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					<title><![CDATA[Hospice chief targets senior ministers over funding]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Finance/rss/article/809979/Hospice-chief-targets-senior-ministers-funding/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The chief executive of a Manchester hospice and Mark Hunter, Liberal Democrat MP for Cheadle, have met the Prime Minister to urge the Government to improve funding for the hospice movement.]]></description>
					<author>Hannah Jordan</author>
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Money matters]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Finance/rss/article/808638/Money-matters/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[David Ainsworth's round-up of what's happening in the finance world]]></description>
					<author>David Ainsworth</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Analysis: Charities can use the slowdown to their advantage, say the experts]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Finance/rss/article/808637/Analysis-Charities-use-slowdown-advantage-say-experts/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Charity finance experts have predicted that the sector's investments will weather the recent slowdown in the financial markets - and that market conditions could even provide charities with buying opportunities.]]></description>
					<author>David Ainsworth</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Charity finance group plans green standards]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Finance/rss/article/808636/Charity-finance-group-plans-green-standards/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[An environmental and social reporting standard for charities is being drawn up by the Charity Finance Directors' Group.]]></description>
					<author>David Ainsworth</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Call for public debate on Social Investment Bank]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Finance/rss/article/808633/Call-public-debate-Social-Investment-Bank/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The chief executive of the Community Development Finance Association has called for a public debate on the potential lobbying role of the Social Investment Bank, amid fears that it could eclipse smaller voices in the sector.]]></description>
					<author>Helen Warrell</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Beware of Burma fraud, say experts]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Finance/rss/article/808631/Beware-Burma-fraud-say-experts/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Fraud experts have warned charities to be aware of potential donation scams that claim to raise money for those affected by the recent cyclone in Burma.]]></description>
					<author>Helen Warrell</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[College bursaries 'are not enough']]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Finance/rss/article/808629/College-bursaries-are-not-enough/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Education campaigners have hit out against plans by one of the country's most prestigious public schools to more than double the amount it will spend on bursaries.]]></description>
					<author>David Ainsworth</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[YMCA faces pensions backlash]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Finance/rss/article/808624/YMCA-faces-pensions-backlash/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Local YMCAs are mounting a rebellion over demands that they should pay thousands of pounds to plug a £22m pension fund deficit.]]></description>
					<author>Andy Ricketts</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Delays loom for report on capacity-building bodies]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Finance/rss/article/808619/Delays-loom-report-capacity-building-bodies/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The National Audit Office has delayed publication of its report into whether the Government's third sector programmes ChangeUp and Futurebuilders are good value for money.]]></description>
					<author>Helen Warrell</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Pensions Trust elects new board members]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Finance/rss/article/808600/Pensions-Trust-elects-new-board-members/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Two new board members have been elected to the board of the Pensions Trust, one of the biggest pension funds for the UK charity and social sector.]]></description>
					<author>David Ainsworth</author>
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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