Big Give Christmas Challenge raises record £33m in a week
The total is 15 per cent up on last year’s total, organisers say
Regulator proposes up to 50 per cent increase in fundraising levy
The Fundraising Regulator says it faces an increased caseload and unexpected inflation
Little progress on tackling racism in the voluntary sector, report finds
Research shows while charities are signalling they are against racism, they are not taking the practical steps needed to change experiences for people working in the sector
‘Inspirational’ Breast Cancer Now chief to step down
Baroness Delyth Morgan will retire having led the charity and its constituent parts for 23 years
Umbrella body chief executive to retire
Ruth Marks has led the Wales Council for Voluntary Action since 2015
Lack of support for charities in Autumn Statement will force some to close, leaders warn
The NCVO says no uplift for grants and contracts is ‘a blow’, while the Charity Tax Group says overlooking the voluntary sector is a ‘significant disappointment’
The Big Help Out to return next year
An estimated 7.2 million people took part in the first event earlier this year, which took place on the bank holiday of the coronation weekend in May
RNID chief to take top job at the Royal British Legion
Mark Atkinson succeeds Charles Byrne at the RBL, while the RNID says deputy chief Harriet Oppenheimer will replace Atkinson
Regulator facing ‘high demand of queries’ from charities struggling to use its online filing system
Orlando Fraser, chair of the Charity Commission, says the regulator was ‘aware that some charities are having issues onboarding on the new service at the moment’
St John Ambulance chief executive to step down
Martin Houghton-Brown has led the first aid charity since January 2018
Animal charities dominate legacy league table
The research company Fastmap and the consultancy Freestyle Marketing have ranked charities by their potential to generate gifts in wills from existing supporters
Charity hires former Liberal Democrat voluntary sector spokesperson as next chief
Jenny Willott held the party’s charity brief between 2009 and 2010
Former commission chair among peers to criticise conflicts of interest at the Royal Albert Hall
Baroness Stowell of Beeston was speaking in a House of Lords debate about changes to the charity's constitution
Charity gives chief £320,000 payment after ‘detrimental’ changes made to his contract
The organisation says its board felt that changes were necessary to certain clauses in the contract to ‘protect the charity from potential operational and financial risk’
NGO umbrella body Bond reveals next leader
Romilly Greenhill joins from the One Campaign
Sector income down for the first time in 10 years, research finds
The figures come from the latest UK Civil Society Almanac, which is compiled by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Navca reports 12 per cent rise in income
The infrastructure charity recorded a small surplus in the year to the end of March
UK's biggest grant-maker unveils new chief
John-Arne Røttingen is ambassador for global health at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Norway
New chief executive at refugee charity
The organisation plans to quadruple the number of people it supports by 2030
Major charity's income almost halves over two years as it files accounts five months late
The organisation has been placed in the Charity Commission’s statutory inquiry for having at least two years’ worth of accounts overdue