Proportion of over-50s considering leaving legacies rises by 10 per cent in a year, report finds
The Legacy Fundraising report says 45 per cent of the 15,000 over-50s surveyed would consider leaving legacies to charity in 2019/20
Charity Retail Association launches safeguarding scheme for charity shops
Shops will be able to display licences demonstrating that they meet minimum requirements
Charities can shift focus from economics to health and wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon says
The First Minister of Scotland also calls for charities' voices to be heard on the environment ahead of a major climate change conference to be held in Glasgow in November
National Lottery Community Fund launches new £3m funding pot
The Healthy Community Together programme, run together with the King's Fund, will support local health and wellbeing projects
Legacies could account for £500m more in next five years than previously thought
Legacy Foresight has updated its five-year market forecast to predict that legacy income for charities will rise from £3.2bn in 2019 to £3.9bn in 2024
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Oxfam shops report best Christmas sales figures for eight years
Sales in the charity's shops totalled £19.3m over the festive period, up by £1.3m on the previous year
Retail expert to take over at top of the NCS Trust
Mark Gifford of Waitrose will on 2 March become chief executive of the social enterprise that runs the National Citizen Service
Bowel Cancer UK names new chief executive
The executive director of external affairs at the MS Society will join in early February
Charity Retail Association says anti-waste charity report is 'irresponsible'
Wrap, the lead partner of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan, says it's possible the low level of clothing recyling is partly down to fear of bogus charity collections
Kate Sayer to lead new integrity and ethics team at Oxfam GB
Sayer was a senior consultant at the accountancy firm Sayer Vincent for almost 36 years
Charities to share £20,000 found in safe at a scrapyard
St Elizabeth Hospice in Ipswich and East Anglia's Children's Hospices will benefit from the find
Charities can no longer 'assume legitimacy' in the eyes of the public, commission chair says
Baroness Stowell says charities must demonstrate they take the public seriously if trust in the sector is to be improved
Christian Aid plans to close all regional offices in England
The charity also intends to withdraw from 12 countries as part of plans to save £7m a year