Government plans new support programme for sector

The government wants to invest in a new support programme for civil society organisations that will help them "modernise, become more efficient and more entrepreneurial".

New Commission chief urges contract mentality

The voluntary sector must move from a grants mentality to a contract mentality, the new chief executive of the Charity Commission said this morning.

Disappointment, relief and outrage at quango cull

Capacitybuilders has said that it would fulfil all its funding commitments to March 2011, and would be discussing with grantholders how to arrange final reporting and payments.

NPC releases guidance for funders to help charities through cuts

New Philanthropy Capital has released its report for funders on helping charities through cuts, calling on grantmakers to simplify the application process and monitoring to ensure the system is "fit for purpose".

Pension liability of top 5,000 UK charities totals £1.66bn

New research has revealed that of the top 5,000 UK charities, 522 have pension liabilities totalling £1.66bn.

European SRI market almost doubles to €5 trillion in two years

The European Sustainable & Responsible Investment market has almost doubled since 2008 according to a new report from Eurosif, a European SRI think tank.

Social Enterprise Investment Fund launches capital grants scheme

Start-up social enterprises for health or social care are offered grants of between £50,000 and £450,000 in a new capital grants scheme initiated by the Social Enterprise Investment Fund on behalf of the Department of Health.

Grants and assets

In their final article on the Funding Commission's emerging recommendations, Fiona Ellis and Richard Gutch look at funding from trusts and foundations and the National Lottery.

ChangeUp: The Sequel?

Tania Mason can't get too excited about the brave new world of sector support being proposed by the coalition government. It all sounds too familiar.

Don't miss the boat on public sector out-sourcing

Opportunities for public service delivery will arise from the government spending review, says David Davison, but what consequences will there be for pensions?