Charity Mergers

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Checklist: How to handle charity mergers

By governance expert Judith Rich

Trust between people is the key to successful merger

Peter Gotham says it takes time and effort to make a merger work, but it can be worth the effort

Lesley-Anne Alexander, chief executive of the RNIB

Analysis: RNIB and Guide Dogs reach a stalemate

Sight-loss charities don't share the same vision on mergers, writes David Ainsworth

Peter Stanford: Merger really appeals only when closure is beckoning

The prospect of joining with another charity often produces an instinctive "no", says our columnist

A third of largest charities 'are interested in merger'

Richard Litchfield of merger specialist Eastside Consulting wrote to the top 100 charities asking if they wanted advice, and 30 expressed interest

The first move in mergers should be communication

Rumours about mergers can cause uncertainty among staff so it's best to get a communications plan in place first, says Valerie Morton

Craig Dearden-Phillips: Names do matter and they don't have to disappear when two charities merge

Names carry important messages about values, heritage and identity, says our columnist

Speaking Out merged with Advocacy with form VoiceAbility

Analysis: Mergers - What do they consist of?

As more and more charities move towards merger, Richard Gutch describes the stages they will have to go through, the costs involved, and the chicken-and-egg questions they will have to answer

More charities should say 'I do' to full-blown mergers

Helen Simmons of the Diocese of London says she's got married, complete with name change. It's time more charities tied the knot.

Craig Dearden-Phillips: The rewards of merger

Our columnist says the amalgamation of his organisation with another has resembled a long and gruelling road trip - but has been worth it

Information on cancer: Macmillan and Cancerbackup combined

Mergers: Who's the leader of the brand?

The merger of Cancerbackup and Macmillan Cancer Support has produced good results, but the former chairman of Cancerbackup has some regrets. Jenny Cornish finds out why.

Merge, ally or avoid?

Organisations can look at many structures for joint working, but it is important to do due diligence whichever you choose, says Helen Verney

Craig Dearden-Phillips pictured left, with Advocacy Partners chief Jonathan Senker

Notes on a charity merger

Last week two disability charities, Speaking Up and Advocacy Partners, agreed to merge. Speaking Up chief executive Craig Dearden-Phillips (pictured left, with Advocacy Partners chief Jonathan Senker) kept a record of the key events leading up to the...

Charities and cuts

How charities are affected by funding cuts and the recession.

Brain tumour charities to merge

The four staff of the Joseph Foote Trust will transfer to Brain Tumour UK

Ex-offenders charities Stepping Stones Trust and Langley House Trust merge

The move will enable Langley House to extend its operations to within the M25

Jonathan Senker, chief executive of VoiceAbility

VoiceAbility merges with a charity and acquires a company

Advocacy charity combines with the East Suffolk Advocacy Network and buys Advocacy Experience

Betty McBride, director of policy and communications at the BHF

No Smoking Day merges with the British Heart Foundation

The charity approached the BHF because it expects to lose an annual grant of £250,000 from the Department of Health

National Council for Voluntary Organisations to merge with Third Sector European Network

Organisation that offers advice on European Union funding will transfer its two staff members to the NCVO's EU and international team from 1 September

London homelessness charities to merge

Broadway Homelessness and Support and Threshold Housing Advice link up to 'safeguard and grow' advice and support services

National Children's Bureau and Play Matters announce merger

Children's charities unite under NCB name and receive £198,000 from the Transition Fund

British Waterways charity to merge with the Waterways Trust

Agreement has been reached 'in principle' to combine when British Waterways becomes a charity next year

Two prison support charities announce merger

Pact and Kids VIP say it is a 'fantastic opportunity' to strengthen and develop their services

Royal Wanstead Children's Foundation: merger

Boarding school charities announce merger

The Royal Wanstead Children's Foundation and the Joint Educational Trust will merge next year in the hope of becoming 'more than the sum of their parts'

Two national mental health charities to merge

Richmond Fellowship will join forces with 2Care by April next year, with job losses not ruled out

Cancer charities merge to form Prostate Action

New organisation uniting Prostate Cancer Research Foundation and Prostate UK will be launched in March 2011

Bassac and the Development Trusts Association to merge in April next year

The two community organisations receive 'overwhelming' mandates from members at extraordinary general meetings

Patrick Wallace, chief executive, Self Unlimited

Self Unlimited and Tamarisk Trust to merge on 1 November

Learning disability support charities expect 'minimal redundancies'

Norfolk family charities Embrace and Break to merge

Financial difficulties prompt teenage parenting charity to become separate project within the larger organisation

Adoption charities merge under Parents and Children Together umbrella

Pact takeover of Childlink prompted by latter's financial difficulties

Carer supported by disablity charity the Papworth Trust

Merger for Papworth Trust and Opportunities Without Limits

Cambridgeshire disability charities will work together under Papworth Trust brand

City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London merge

Organisations addressing poverty and inequality in the capital unite to simplify grant applications

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