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The government has started swinging its axe at the 800-odd quangos that inhabit the UK, and the Heritage Lottery Fund is surprised to find itself among those under threat. In this week's edition we survey the sector's quango landscape and blogger Gordon Hunter wonders how the millions might be better spent.
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Nick Hurd

 Nick Hurd has speculated that the Big Society Bank may not be a bank and could come to an end once its purpose of helping to develop a social investment market has been served.
Insolvent

 Moray Voluntary Service Organisation (MVSO), a Scottish support service for over 400 member voluntary organisations, is in liquidation due to a £60,000 pensions debt it cannot repay.
Lottery

 Lottery funding of sport, arts and heritage could climb by around £50m per causal area in a reform of the National Lottery previewed in parliament last week.
Heritage lottery property

 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has defended its role as 'essential' amid warnings from culture secretary Jeremy Hunt that the funder's future is under review.
Budgeting

 Charities should focus on short-term savings they can make to local government when making the case for early intervention projects, according to civil servants.
SMS donations

 O2 has become the second mobile operator to pledge to deliver 100 per cent of all text donation value to charities in a move which could signal an industry-wide shift.
Liam Fox

 The Charity Commission has ordered a charity set up by Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox to cease its activities immediately due to their political nature.
Music licensing

 Plans to remove the exemption for charities on music licensing fees has again been delayed, with a spokesman for the Intellectual Property Office stating that the government hasn't made a decision yet.
Acevo report

 A new report from Acevo and Social Investment Business advises the government to create a Social Investment Retail Bank to be financed with government funds and managed by Social Investment Business.


Liz Atkins

 NCVO's director of policy Liz Atkins has been made redundant following a restructure which saw the organisation's four departments reduced to three.
Probo Koala

 Students and academics at Oxford University are reportedly outraged that the institution has accepted a £3.25m donation from a foundation with links to Trafigura, an oil trading company which was this week found guilty in a European court of dumping toxic waste in West Africa.

Gaza

 Interpal, a relief and development charity for Palestinians, has won a High Court battle against Express Newspapers which falsely accused it of supporting Hamas.
Ian Joseph

 The average pay of interim managers working in charities has fallen by 11 per cent over the last six months, according to the latest survey by Russam GMS.

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'Are these my feet?': Understanding Big Society

New IT blogger Andrew Samuel attempts to get to grips with the Big Society concept and describes one volunteering event which greatly helped several charities improve their web presence

Fête de la Fontaine: building a donor following, Suisse Romande-style

Creating an experience is the most effective way of getting would-be donors hooked. Just ask the clever people of Port de Pully, says Tom Eeles

How will charities defend pension shortfalls to supporters?

As the Big Society heaps more attention on the voluntary sector and charities face more scrutiny of their finances, how will they explain potential pension deficits, asks Vibeka Mair

Quango quango

Gordon Hunter reveals the vastness of the quango pot as he asks: what could you do with the money at grassroots level?
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Quango cull

 How will the 'Bonfire of the Quangos' affect the sector's own arm's-length bodies? Tania Mason examines the landscape.
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