The Giving White Paper has arrived bringing news of a £40m investment in volunteering and social action; meanwhile Triodos advises its ethical investments are up nearly 20 per cent due to demand from the social sector; but a new survey reveals that some of the top charities are contributing significantly less to ethical investments than last year.
The government is to invest £30m in a new fund that will build the capacity of infrastructure organisations that support frontline civil society groups in England, it announced today in the Giving White Paper.
A survey into the financial management of 64 charities with an annual income over £1m has found that those charities have reduced their ethical and socially responsible investments from one third to one fifth.
The lawyer who is defending the Charity Commission against the Independent Schools Council's challenge to its public benefit guidance found himself explaining to the tribunal judges how it is that such schools can be charities at all.
The Energy Saving Trust is to apply for charitable status and operate as a social enterprise, in response to a 50 per cent cut in funding from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
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.
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.
Ethical investment by some of the top charities has significantly decreased. Niki May Young deplores the drop and calls for the sector to stand as a moral leader.
Comprising three surveys, the Charity Technology Survey looks at the key trends affecting IT in the charity sector including in-depth analyses of CRM and accounting software.
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