Brennan appointed as voluntary sector minister
6 October 2008
Kevin Brennan, MP for Cardiff West, has been appointed the new Minister for the Third Sector.
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Famous names
Roger Daltrey supports the Teenage Cancer Trust
Latest movers
Rosemary Gillespie has been made chief executive at Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Also in movers this week:
- Richard Hooker
- Saul Heselden
- Leoncha Leavy, outreach leader, Project Safe Space
- Steven Szumski
- Maff Potts, services director, Salvation Army
- Dianne Jeffrey, chair, Help the Aged and Age Concern
- David Croisdale-Appleby, chair, Charities Evaluation Services
- Tanya Byron, member of board, Family and Parenting Institute
- June Parker, chair, Lincolnshire ProHelp
Breaking news
Scope cuts five senior positions, and more to come
6 October 2008
Disability charity Scope is axing five senior posts and expects to lay off more staff soon.
Statutory right to volunteer "could threaten career prospects"
3 October 2008
A volunteering charity has warned that new plans to make time off work for volunteering a statutory right could threaten employees’ career prospects.
Trustees 'should act like non-executive directors, not volunteers'
3 October 2008
Third sector models of governance are not fit for purpose in the 21st century, a chief executive will tell charity trustees tonight.
VSO fears slump threatens its volunteering targets
6 October 2008
The charity has warned that 20 per cent of its placements could go unfilled this year because the economic downturn is affecting people's willingness to volunteer.
Other news
Communications
- MEDIA DIGEST, 3 October: a call for tougher sentences and a map to save birds from wind farms
- Macmillan TV bid for new supporters
Finance
- MEDIA DIGEST, 6 October: Mandelson, child rights and a fundraising fatality
- Scope cuts five senior positions, and more to come
Fundraising
- MEDIA DIGEST, 6 October: Mandelson, child rights and a fundraising fatality
- Northants woman leaves £1.2m to Christian Aid
Governance
Management
- Scope cuts five senior positions, and more to come
- MEDIA DIGEST, 2 October: dietary health, shock tactics and a new home
Policy
- MEDIA DIGEST, 6 October: Mandelson, child rights and a fundraising fatality
- Charities wary on Tories' pay-by-results proposal
Social Enterprise
- Social enterprise launches governance self-assessment framework
- The Week: A five-minute summary of seven days in the sector
Volunteering
New third sector minister already a charity champion
New third sector minister Kevin Brennan - formerly an under-secretary at the Department for Children Schools and Families - won the Epolitix.com Disability Charity Champion Award in 2005.
Top stories of the week
- Nolan Trust bids to raise £5m
- Social enterprise launches governance self-assessment framework
In depth
Analysis: Why v is ditching the word 'volunteering' and using an 'f' word in its place
Volunteering will now be known as 'favours' by youth volunteering charity v, whose research showed that two-thirds of young people find the word 'volunteering' a turn-off.
My week: Henry Matthews, campaigns coordinator, HelpAge
The campaigns coordinator at HelpAge International keeps in touch with central Asia.
Supplier Directory
They said it...
"More government money is spent on training hairdressers than it is on training charity treasurers"
Tom Fitch, director of Community Accountancy Self Help, or Cash, which trains small charities in accountancy
