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Nesta to trial local action programmes to inform Big Society agenda
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts will be piloting programmes to test community organisations for the Big Society agenda.
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Charity Bank approves first £1m loan in Northern England
The first £1m loan has been approved by the Charity Bank in the Yorkshire and Humber region for Newlands Community Association.
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Andrew Hind to guest-edit Charity Finance
Civil Society Media is delighted to announce that former Charity Commission chief executive Andrew Hind is to be guest-editor of our flagship publication, Charity Finance, for three editions next year.
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Wedgwood Museum to take court action to protect its collection from pension administrators
The Wedgwood Museum is seeking legal advice on whether its assets, which include a 250-year collection of china, will be protected from administrators seeking funds for a £134m pension shortfall.
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NSPCC leaves Charityshare consortium
NSPCC has left Charityshare, the shared IT consortium it helped to create, and is moving its infrastructure and support services to Northgate Information Solutions.
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Reporting expenses
Charity Finance has surveyed the UK's largest 100 charities to find out whether they intend to publish their expenses following the advice of the Independent Expert Group on Charity Expenses. Tania Mason reports.
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Why do people volunteer their time without the motivation of money? The RSA hosted a talk by Dan Pink, American author of bestseller Drive, earlier this year and revealed the surprising findings from international research.
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At last...a women's network for the sector!
Regular blogger Rowena Lewis gives her thoughts on a new network for women working in the charity sector.
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A role for the Charity Commission?
Gordon Hunter thinks the Charity Commission's new focus could be to redefine what a charity is in the wake of the quango cull.
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Pensions, quangos, and Vietnamese rat farming - the law of unintended consequences
The quango cull could hold unintended financial consequences for the sector, and the saga's only just begun, warns David Davison.
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