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Co-founder of one of the UK’s largest foundations dies at 63
Julia Rausing established an eponymous trust with her husband Hans in 2014
Girlguiding sells £4m-listed activity centre
The West Sussex centre has been bought by a long-standing adventure operator that joined forces with the site’s existing team
Housing charity reprimanded after client details were available online for five days
The Information Commissioner’s Office found Clyde Valley Housing Association failed to test a new online portal appropriately before it went live and staff were not clear on the procedure to escalate a data breach
Regulator examines whether charitable funds were sent to Hamas-supporting news outlet
The Charity Commission says it has serious concerns that funds raised ‘may not have been used for their intended purposes and may have been misappropriated’
Reasons for giving can be linked to donor age groups, research suggests
Younger donors are more likely than average to donate based on a desire for community, researchers find
Government proposes VAT relief on ‘everyday items’ donated to charity
The Treasury will run a consultation on the proposal, which is intended to encourage business to give more to good causes
Tributes paid to ‘inspirational’ charity chief who has died aged 38
Lea Milligan was one of the sector’s ‘shining lights’, the charity’s chair says
Regulator defends itself against think tank’s claim it operates at a ‘snail’s pace’
The think tank Policy Exchange says the Charity Commission ‘cannot continue working in the way it has hitherto’
Youth counselling charity appoints lone chief
Claire Power-Browne has been co-leading the charity for the past six years
More than half of charities disagree with linking fundraising levy to Consumer Price Index
The Fundraising Regulator has published the results of a consultation on its proposal to increase the sums the largest fundraising charities are asked to pay
Cancer charity rolls out ‘bold’ rebrand
The rebrand includes a new logo, a launch animation and ‘stronger messaging’
Government urged to exempt charities from proposed change to leasehold law
The Church Commissioners for England says the planned abolition of ‘marriage value’ would result in a one-off loss for the charity of about £35m
‘Serious misconduct’ at charity that failed to hold trustee elections for three years
The Islamic charity’s former trustees attempted to introduce invalid bars to membership, a Charity Commission inquiry finds
Fundraising levy to rise by up to 50 per cent
The Chartered Institute of Fundraising fears the Fundraising Regulator’s future plan to tie the levy to the Consumer Price Index will make charities ‘more vulnerable to inflation’
More people leaving gifts to charity in their wills, research suggests
The percentage of charity supporters who said they have included a legacy gift is up seven percentage points since 2010
London Marathon fundraising total rose almost £5m last year
A record number of finishers in the 2023 event helps push the total back up towards record levels
Food bank faces closure after being given weeks to leave its base
The charity supports 2,000 disadvantaged families a year from its hub in east London
Unconscious bias stops people with lived experience achieving leadership roles, expert says
Charities must understand that service users ‘have expertise that is essential’, Kolbassia Haoussou tells the latest episode of Third Sector’s The End of Charity podcast series
Hospice charities facing £77m deficit this year, figures indicate
The membership body Hospice UK says the figures are the worst for 20 years
Housing charity quits X due to the platform’s ‘often prejudicial, racist’ content
The platform ‘does not fit’ with the organisation’s values, a spokesperson says
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