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24 January 2011
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Banks are under pressure this week as the government considers a league table for bankers' donations. Several of the sector's umbrella bodies are clubbing together to monitor the impact of the spending cuts, as Navca outlines job losses among its members. |
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Navca estimates members will reduce staff by a quarter
Kevin Curley, chief executive of Navca, has warned that the number of people employed amongst Navca's members could be reduced by 25 per cent as a result of spending cuts.
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Umbrella bodies combine to share info on spending cuts
Several sector umbrella bodies have teamed up to build a new website to monitor all the public spending cuts that are affecting their members.
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Hurd says charity sector dependence on state is a 'concern'
Nick Hurd, minister for civil society, has voiced concern about the charitable sector's "creeping dependence" on the state and says the government will not let charities become "semi-attached agents of the state."
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Government plans to make bankers' charitable donations public
The government plans to "embarrass" banks and their staff into donating more to charities by producing a league table of bankers' donations, according to The Times.
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Former Lloyds chair calls for new 21st century philanthropy
Sir Victor Blank, former chairman of Lloyds Banking Group, has called on businesses to recognise charity "not as an optional extra but as a core part of their responsibility".
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Centre for Social Justice attacks 'wasteful' Westminster spending
The Centre for Social Justice has branded government spending "wasteful" and advises that initiatives "lack clear objectives and have been poorly managed and monitored", in a report released today.
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CFDG sets out to increase professional volunteering
Charity Finance Directors' Group is setting up a working group to develop and implement ideas to improve levels of short-term professional volunteering in the sector.
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In other news...
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Commission must not charge charities for services or registration, says DSC
The Directory of Social Change opposes the suggestion that the Charity Commission should start charging for information, advice or registration, arguing that this would amount to charitable funds being used to subsidise public spending cuts.
Cass Business School signs Andrew Hind and Stephen Lee
Andrew Hind, former Charity Commission chief executive and current guest editor of Charity Finance, has taken up a part-time post at Cass Business School as a visiting professor of charity governance and finance.
Charity Commission clears London Philharmonic Orchestra trustees after fraud scandal
The Charity Commission has cleared trustees of the London Philharmonic Orchestra of any wrongdoing after its former finance director was jailed for four years for defrauding the charity. | Youth Action Network first to fall in Office for Civil Society's strategic partner reduction programme
Youth Action Network looks set to be the first casualty of the Office for Civil Society's cuts to its strategic partner programme.
New volunteering fund risks coming too late, says Volunteering England
Justin Davis Smith, chief executive of Volunteering England has warned that a new £42.5m government fund to support local volunteering infrastructure is not being implemented quickly enough to save volunteer centres already facing closure.
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.
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Fundraising challenges: Go to extremes - with caution
With reversals in the economy, the sector has seen an increased reliance on fundraising and charity supporters are increasingly turning to unusual or extreme activities to raise profile and bring in money. Charity insurance specialist Martyn Turner explains how to go to extremes, with caution.
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Scar gazing - predictions for a year ahead
What does 2011 hold in store? Ian Allsop scans the firmament for signs of light.
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Did you know...
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0.1 per cent of registered charities were subject to a compliance investigation opened in 2009 - 2010. (Source: Charity Commission Charities Back on Track report)
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