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Corporate abuse prevention charity appoints next chief
Eleanor Rosenbach is joining the Corporate Justice Coalition after three years at the Right to Education Initiative
MPs call for more support to help people volunteer
A fund to pay travel costs was among the suggestions made in a parliamentary debate
Regulator alerted after six trustees suspended at breastfeeding charity amid transgender row
The Charity Commission says it is ‘assessing information’ received about an ongoing governance dispute
Royal Opera House to change its name
The arts charity says it will become the Royal Ballet and Opera from September
Charities losing their radical identities, foundation chief warns
Paul Streets says he thinks charities can rediscover their roots but ‘it will take quiet, persistent, determined but purposeful anger’
Research charity appoints chief executive
Lindsay Easton is taking over from Lynn Dunne, who will retire
More than 50 charities in Northern Ireland call for help after £3.6m grant scheme is halved
The funding cut to the Core Grant Funding Scheme led to staff redundancies and reductions in services, with some organisations no longer able to operate, charities tell the health minister
Workplace volunteering can reduce sickness absences, report finds
It can improve staff wellbeing, increase productivity and benefit communities, Pro Bono Economics concludes
160 jobs at risk as Guide Dogs tackles estimated £20m funding gap
The charity says fixed costs have increased considerably while fundraising income has plateaued
Charities facing 'campaign drain' as pressure on staff grows, report finds
The Sheila McKechnie Foundation says the results of its annual campaigner survey are a 'stark warning to organisations and donors'
Music education charity changes its name
Awards for Young Musicians has become Young Sounds UK
Education charity adopts co-leadership model as chief steps down
Girish Menon plans to take a break after leaving the charity in June
Former Cancer Research UK manager jailed for absconding to Turkey after theft from charity
Lorreine Kucuk admitted stealing more than £5,000 from the charity's shop in Tenby but left the country before she was sentenced
Charity fined for revealing sensitive data of hundreds of people on HIV support programme
The Information Commissioner's Office says a fine of £300,000 had initially been recommended but this was reduced to £7,500
Teaching training charity faces 'extinction' due to government funding cut
Now Teach expects to lose half of its funding after losing a £900,000 contract with the Department for Education
Jobs to go as charity forced to close preschool for disabled children
Three members of staff are expected to be made redundant as a result of the closure
People from poorer backgrounds 'underrepresented' in charity roles, report finds
The EY Foundation says the findings should be a 'wake-up call for everyone working in the sector'
Mark Astarita dies at the age of 64
'The greatest and most influential fundraiser in the charity sector over the past 30 years,' say tributes to the former chair of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising
Pressure grows on Royal Albert Hall to amend its governance
Most members of the charity’s trustee board own seats at the hall and are able to make decisions that affect the value of the tickets they receive for those seats
Big Society Capital changes its name
The social investment wholesaler hopes its new name will better reflect its mission