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5 April 2011
Greetings!
A trademark application by Citizens UK seems designed to frustrate Locality's plans, but Citizens UK insists it had the idea first. Meanwhile Orange has launched the first mobile volunteering app, and two of the sector's highest-profile chief execs have announced their intention to step down.
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Citizens UK beats Locality to trademark application for 'Institute for Community Organising'
Citizens UK, the organisation that felt it was unjustly passed over for the £15m contract to provide the community organisers programme, has trademarked the name 'Institute for Community Organising' in a move likely to annoy Locality, the group that won the contract.
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Charities say they have no say in financial negotiations with primes on the Work Programme
Most charities say they had no choice in their financial negotiation with prime contractors on the Work Programme, according to new research from the Centre for Social and Economic Inclusion.
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Orange launches Do Some Good volunteering app
Mobile phone provider Orange has teamed up with 12 UK charities to create an app which enables people to volunteer through their mobile phone for the first time.
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More than a quarter say they can't afford to make legacies
More than a quarter of people believe they can't afford to leave a gift to charity in their will and the majority still don't plan to write a legacy into their will at all, according to research released yesterday.
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Care charity loaned over £173,000 to staff member to buy house
The Charity Commission has concluded its report into Broad View Care Ltd after its second statutory investigation which revealed the charity had loaned over £173,000 to its director of nursing to buy a house.
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Appeal Court legacy ruling sets 'dangerous precedent', warn charities
Three large animal charities have voiced their dismay over a Court of Appeal judgment that allows a disinherited daughter to challenge her deceased mother's decision to leave her entire £500,000 estate to the charities.
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Movers
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WRVS chief to step down after four years
WRVS chief executive Lynne Berry is to leave the charity this summer after four years at the helm.
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Moseley to retire from Catch22
Joyce Moseley will retire from Catch22 at the end of this year, after more than a decade in the role of chief executive.
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In other news...
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Hurd seeks to reconfer exempt status to schools and sixth-forms
Minister for civil society Nick Hurd has announced that academies, foundation and voluntary schools and sixth-form colleges will have their exempt status reconferred, subject to parliamentary approval.
Government's Big Society actions are 'not meeting rhetoric'
Speakers at last week's 'Reality check for Big Society' event did not provide ringing endorsements that the government's policy agenda would create a more equal and fair society.
Spending cuts 'will put a brake on technology use by small groups'
Civil society's ability to use communications technology to reach out to service users and other stakeholders will be badly hampered by cuts to support providers' budgets, the project manager in charge of Navca's regional ICT champion scheme has warned.
| Impetus Trust and Sutton Trust to manage £125m DoE fund
The Department for Education has chosen Impetus Trust and the education charity Sutton Trust to manage a £125m Education Endowment Fund, created to help disadvantaged children in the poorest-performing schools in the UK.
More men volunteering for BHF charity shops
The familiar face of charity shops may be changing as more men are signing up to volunteer in charity retail, according to the experience of the British Heart Foundation.
Self-appointed watchdog scrutinises first year of Big Society
A new network that claims to be the self-appointed watchdog of the Big Society held its first public event in London yesterday to examine how the Big Society concept has progressed, one year since David Cameron first announced it.
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Analysis
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Do you YouTube? - broadcasting for non-profits
YouTube attracts more than 100 million views a day. The YouTube Non Profit Programme, now five years old, gives charities special privileges to help them rise above the noise and connect with donors. Rebecca Jeffrey details how charities can get broadcasting with the best of them.
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Blogs and opinion
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Hutton Report - the impact for civil society organisations
The Hutton Report is lacking in some areas, says David Davison, but there are observations of importance for civil society organisations.
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Cloud and proud
John Tate has his head in the Cloud, but his feet on the ground.
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You said it...
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"The scenario reminds me of the episode of Dragons' Den when the 'dragons' ran for the hills when they found that a pitcher was a social enterprise. They could not get their heads around the difference between a charity and a social enterprise."
Edward Harkins comments on Only one UK charity wins a prime contractor bid on new Work Programme |
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"Has the government noticed that it is currently spending the reserves of organisations nationally to fund its funding gap and funding cuts? Please address this problem before we all dissappear. It is not realistic to ask a sector that is being cut to pieces in a very short space of time to do the job you want to do without immediate action."
Sheila Standard comments on Government asks voluntary organisations to provide work experience placements |
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They said it...
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"Spending decisions are a matter for local councils, but no council should make disproportionate cuts to the voluntary sector. It is increasingly clear that well run councils are following that principle, but that a few of the worst run are targeting the voluntary sector for disproportionate cuts."
Minister of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government Greg Clark in parliament yesterday |
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