[email protected] has suggested that various restrictions on charities’ ability to campaign should be removed to reverse a “dramatic decline” in UK civic space. It also raised concerns about the “dwindling momentum” of the Civil Society Covenant & a recent rise in “nativist populism”.

A discrimination ruling involving a Christian social worker at a Leeds-based mental health charity is set to be reviewed after following an employment appeal tribunal.

Northamptonshire Police is investigating several incidents that allegedly took place at a mental health care charity, including assault, wilful neglect and ill treatment, and has made several arrests

The Charity Commission is assessing concerns raised by the former Oxfam GB chief executive in a recent television interview about alleged racism, sexism and antisemitism at the organisation

An historic manor house has been sold by a cryptocurrency-backed charity as part of its plan to “wind down” in the coming years, according to the organisation’s accounts.

A group of families is attempting to take over a charity-run residential care home, as the organisation faces a winding-up petition from HMRC

The minister for civil society has voiced support for a new campaign to encourage 1,000 more businesses in the UK to introduce payroll giving schemes for their employees this #PayrollGivingMonth

An investigation has found “serious and persistent” governance failures at a homelessness charity, which failed to file accounts on time or operate with enough trustees

The chief executive of Tinnitus UK has announced his departure after 18 months in the role.

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The chief executive of a railway preservation charity has left after five years and said board changes made it “impossible” for him to continue

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Fundraising platform @enthuse.com has reached an agreement to be acquired by business software provider Access Group for an undisclosed fee

The Fundraising Regulator has commissioned an 18-month research project into complaints that charities receive about their fundraising

A charity that supports survivors of torture is “haemorrhaging money” into security measures, with some employees “scared to come to work”, its chief executive has said

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Charitable organisations have become “obsessed with survival” due to systemic failures, according to the chief executive of a small charity

NCVO (@ncvo.bsky.social) has urged the home secretary to withdraw her department’s proposal to make volunteering a route to earned settlement for refugees and migrants in a letter published today

The voluntary sector should not just be viewed as a “delivery partner” in terms of its impact on society, the chief executive of sector umbrella body, NCVO, told an event in London yesterday.

There needs to be more recognition for the role philanthropy plays in society, the chief executive of the Charity Commission told an event in London yesterday.

Autism Family Support Oxfordshire has announced it will close at the end of next month due to “a significant fundraising deficit that has made it impossible to sustain its mission”

A survey of charities suggests a decline in those affected by fraud but highlights an enduring “significant concern” about internal risk

A 45-year-old charity supporting people with cleft lips and cleft palates has changed its name as part of a rebrand.

Charities Aid Foundation chief executive Neil Heslop will step down later this year, the organisation has announced

A former employee who stole over £285,000 from a now-defunct youth charity has been jailed for more than two years

Mind has received the largest single donation in its 80-year history, the mental health charity has announced, which will be “semi-unrestricted” and verified through blockchain.

A disability charity has been ordered to pay a lifelong Crohn’s disease sufferer more than £150,000 after a judge ruled it dismissed him unfairly

The Scottish government has announced that it will develop a partnership agreement with the country’s voluntary organisations.

Unions have expressed concerns over the permanent closure of a Glasgow arts charity, for which a liquidator has been appointed

A deaf charity that has operated for 150 years has announced that it will close over the next few months, despite fundraising efforts by a service user to keep it open.

Three-quarters of charities oppose the government’s plans to link volunteering to settlement in the UK, according to a new survey by @ncvo.bsky.social

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Sector bodies have expressed concerns after the prime minister promised to strengthen regulatory powers to close charities promoting extremism

A former manager of the Argyll and Bute Women’s Aid branch has been jailed after being found guilty of embezzling almost £40,000 from the charity.

A poverty relief charity based in Glasgow has been ordered not to undertake any activities for six months after ignoring official orders while under investigation

Raakhi Shah of @thecirclengo.bsky.social: NGOs need to confront their power structures – and fund differently

Some 47 people employed by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust (IGMT) are expected to be made redundant after the heritage charity’s assets transfer to the National Trust next month

Public attitudes are split on whether charities should be using artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new survey

Caution has been urged as new “soft opt-in” rules, which will allow charities to make greater use of e-marketing when engaging with supporters, come into force today.

A trustee of a charity that runs a mosque in Bristol has avoided disqualification after being investigated over a social media post about Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October 2023

Kevin Keith (@kevkeith.bsky.social): Charities must claim their vital role in the UK’s open government drive

An air ambulance charity is facing a full investigation by the Charity Commission after code breaches were found by the Fundraising Regulator.

An independent Catholic school charity under investigation for failing to submit its annual financial accounts has announced it will close due to mounting cost pressures, including VAT on school fees

A campaign aimed at combatting social hostility and division and its “chilling effect” on civil society has been launched by major sector organisations

The Charity Commission has opened a compliance case into a residential care provider in Northamptonshire after concerns were raised about unpaid taxes and money paid to a private company

Lutterworth Athletic Football Club in Leicestershire has had an investigation into it escalated after further financial concerns were identified on its “significantly overdue” accounts

The Fundraising Regulator has identified three breaches of its Code of Fundraising Practice at the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), which was also found to be in breach of the code last autumn in a separate investigation.

Research by think tank @thinknpc.bsky.social has estimated that the wider “impact economy” contributes £428bn to the UK economy every year, which amounts to 15% of GDP. Charities generate nearly £50bn of this, NPC’s report says.

A charity set up by Sarah Ferguson has announced that it will close, after documents revealed ties between the former duchess of York and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

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