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7 September 2010

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The news that £750m of Gift Aid is unclaimed annually must be a bitter pill for the government to swallow, but the publication of the Digital Giving report offers hope to pull Gift Aid out of the dark ages and into a healthy future, helping charities along the way. As well as news on the report, IT editor Gareth Jones gives an insight into how the modernisation measures put forward by publishers ResPublica would work. Meanwhile Sue Ryder Care has secured its own route to saving through a generous pro bono environmental strategy.
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 Legal expert slams 'outrageous' lack of equality guidance


A top lawyer has condemned the lack of guidance available on the imminent Equality Act, saying that both the Charity Commission and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have left charities "in limbo".
Gift aid stuck in past

 £750m lost by gift aid system 'stuck in the past'


More than £750m is lost in gift aid because of an outdated system that disincentivises charities and the Treasury to make the most out of it, according to a report released yesterday.

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 Sue Ryder to save thousands with new environmental system


Sue Ryder Care's trading arm has secured pro bono help to put in place an environmental management system that will reduce its waste and use of energy, water and materials, eventually saving the whole charity tens of thousands of pounds per year.
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 Cabinet launches second National Survey of Charities and Social Enterprises


The second wave of the largest sector survey ever conducted has been launched by the Office for Civil Society.

Face to face

 PFRA to trial street fundraising team leader bands


Street fundraising team leaders will be more visible to the public and officials during a three-month trial of a new armband for the fundraisers.


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Little Havens Children's Hospice has been named by the public as the best voluntary or charity project at the National Lottery awards this weekend.

Little Havens wins National Lottery Awards
Blogs


Taking gift aid online: How ResPublica's system would work


Gareth Jones welcomes the think-tank's proposed system for moving gift aid administration online

My name's Bond: 'social investment bond'... licensed to print money?


Big Society blogger Gordon Hunter has reservations about social investment plans under the coalition government's master plan

Opinion


How should the aid sector deal with non-conventional groups?


As the world comes together to deliver aid to Pakistan, director of the Humanitarian Futures Programme at Kings College London, Rudolph C. Kent offers his thoughts on the conundrum of working with local organisations which fall into ethical red zones

An uncertain legacy


Don't put too much stock in predictions about legacy income, says Richard Radcliffe
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