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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
Regulator probes charity amid claims of support for Reform UK candidate who founded it
Amazing Graze says Mark Butcher supports the charity but it does not support him
Number of charitable legacies reaches record high
The legacy company Smee & Ford said there were more than 38,000 wills that included gifts to charity in 2023
Two women jailed for £634,000 charity estate fraud
Laurna Porter and Julie Atkins stole money that was intended for charities including Cancer Research UK and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
Getting on Board chief to step down
Penny Wilson says she will take a rest before deciding what she will do next
‘Mismanagement’ at charity that failed to file accounts on time for eight years
The Charity Commission has completed separate statutory inquiries into two charities that had been repeatedly late in submitting annual documents
Royal Albert Hall drops controversial plan to add seats into its most lucrative boxes
Legislation introducing the proposal had been roundly criticised by peers because it failed to address long-standing concerns about conflicts of interest in the charity’s governance arrangements
Trussell Trust baffled over donations from mysterious website under name of Meghan Markle’s new brand
The food bank charity says it has no connection to the site but is unable to reject the donations under regulatory guidance
National Aids Trust reveals next chief
Robbie Currie succeeds Deborah Gold, who is stepping down after 10 years in the role
Sector leader awarded £90,000 in damages after Laurence Fox paedophile slur
The actor-turned-politician defamed Simon Blake on social media in October 2020
Major end-of-life charity appoints NHS director as next chief
James Sanderson will join Sue Ryder in August