Community-owned assets in England 'contribute £220m to economy'
A report commissioned by the government and Power to Change says there are more than 6,300 such undertakings
John Tizard steps down as Navca chair after only seven months
He is leaving to focus on being a commentator, politician and campaigner, the charity says
BBC Children in Need total down by more than £2m on previous year
The figure fell from £60.7m in 2017 to £58m last year
St Mungo's to meet union at Acas to avert strike ballot
Unite says cuts to annual leave and 'draconian' use of disciplinary procedures are causing disquiet; the charity insists it is not changing terms and conditions
Save the Children International appoints new chief executive
Inger Ashing will take up the role in September, having stepped down from the charity's board
British Heart Foundation chief executive to retire
Simon Gillespie has led the charity since April 2013
National Trust to divest from all fossil-fuel companies
Over the next three years it plans to withdraw the £45m it has invested in such firms and invest instead in green start-ups and environmentally friendly portfolios
Regulator withdraws warning handed out to think tank in February
The Charity Commission has concluded that it did not handle the case, which involved a report on Brexit published last year by the Institute of Economic Affairs, sufficiently well
RAF mess charities defrauded of almost £200k 'lacked basic financial controls'
A report from the Charity Commission says 'ineffective application of basic safeguards' allowed Zowie Davis, who was mess clerk of the charities at RAF Honington in Suffolk, to steal the money
Salvation Army calls for clarity about EU funding after Brexit
About 60 per cent of the funding it receives for its specialist employment programmes comes from the European Social Fund
£5m fund received almost £200m of applications, report finds
The Weston Anniversary Fund, which was opened last year, received more than 2,300 applications, almost three-quarters of which were made in the final three days
Nesta offers £1m funding pot for tech-based solutions to social isolation
The Tech to Connect Challengs is funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and is being managed by Nesta Challenges
Acevo chair appointed chief executive of homelessness charity
Ferguson, who is also chair of Acevo, will move from the same role at Gingerbread in September
Alzheimer's Society appoints new director of fundraising
Alex Hyde-Smith comes to the post from Marie Curie, where has has been director of fundraising for two years
Labour appoints new shadow charities minister
Vicky Foxcroft replaces Steve Reed, who has been appointed shadow children's minister
GoFundMe shuts fundraising page that raised money for homophobic rugby star
The page was set up by Israel Folau to pay for the legal costs of an appeal against his sacking by Rugby Australia, after he said on social media that 'hell awaits' gay people
Small Charities Coalition appoints new chief executive
Rita Chadha will take up the role part time alongside the interim chief executive before going full time in September
Harry and Meghan to leave Royal Foundation to set up their own charity
The existing charity will continue to be overseen by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
Deborah Alsina leaves Bowel Cancer UK to lead Independent Age
Alsina joined Bowel Cancer UK in 2008, becoming chief executive a year later, and led the organisation through a merger
Slimming World campaign raises £3.2m for CRUK in two weeks
The May campaign collected more then 125,000 bags of clothes from Slimming World members