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Jake Hayman: Wealthy trustees are blocking regenerative investment models
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Ruth Davison: 63.5 million reasons to celebrate Red Nose Day - and to go further
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Peter Stanford: Numeracy is a key skill for trustees of charities
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Kate Sayer: Does your board neglect the finances or micromanage?
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Mark Hicken: Lessons in corporate partnerships
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Leesa Harwood: The mice will roar again in the voluntary sector
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Paul Streets: Look local to deal with the fallout of austerity
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Daniel Fluskey: Being named should not mean being shamed
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Nick Pride: We know supporter engagement is important, but we need to think about what that means
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Debra Allcock Tyler: Remember that funders are partners, not rule-setters
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Extinction Rebellion: It's time for NGOs to adopt a model of rebellion
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Stella Smith: We all have responsibility for behaviour at work
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Seb Elsworth: The 'Pact' and social investment
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Insurance advice from Markel
Charity property: could you be entitled to a huge VAT saving?
When a property is being constructed, VAT is charged at the standard rate. But if you're a charity, health body, educational institution, housing association or finance house, the work may well fall into a category that justifies zero-rating - and you could make a massive saving
Fundraising
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Total income among best-known charities rose by £300m last year, analysis shows
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Tech company celebrates raising $1m and plans to raise another million
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Stalling donations masked by rising legacy income, Third Sector study finds
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Comic Relief must 'refresh its image', says MP David Lammy
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Plans to introduce charges for rubbish disposal 'could close some charity shops'
Governance
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Trustees banned after transferring £330k private mortgage liability to their charity
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Scrap religion as a charitable purpose, says National Secular Society
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Voluntary sector needs a revolution to be fit for the 21st century, governance expert warns
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NPC to be less 'aloof' and foster closer relationship with charities, its chair says
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CCNI set to remove charities from its register for the first time
Finance
Communications
Management
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Almost 100 people dismissed from aid sector since safeguarding scandal began, minister says
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Save the Children appoints new fundraising director
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Sector bodies join forces to help smaller charities bid for public services
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Charity pay study 2019: the top earners, 51 to 75
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Oonagh Aitken to leave Volunteering Matters at the end of June
Volunteering
Policy
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Let MPs vote on probate fee changes, says Institute of Legacy Management
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New body awarded £55m from dormant assets to tackle financial exclusion
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Charities will play a key role in tackling problems caused by ageing population, report says
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Umbrella bodies make last-ditch attempt to halt probate reforms
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Government promises more small charity involvement in commissioning
Social Enterprise
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Catch22 opens applications for social entrepreneurship programme
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Government at risk of breaking promise to diversify supply chain, says SEUK
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Number of responsible finance providers' loans up, but their value falls
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Minister promises smaller contracts that will take greater account of social value
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Social Enterprise Scotland names its new chief executive