Rob Preston

5 days ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

Scottish charity regulator OSCR has intervened after concerns indicating “major issues” were raised last year about a rehabilitation charity’s governance and financial management. OSCR received concerns from a funder of the Jericho Benedictine Society in September 2024 that the charity faced acute financial issues and was in danger of collapse.

5 days ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

The 10 least generous areas in the UK are all districts in London, according to new research, while residents in affluent suburbs outside the capital give more of their money to charities. A report published today by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) says that British people give 1.1% of their disposable income to charities on average but those in the least generous area, Kensington and Bayswater, donate less than half this proportion (0.5%).

1 week ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

Large charities have been encouraged to focus on shifting power towards local communities in order to remain relevant. Lloyds Bank Foundation chief executive Matt Hyde told an event yesterday that larger charities should consider operating “less like a big, monolithic machine that’s focused on numbers”. Instead, Hyde said large charity leaders should think about they can “convert” their organisations to be to be “more like a movement and more like a network”.

1 week ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

A report has called for the government to introduce a right to voluntary service to increase participation in civil society and trust in democracy. According to research published today by think tanks Power to Change and More in Common, most people in the UK have little trust in government and feel they lack control over decisions affecting their local area. However, researchers found that people involved in local civil society organisations had higher levels of political trust.

1 week ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

Macmillan Cancer Support is reviewing the future of its specialist benefits advice services due to concerns over how it funds them. The charity, which cut almost a quarter of its staff last year as it closed some services, will continue funding the services for another year but is speaking to other organisations about how to run them beyond May 2026.