Joe Lepper

Somerset, United Kingdom

Joe Lepper has more than 20 years journalism experience. Clients include @CharityTimes @CharityDigiOrg @Cypnow. Podcasts @FFScout_Joe

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Articles

Charity breached fundraising code by drafting ‘vulnerable’ supporter’s will

1 week ago | charitytimes.com | Joe Lepper

A Christian charity has been found in breach of the fundraising code after being directly involved in drafting the will they would benefit from of a “vulnerable” charity supporter. An employee of the Centrepoint Christian Church was found to have drafted the will for the vulnerable supporter, who “was under considerable physical and emotional strain, and was also caring for their dying partner”, according to their family member who made a complaint about the charity to the Fundraising Regulator.
Increase charity audit threshold to £1.5m, urges accountancy body

1 week ago | charitytimes.com | Joe Lepper

The income threshold where charities in England must submit an audit of their accounts should be raised from its current level of £1m to £1.5m, says the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). The move is needed to keep the threshold in line with inflation and ACCA also wants the government to commit to reviewing thresholds at least every 10 years, with it preferring reviews to take place every five years.
Charity updates brand so its communication ‘feels more like a conversation than a campaign’

1 week ago | charitytimes.com | Joe Lepper

Baby loss charity Sands has unveiled its first brand refresh in a decade to create “a tone of voice that feels more like a conversation than a campaign”. The still birth and neonatal death charity has updated its branding to create a visual identity “that’s brighter, more modern and inclusive, coupled with a new “simple and warm” logo that has tested well among long time supporters and new audiences.
Social landlord raises more than £100,000 for NSPCC in first year of partnership

1 week ago | bettersociety.net | Joe Lepper

The UK’s largest social landlord Clarion Housing Group has raised £102,535 for the NSPCC during the first year of its three-year corporate partnership. This is just over the partnership’s target of raising £100,000 in the first year. Fundraising for the children’s charity has included six members of Clarion’s Manchester based development team cycling 450km from Saigon in Vietnam to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, which raised £32,000.
Inspectors call for better support for young child victims of domestic abuse - CYP Now

1 week ago | cypnow.co.uk | Joe Lepper

A joint team from Ofsted, health and criminal justice inspectorates found services in the area are not recognising children under the age of seven involved in incidents as victims of domestic abuse. Instead, their “focus and priority is on adult victims”. Inspectors are also concerned that the local body responsible for safeguarding, South Tees Safeguarding Children’s Partnership, does not have a specific domestic abuse strategy in place that focuses on young children, including unborn babies.
Pupil drug and alcohol use sparking violence, teachers warn - CYP Now

1 week ago | cypnow.co.uk | Joe Lepper

A survey by teaching union NASUWT found that one in five of its members are aware of pupils using cannabis in school. Just under three in five says pupils are using the drug outside of school. The survey also found one in 20 teachers are warning that other drugs, such as ketamine and cocaine, are being used in school. One in six say these are being used by children off school premises. One in 14 say pupils are using alcohol in school. This rises to more than half away from school.
Sight loss charity for veterans to sell land to secure financial future

1 week ago | charitytimes.com | Joe Lepper

Sight Scotland Veterans is to sell land used for housing at its centre for military veterans to “secure the financial future of the charity”. It has decided to enter negotiations to sell land it owns near to its Linburn Veterans Centre in Wilkieston, West Lothian. This means that existing housing on the site will need to be demolished, said the charity’s chief executive Craig Spalding.
Building Society donates £175k to charities tackling food insecurity

1 week ago | bettersociety.net | Joe Lepper

Building Society The Cumberland has donated £175,000 to support local charities supporting people impacted by food insecurity. The Cumbria based building society is handing the money to FareShare Lancashire and Cumbria, and FareShare Glasgow and the West of Scotland through its Kinder Kind of Kitchen initiative for local projects such as food banks. These donations bring the total made to good causes through the initiative to £675,00 since it launched two years ago.
Call for charities to sign up to volunteer recruitment platform

1 week ago | charitytimes.com | Joe Lepper

The Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) is urging charities to sign up to its volunteer recruitment platform, which has received £5m in funding support from the People’s Postcode Lottery and aims to promote thousands of opportunities. Charities signing up to promote roles will be able to help the RVS to further test the platform ahead of its launch to the public in the autumn.
PAC urges action on councils' looming SEND ‘cliff edge’ - CYP Now

1 week ago | cypnow.co.uk | Joe Lepper

When this ‘statutory override’ ends in March 2026 SEND deficits will be added to their overall debt “leaving hundreds of councils in a financially precarious position”, according to a report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. It had previously asked the government to resolve this problem by March this year but “no solution had yet been brought forward at the time of this report”.