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The NCVO and several other umbrella bodies have combined to monitor public spending cuts across the sector on a new website that already lists £3.7m worth of cuts. Navca members are feeling the practical brunt of the cuts as redundancies loom at their organisations. But charities' work must go on, and Save the Children is hoping to connect with a younger audience with its new three-year campaign that aims to reduce child mortality in developing countries. 
 

Save the Children unveils 'most ambitious campaign ever'

 

Save the Children has launched what it describes as its most ambitious campaign ever, in a bid to prevent eight million children dying each year from preventable causes.

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.

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.

Early day motions to campaign are mostly toilet paper, says House of Commons speaker

 

The Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow has called early day motions "mostly toilet paper" and advised charities to find other mediums to lobby government.

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 yesterday.

John Lewis urges charities to take on Golden Jubilee Trust secondees

 

As the eleventh year of the John Lewis community giving programme gets underway the retail giant is calling on charities to apply for secondees for periods of up to six months.

Integrating email and social media

 

Niroo Rad outlines how charities should use email to supplement and enhance their social media output.

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.

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.

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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 (Source: Voluntary Sector Cuts)