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21 July 2010
Greetings!
The humble chugger has finally come in from the cold - the PFRA says that from now on it will use the word in dialogue with stakeholders "when appropriate". About time too. Though to be fair to the Association, it has been using it in various circumstances for ages now, but today's official position statement endorsing the word is very welcome.
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Spending has overtaken making a positive difference as the most important factor influencing trust in a charity, according to the Charity Commission's new survey on trust and public confidence.
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A meeting of fundraising sector representatives earlier this month that aimed to make progress on the shape of a sector-wide, public-facing campaign to boost giving, ended without any clear conclusion after differences about the strategic direction could not be resolved.
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The Public Fundraising Regulatory Association has officially endorsed the word 'chugger' by announcing it will use it in engagement with stakeholders, "when appropriate".
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Harrow Association of Voluntary Services (HAVS) is being investigated by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) following concerns raised by HAVS' auditors.
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British organisations Remember a Charity and the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association are in discussions with foreign fundraising groups about how to grow the legacy markets in their respective countries.
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The Charity Commission has proclaimed its Faith and Social Cohesion Unit (FSCU) to have been a success despite staffing shortages and funding concerns.
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As the charity sector continues to push for gift aid reform, a survey released this week has found that 43 per cent of charities admit they are not making the most of the current system.
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More than ten million people in the UK have reduced their charitable donations in the first six months of 2010 and the total amount donated is down by 9.6 per cent, according to research conducted for Investec Bank.
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Anne Marie Carrie (pictured) has been appointed as the new chief executive of Barnardo's, joining in November before replacing Martin Narey when he departs in January next year.
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Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has written to ministerial colleagues asking them to "raise the alert button" on local authority cuts to the voluntary sector.
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Two of civil society's most prominent retail lenders have seen excellent growth in the amounts they lent to organisations in the first six months of this year.
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Two organisations in the south of England, SCA Group and Alabaré, have signed a partnership agreement which brings a secular social enterprise together with a Christian charity.
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Less than two months after Bill and Melinda Gates, with their friend Warren Buffet, challenged the wealthiest people in the US to give away the bulk of their money to charity, the billionaires are starting to roll in.
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Smaller charities were praised for their constant innovation in presenting their accounts on the web, at this year's ICAEW's online accounts awards ceremony last week.
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Big Society - big deal!
New blogger Gordon Hunter is dismayed by all the fuss over the Big Society
How to mount a defence against a tabloid press obsessed with high pay
Tania Mason offers three key messages charities could use when the media puts the sector in the spotlight in its campaign against high pay
Capital Gains Tax rise is not boon for
major donor philanthropy
Increasing the tax for the
rich will not mean they will start giving away more money to charity,
says Adrian Beney
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Cuts may prove to be a vital wake-up call to charities
Andy Williamson explores why the forthcoming cuts should be welcomed by the sector
Why
there shouldn't be aid for Afghanistan
The £200m
increase in aid to Afghanistan demonstrates the meaninglessness of
ring-fencing funding and disrespects the entire history of governmental
international aid, says Celina Ribeiro
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One of the things that has always set birds aside from humans is their navigational ability, migrating thousands of miles each year while we land-dwellers fiddle with our maps or get sent the wrong way, yet again, by irritatingly unreliable satellite navigation systems.
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