consider how systemic oppression may be affecting their judgement, campaign group #CharitySoWhite has said

The Fundraising Regulator has found a libraries charity breached its code by failing to have a complaints policy after investigating a concern raised regarding a high-profile £7.5m donation it received in 2021

A Bristol councillor has been suspended from his role as chair of a prominent community mosque, while the Charity Commission investigates a video he shared on Facebook in 2023 www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/mosque-...

Homelessness charity @crisis-uk.bsky.social plans to change some of its Christmas campaign adverts after concerns were raised over how they might be misinterpreted

Charity leaders are invited to share feedback on how they are using the Charity Investment Governance Principles

Trustees of a homelessness charity in Kent have announced its closure due to its inability to recover from “imprudent” previous financial and operational decisions.

A small children’s online safety charity has recorded a more than £2m income rise after it reportedly received donations from social media giants Meta and Pinterest.

Quiet influencers in middle management are crucial to charities’ success and must be supported to thrive, Leap Impact Consulting’s founder Ayoola Bandele writes

A community interest company that supports military veterans fundraised without the correct permissions and likely misled the public, an investigation has found

Paying trustees could risk creating a “two-tier system”, a panel of sector leaders has warned, with some charities unable to afford to remunerate board members.

As Nigel Farage’s party continues to top polls, Jasper King considers how charities should engage with Reform UK

Many charity boards still struggle to build inclusive and open cultures, despite growing more confident in how they govern, according to new research from @ncvo.bsky.social

The government has named experienced sector leader @juliaunwin.bsky.social as its preferred candidate to be the next chair of the Charity Commission

In this fortnightly column, Civil Society looks at funding pots available to the UK charity sector…

A new Code of Fundraising Practice has has come into effect this month, with civil society Stephanie Peacock praising its “clearer requirements around digital giving”.

An updated version of the Charity Governance Code has been published, with increased focus on trustee behaviours and inclusion

The Charity Commission is assessing a 27-page complaint made about a Westminster-based think tank.

The audit threshold for charities in England and Wales will rise by 50% to £1.5m, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed

A new episode of the Civil Society Podcast has been published today, featuring an interview with James Blake, chief executive of the Youth Hostels Association (YHA)

New accounting rules for charities in the UK will vary depending on their income, according to the new Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) published today

A church charity has been found in breach of the fundraising code after complaints about its marketing tactics were investigated.

A national mental health charity has called on the chancellor Rachel Reeves to introduce a £20m central implementation fund for the Civil Society Covenant in her upcoming budget. -

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has refunded a £15,000 telephone donation made by an elderly donor as an act of goodwill despite not being found to be in breach of the fundraising code

Two-thirds of charity leaders believe that the charity sector is “unhealthy”, as demand for services continues to rise, according to a new report

The Charity Commission has restricted an international development charity in Manchester from transferring funds or assets outside the UK after opening an investigation