Information Links
News
Latest voluntary sector news covering charity finance, fundraising, governance & trustees, management, communications & campaigning, charity law & regulation and social enterprise.
Latest News & Analysis
All you need to know about...
Kids Company closure
Change at the Charity Commission
The lobbying act
The collapse of BeatBullying
Islamic Charities
The Big Society
Chief Executive Pay
Latest Comment
-
Don Bawtree: Charities seem ill-equipped for staffing issues after Brexit
-
Paul Streets: Small charities are key to local partnerships
-
Martyn Drake: Charities give away their innovation far too freely
-
Stella Smith: Three ways to get people to listen to you
-
Craig Dearden-Phillips: Believe it or not, I think we can learn something from Donald Trump
-
Paddy Hanrahan: Volunteering in the NHS - not just a numbers game
-
Elliot Harris: Charity mergers - it's about planning and the needs of others
-
John Mohan and Rose Lindsey: We must be realistic about volunteering
-
Seb Elsworth: Enterprise and impact
-
Hayley Gullen: Blockchain - charities need to resist the hype
-
Lord Adebowale: It's not diversity of skin colour that really matters - it's diversity of thought
-
Charles Kenyon's Country Diary: I am guilty of past prejudice to the YMCA
-
Rhoda Steel: Volunteering needs to be placed at the heart of an organisation for it to succeed
Latest Jobs
-
Voluntary Sector Development Manager
Link4Life Number One Riverside
-
Head of Operations
The Trussell Trust Salisbury, Wiltshire
-
Chief Executive Officer
Age Uk Richmond Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater)
-
Appeals Manager (Individual Giving and Appeals Marketing)
Jersey Hospice Care Jersey
-
Deputy Development Director
Emmanuel College East of England, Cambridge
Expert Hub
Insurance advice from Markel
Safeguarding in the Third Sector
Safeguarding - the process of making sure that children and vulnerable adults are protected from harm - is a big concern for organisations in the third sector.
Fundraising
-
Fundraising Regulator appoints new board member
-
Make match funding central to fundraising, says academic Beth Breeze
-
Changes to IHT should not affect legacies, sector bodies warn government
-
Giving in Scotland up by almost 50 per cent year on year, says CAF report
-
IoF defends face-to-face fundraising after Daily Mail criticism
Governance
-
RNLI rejects appeal by lifeboatmen sacked in explicit mug row
-
A third of largest charities 'have all-white senior leadership teams and boards'
-
Deadline approaching to enter this year's Third Sector Awards
-
Number of redundancies at the National Trust for Scotland lower than expected
-
Record number of groups given the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
Finance
-
Exempt charities from most taxes, says CFG director of policy
-
Government pledges to increase support for social impact investing
-
Highest earner at Royal Opera House was paid £800k last year
-
Former hospice chief sentenced to four years for £85k fraud
-
National Lottery achieves surprise rise in funds for good causes in 2017/18
Communications
-
Christian charity fined £100k after hackers accessed supporters' data
-
Plan International UK pilots mobile technology that allows sponsors to keep in touch
-
Most charities say lobbying act has made their work harder, says report
-
Digital inclusion is failing older people, report says
-
How to run an influencer campaign
Management
-
Get ready for even more e-privacy laws, says Barnardo's executive
-
Movers: Tony Hickson becomes chief business officer at Cancer Research UK
-
Poppy-seller for 97 years appointed MBE in Queen's Birthday Honours list
-
Top earner at health charity was paid £1.3m last year
-
Expect more scrutiny of pension schemes, says report
Volunteering
-
vInspired begins £1m volunteering scheme aimed at young people
-
RNLI defends decision to sack lifeboat volunteers over explicit mug row
-
Don't focus on growth but use existing resources better, says consultant
-
Include information on volunteering in government pension information, says Lords' report
-
Entries open for this year's Third Sector Awards
Policy
-
CFG urges government to help charities access contactless technology
-
Sector could lose 25,000 staff after Brexit, report warns
-
Coverage of Oxfam sexual exploitation story 'completely distorted', says former minister
-
Don't take us to a cliff edge on cash payments, IoF tells government
-
Dormant assets scheme set for estimated £2bn expansion
Social Enterprise
-
Community trust completes £4.4m right-to-buy purchase of Scottish island
-
Impact for Growth fund awards last £680k to charities and social enterprises
-
Community businesses can apply for grants of £50k-£300k
-
Scottish community trust given green light to buy island
-
Deadline for entry to Business Charity Awards extended
Third Sector Insight
Sponsored webcasts, surveys and expert reports from Third Sector partners
-
How charities can make the right impact
For charities today the challenge is that...
-
How charities’ workplace culture can prevent controversies
The third sector has never been under such...
-
Cyber and data security - how prepared is your charity?
This report provides an overview of the current...