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Statutory fundraising regulation and new constitutional form should go, say lawyers

The Charity Law Association has advised the Charity Commission that the Charitable Incorporated Organisation and statutory fundraising regulation should both be scrapped in light of the regulator's forthcoming budget cuts.

Management buy-out of Pell & Bales prompts job losses

Redundancies will have to be made at telephone fundraising company Pell & Bales in a restructure and direction change following a management buy-out of its holding company.  

Northern Rock Foundation will draw on £38m reserves after losing £15m annual funding

The Northern Rock Foundation has announced it has lost its £15m a year partnership with Northern Rock Asset Management and will be forced to draw on its £38m reserves to keep its programmes going.

News International opens newspapers to 'pay-by-results' advertising

News International has begun trialling a 'pay-by-results' model of advertising for its printed publications, potentially opening up newspaper advertising opportunities to a range of charities previously priced out.

Cancer Research UK asks public to celebrate with a donation

Cancer Research UK is to launch a national press campaign encouraging people to mark celebrations with donations to charity rather than gifts to friends.

Philanthropy Review chair slams Big Society Bank

Chair of the Philanthropy Review Thomas Hughes-Hallett has criticised the imminent Big Society Bank, saying it is potentially setting up a system to encourage vulnerable charities to borrow money.

Calls for UK to mimic US charitable culture

Thomas Hughes-Hallett, chair of the Philanthropy Review, has told MPs at a Public Administration Select Committee meeting on increasing giving this week that the UK needs to mimic the USA in being more proud and vocal about charitable giving.

Charity Technology Survey 2011 - win a £100 Amazon voucher

The Charity Technology Survey, which brings together our existing research under one roof, is your chance to input into the most comprehensive analysis of IT, accounting and CRM software in the charity sector... and be in with a chance of winning £100 in the process. 

Frontline: Haiti's bureaucratic blockade to regeneration

One year on from the Haiti earthquake the rate of regeneration is slow, but Andrew Chaggar writes from the frontline that the building blocks can only be built by a stable government.

Prince William and Kate Middleton consider charitable wedding

Prince William and Kate Middleton may bypass the tradition of receiving elaborate gifts on their wedding day by requesting instead that guests make a donation to a list of chosen charities.