Youth charities Girls’ Brigade England & Wales and Girls’ Brigade Scotland have jointly announced today that they will be merging from 2027 to form the Girls’ Brigade Great Britain charity.

The Charity Commission is assessing concerns against a prominent anti-racist charity after Nigel Farage complained that it has been influencing a key local election

Concern has been expressed over new government figures showing a reduction in the proportion of charities deeming cybersecurity a high priority

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ACEVO (@acevo.bsky.social) chief executive Jane Ide (@janeideceo.bsky.social) says a lack of progress on sector diversity should make charities uncomfortable

Government-commissioned research has found that larger charities win most public procurement contracts delivered by the sector, with small and micro organisations “almost entirely absent” from the market

The Charity Commission regulator is assessing concerns raised about a church charity that has received public support from Nigel Farage amid a dispute with a local authority

The @churchofengland.org's endowment fund grew to £11.6bn last year, new data shows, marking its 17th consecutive year of growth

Faith charities are among the organisations invited to give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into loopholes in children’s safeguarding regulations relating to religious communities

Lloyds Bank Foundation (@lbfew.bsky.social) aims to support “more community organisations than ever before” as part of a new nine-year strategy

Girlguiding has announced that it has sold the last of its five former activity centres, which it first announced its intentions to sell in 2023, despite protests.

The charity membership body for Scotland has said the country’s funding system is not fit for purpose and warned that organisations risk closure without change

A fertility charity has announced that it will close after more than 20 years of operating.

Two charities have announced their intention to merge in an aim to support more people affected by cancer

A lawsuit against two charities by a fashion business owner over a cancelled fundraising event has been almost entirely struck out

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A man has been charged two years after a crash that killed the founder of an arts charity while he was cycling

Dozens of charities and not-for-profit organisations have been recognised in the Sunday Times’ best places to work in the UK 2026

A Christian charity says it will act “fairly” and “flexibly” after revealing plans to sell on the open market 35 currently tenanted homes in a Northumberland beauty spot

Charity Commission: “We’ll continue to work to update our guidance specifically for trustees of charities that provide services or are associations. We’ll work at pace to do this but must also carefully review our guidance against the final code once that is published by parliament.”

The Charity Commission chief executive discusses increased caseload, the debate about paying trustees, the need to boost philanthropy in the UK, and much more...

A Norwich museum of international art has received a “revitalising” gift of £91.2m from a charitable foundation.

‘Cultures of timidity’ are holding back charities’ response to threats from the far-right, a new report exploring barriers and solutions has warned www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/culture...

Macmillan Cancer Support has announced the launch of a £30m investment fund to drive what it describes as a “UK cancer care revolution” for patients and their loved ones.

Charities have described the process of applying for funding as “soul destroying” in a report published today.

The former chief executive of the now-defunct HIV Scotland has been ordered by the courts to repay the £5,000 he embezzled from the charity to a similar organisation.

The Charity Commission is assessing concerns over comments relating to rape made by a pastor in a video shared by a recently registered Christian charity

The joint administrators of William Blake House Northants have secured the sale of the charity’s services, securing “a stable future” for staff and residents

Early bird tickets for this year’s Faith Charities Forum have been released and will be available until Wednesday 3 July, offering the chance to save £150 on full-price entry

. @rspcaoffficial.bsky.social plans to sell its “ageing” Finsbury Park Animal Hospital, which it said needs £1m of investment, as it aims to make more effective use of resources

Two charities have become the first voluntary organisations given an award aimed at tackling the sector’s “diversity problem”

People who see a “positive impact” of charities in their local community are twice as likely to donate locally, new research has found

Legacy giving has remained “resilient” after a decrease in total income proved “more modest than initially predicted”, new research has revealed.

A community charity’s former treasurer has been jailed for stealing £30,000 from it as part of a wider £155,000 fraud

MPs are calling for 'urgent' work to improve charity banking services amid ‘widespread’ difficulties experienced by the sector www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/mps-cal...

The Charity Commission says it is “assessing concerns” raised in the media over comments by Southbank Centre chair Misan Harriman, regarding the Golders Green attacks and May’s local council elections.

A Charity Commission investigation into a football charity whose trustees “let down players” has helped recover £2.5m

The Hackney Half Marathon has raised more than £4m for charities for a second successive year www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/hackney...

The Charity Commission is assessing concerns raised in media reports about some branches of the Royal British Legion (RBL) in Northern Ireland

The move to a new, reduced local fund has put over 80 roles at risk at charities delivering employability support services in Northern Ireland

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A potential further easing of CIC regulation as reports of bad actors gain prominence is concerning for civil society, writes Rob Preston

An employment tribunal is set to hear a charity accountant’s case again after its original judgment that she was sacked or not being Catholic was appealed

The Fundraising Regulator has revealed that 500 large charities will be asked to take part in its review of how it collects complaints data.

The Piece Hall’s CEO Nicky Chance-Thompson discusses pets, meeting global superstars and being a mayoress

The National Lottery Community Fund (@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk) has announced a £3m programme to track the impact of AI on local communities and fund civil society organisations to shape how the technology is used

The Charity Commission has announced that it has opened a regulatory compliance case into an anti-slavery charity co-founded by Princess Eugenie over concerns relating to its spending.

The co-founder of a Black representation charity has said a discrimination claim brought against it by a white applicant will be damaging for the organisation no matter the outcome

A statutory inquiry into indebted residential care charity William Blake House Northants has prompted further investigations into two organisations with the same trustees

City & Guilds Foundation has appointed its first permanent chief executive since the £166m sale of the charity’s commercial arm last year