The Charity Commission has issued some worrying advice for housing associations; a head of steam is building behind the campaign for lifetime legacies, and the Red Cross has launched an appeal for Japan.
The Charity Commission has advised housing associations to seek legal advice about whether offering the government's new Affordable Rents social housing product will negate their charitable status.
Trustees of the People's Opportunity to Work Trust prisoner rehabilitation charity were in breach of their legal duties by failing to prevent £2.5m of funds acquired through donations and its trading subsidiaries being unlawfully distributed, the Charity Commission has concluded in its statutory inquiry report.
Calls for lifetime legacies to be introduced in the UK have been amplified today, as a consortium of organisations ranging from Oxford University to professional advisers issued a plea for the government to introduce the mechanism as soon as possible.
After three months as guest-editor of Civil Society's flagship publication, Charity Finance magazine, former Charity Commission chief executive Andrew Hind has accepted the job on a permanent basis.
Thirteen OCS strategic partners now known to be off the list Charity Trustee Networks, the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation and the British Youth Council have admitted that they too have received notification from the Office for Civil Society that they will not be continuing as strategic partners after 1 April.
International association for impact analysts launched Social impact analysts around the world now have their own professional organisation designed to promote dialogue about how best to measure charities' impact and effectiveness.
The annual Charity Finance Banking Survey 2011 is now open and we would be very grateful for your cooperation. Your contribution will help the survey maintain the reliability and robustness that it has become famous for. In return we will give you free access to the survey, which would otherwise cost £35.
Many charities, particularly smaller ones, can find it difficult to achieve full segregation of duties which will contribute to an effective control environment. Nick Buxton explains how.
At a time when many organisations are looking at budgets and considering reducing staff numbers, great care needs to be taken when those considered participate in the local government pension scheme, says David Davison.
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The results of the first charity survey of the pay ratio between highest and lowest-paid staff demonstrates just how capably most charities are dealing with the challenge of paying salaries which are high enough to attract talented leaders at the top, while maintaining a sense of equity and fairness amongst the whole workforce.
