Children's charity to take auditors to court over bad advice on a merger

Children's charity St Christopher's Fellowship is taking accountants MacIntyre Hudson to the High Court claiming bad advice on a merger.

Nesta to pilot Big Society Bank activities

The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) has been asked by the government to research and pilot some of the activities the proposed Big Society Bank will perform to inform its development ahead of its target launch in April 2011.

Advocacy Partners Speaking Up gets £40k investment for post-merger support

Social investment fund Breakthrough has invested around £40,000 into recently-merged charity Advocacy Partners Speaking Up to support its post-merger plans.

CDG joins private partner to bid for government Work Programme


Registered charity the Careers Development Group has allied with private employment agency Maximus UK to bid for the government's new Work Programme and expand their services across the whole of England.

Careless Commission cuts risk 'double whammy' for small groups, says CTN chair


Charity Trustee Networks chair Rodney Buse has issued a warning to the Charity Commission to remember that the public spending cuts will affect other providers of advice and guidance to small charities too, when it decides which services to chop.

Social Enterprise Coalition to develop social franchising tool

The Social Enterprise Coalition is developing a social franchising support programme of tools and resources with part of its funding from the Big Lottery Fund to help social enterprise expansion.

Big Issue Invest partnership provides £10m funding boost for Northern Ireland

Big Issue Invest is partnering with the Ulster Community Investment Trust in a move that will allow the organisation access to a £10m Social Enterprise Investment Fund.