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3 weeks ago | 
civilsociety.co.uk | Emily Moss
The Fundraising Regulator has revealed plans to start collecting data from charities of all sizes for its annual complaints report (ACR). Until 2023, the regulator collected data from a small number of large charities and reported the types of fundraising complaints they had received as part two of the ACR. However, in response to a survey that received over 450 responses, the regulator announced plans to review how it collects data from the charities in 2023.
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3 weeks ago | 
civilsociety.co.uk | Emily Moss
Healthcare think tank the King’s Fund has rebranded for the first time in 18 years and published a new five-year strategy, which aims to centre its staff. Speaking to Civil Society, chief executive Sarah Woolnough said that the strategy and brand mark a shift in direction for the organisation, which seeks to “really go back to our charitable purpose”.
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3 weeks ago | 
civilsociety.co.uk | Emily Moss
The Charity Commission has banned a refugee charity’s trustee and voluntary chief executive over “divisive and inflammatory” social media posts that she made amid wider “governance failings” and concerns about potential conflicts of interest. The Palestinian Refugee Project is a UK-based charity which was registered in 2021 to provide support to the Palestinian diaspora living in refugee camps in Lebanon.
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3 weeks ago | 
civilsociety.co.uk | Emily Moss
Research published this week has found that 140 million volunteering hours went unused by UK employees last year, despite 62% of businesses offering workplace volunteering schemes to their employees. The research, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) and commissioned by the Royal Voluntary Service, claims that employee volunteering could unlock £32.5bn in productivity gains for the UK economy annually if workplace volunteering schemes were fully utilised.
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3 weeks ago | 
civilsociety.co.uk | Emily Moss
Bond, the UK umbrella body for international development organisations, has reduced its staff headcount and moved offices as part of a restructure in order to “ensure long-term financial sustainability”. The body, which has over 350 organisational members, announced this week that it had not replaced some leavers, while also combining some roles and filling them internally.
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3 weeks ago | 
civilsociety.co.uk | Emily Moss
Grants available: Up to £10m per organisation. Deadline to apply: Noon on 25 July for submitting an expression of interest form; noon on 31 October for eligible organisations to submit a full application. Who is the funding for? Not-for-profit cultural organisations in England, which can demonstrate that they have presented or delivered cultural activity in the last 12 months. The project for which they are applying for funding must not start before 1 April 2026, and end no later than 31 March 2029.
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4 weeks ago | 
civilsociety.co.uk | Emily Moss
There has been a "modest" growth in charity retail income despite a difficult quarter, according to a report published this week. It states that weather affected footfall in January and Easter falling in quarter two also had an impact. The Charity Retail Association’s Quarterly Market Analysis analysed figures from January to March 2025. Some 63 charities representing 4,511 charity shops participated in the survey upon which the report is based.
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4 weeks ago | 
civilsociety.co.uk | Emily Moss
The Charity Commission has given an East London charity an official warning over the loss of £1m. The commission announced today that it would be taking regulatory action against East London Mosque Trust for “failing to responsibly manage charity funds". The official warning concerns an investment deal, which resulted in the loss of £1m. The commission found that the charity’s trustees had “failed to have sufficient oversight of the charity’s activities”.
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1 month ago | 
civilsociety.co.uk | Emily Moss
Despite many charities leaving X, formerly known as Twitter, it remains “business as usual” for the majority of organisations, a charity sector social media expert has said.
In a blog post published last week, digital impact consultant Madeleine Sugden said there was a “noticeable shift” in charities moving away from the Elon Musk-owned social media platform in November in reaction to privacy setting changes, Donald Trump winning the US election and another “small flurry” in January.
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1 month ago | 
civilsociety.co.uk | Emily Moss
A Yorkshire-based hospice charity has cut 19 jobs in the hope of reducing its annual costs by £1.7m as it faces what it has previously described as “the worst financial crisis” in its almost 40-year history. The Kirkwood, which provides palliative and end-of-life care for people living in and around Kirklees, West Yorkshire, said that an additional nine employees had agreed to reduce their hours or adjust their roles to enable the hospice to save money.
