Hurd tells charities to expect more private sector investment and ten-year contracts

11 August 2010

Greetings!

The times are certainly a-changing for charities that do business with the government - now Nick Hurd is talking about ten-year contracts and the end of full-cost recovery. There's worrying evidence from NCVO that lots of charities don't have sufficient reserves to see them through the difficult months ahead.

Hurd tells charities to expect more private sector investment and ten-year contracts

Nick Hurd has told charities involved in public service delivery to expect longer contracts, payment by result models funded by the private sector, the end of full cost recovery and less money for grants.

Strategic partners who get quarter of income or more from OCS to meet Cabinet Office

Office for Civil Society strategic partners who depend on the agency for at least 25 per cent of their funding will meet OCS officials next month to lobby for their grant to continue.

Government to impose cap on sector's regulatory burden

The government has announced a cap on voluntary sector regulation, promising that all new rules must be made on a "one in - one out" basis.

Charities lack the reserves to survive impending cuts, warns NCVO study

A third of active charities have no funding in reserve, while the median reserve level for charities that receive government funding is just one month of expenditure, according to research by NCVO.

Government trial to encourage private capital into charities set to exceed investment target

The first social impact bond pilots by the Ministry of Justice look set to be oversubscribed with investors, according to Social Finance which is leading the £4.9m scheme.

Volunteering England won't bid for National Citizen Service

Justin Davis Smith has advised that Volunteering England will not bid to deliver the pilots for the coalition government's National Citizen Service scheme taking place from June to September next year.

Consortium 3SC to bid for DWP Work Programme with charity partners

3SC will lead a consortium of charities in a bid to be the prime contractor of the Department for Work and Pensions Work Progamme, a government scheme supporting the unemployed.

Orange requests ideas for mobile volunteering app

Orange is looking to pioneer the concept of mobile volunteering, and is inviting ideas for tasks that could be completed by mobile phone users in small chunks while out and about.

IoF rewrites outdated electronic media code of practice

The Institute of Fundraising is forming a working party to revise and expand its electronic media code of practice by summer 2011, ten years after its first draft.

Robbie Williams pulls crowds where Beverley Knight fails in Help for Heroes gig

Two months after a Help for Heroes fundraising concert was cancelled due to poor ticket sales, a new concert in aid of the charity featuring Robbie Williams has sold half its tickets in the first week.

Rethink forces Press Complaints Commission investigation into the Daily Mail

Rethink's challenge to the Press Complaints Commisison about the Daily Mail's coverage on mental health has been resolved.

Features and Opinion

The five pillars of online

Steve MacLaughlin identifies five trends in online giving based on Blackbaud's latest research.

Cable cuts the way for gift aid revisions

As Vince Cable pledges this week to cut bureaucracy in charity regulation, Charities Aid Foundation head of policy and public affairs, Hannah Terrey sees hope for gift aid revisions.

Blogs

Joining in online: Social media for events

Rob Dyson exhorts charities to jump on the Twitter bandwagon

Donate to the Pakistan Flood appeal. NOW. Every one of you

The level of public and governmental generosity to the flood-afflicted millions of Pakistan is not good enough, says Celina Ribeiro

Biting the hand that feeds: Donor care doesn't end at the fundraiser

It is not only fundraisers that have to be aware of charity reputation and donor care, as a call to Radio 4 showed, says Andrew Scadding

Not quite the comeuppance Janet Street Porter deserves

Janet Street Porter's article entitled "Depression? It's just the new trendy illness!" sparked 358 comments and 180 complaints. A resolution of sorts was met this week but Niki May Young doesn't think it's enough

The camera never lies?

Andrew Samuel examines the suggestion that the Big Society concept lets the government off the hook when it comes to spending cuts

SIB, Acevo and the Big Society big fish

Community banks, not oppressive wholesalers, are what the sector needs, argues Gordon Hunter

Events

VAT & Tax Conference
18 October 2010

Charity Finance Live

18 October 2010

Civil Society IT Conference

18 November 2010

Digital Fundraising Conference
18 November 2010

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