HMRC worked to silence critics of the fit and proper persons test yesterday, announcing it has had no official complaints since its launch; the Independent Schools Council's challenge to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance rumbles on; and communications chiefs throughout the sector are feeling undervalued in their organisations.
The key difference between the Independent Schools Council and the Charity Commission over the Commission's guidance on public benefit, is the extent of the obligation that fee-charging charities owe to those that can't afford its fees, the ISC's lawyer said in the tribunal hearing.
The Big Lottery Fund has delivered just shy of £30m worth of grants for English projects dealing with young people leaving either care or young offenders institutions.
The new chief of first aid charity St John Wales has slammed the "convoluted" governance of the organisation and plans to transform it into the "premier charity of Wales" over the next five to six years.
More than a third of senior communications professionals in the charity sector feel the role of communications is not valued by their organisation because the chief executive does not understand the role it has to play, according to a new report by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations' voluntary sector group, Fifth Estate and Amazon PR.
New head of charities at Barclays Corporate Barclays Corporate has appointed its head of social housing, David McHattie, as the new head of charities, replacing Jon Mosscrop.
SCVO opens new charity hub in Glasgow The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations and the Scottish Association for Mental Health have opened a new charity hub in the heart of Scotland's largest city.
Registered arts and media charity the Rural Media Company has completed a series of films highlighting best practice in support for the elderly as part of a campaign to improve services to the over 50's.
Race for Life entries are down, and it seems Cancer Research is not alone in this predicament. Niki May Young ponders why running events are losing out this year...
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