Charity Times

3 days ago | charitytimes.com | Joe Lepper

Safer London has appointed Rosemary Watt-Wyness as its next chief executive. She takes up the role at the charity, which tackle youth violence in the capital, this week after a stint as its interim chief operating officer. She is a former chief executive of young people’s charity London Youth, a former director of services and support at MS Society and was director of strategy and for the south of England at the King’s Trust.

3 days ago | charitytimes.com | Joe Lepper

The Charity Commission has criticised the conduct of trustees at a charity it has been investigating over “concerning comments” made by its chair about Jewish people. The regulator began investigating Muslin think tank and research institute The Oxford Initiative for British Islam last year over the comments made by its chair Taj Hargey.

4 days ago | charitytimes.com | Joe Lepper

People living in the UK’s most affluent areas give less of their disposable income to good causes compared to those in poorer parts of the country, research has found. The Charities Aid Foundation analysis of giving found that on average people give 1.1% of their income me charity. But in wealthier areas of London many are giving half this amount. CAF found that the least generous area is Kensington and Bayswater, where the value of a typical home is around £1.5m.

4 days ago | charitytimes.com | Joe Lepper

Girlguiding has pledged to do more to ensure it is engaging with girls of colour and those from poorer backgrounds Its ten-year strategy details that since an internal investigation four years ago, which found racism and discrimination at the charity, it has “done a huge amount to build an inclusive culture and prioritise equity, diversity and inclusion”. “But we know we’re not yet representative of girls in the UK today.

1 week ago | charitytimes.com | Joe Lepper

More than 40 UK charities have been recorded as leaving social media platform X for Bluesky since February. Departures from X stepped up at the start of the year after Donald Trump was elected president and its owner Elon Musk became part of his administration in a role to reduce government spending. The number leaving X has been recorded by the @accounts-leaving-x account on Bluesky. It found that 43 UK based charities departed X and signed up to Bluesky over the last three months.