Third Sector

🎧 "We have a charities minister at last..." The editorial team discusses the appointment of Vicky Foxcroft, recaps the funding intervention that saved Reach Volunteering from closure, and unpacks the far-right rhetoric targeting RNLI staff and volunteers. pod.fo/e/67c81c

Six months into leading NCVO, one lesson has become increasingly clear to me: the hardest part is not deciding what matters. It’s deciding where to focus when so many things matter @kateleeceo.bsky.social

The Royal Ballet and Opera is set to cut 64 jobs as the charity looks to remain financially sustainable in the long term

An Age UK charity has put 119 jobs at risk of redundancy as it proposes closing its home care service

A grantmaker that closed to applications for three years while it restructured has rebranded

🎧 How to solve friction between communications and fundraising teams @rebscurtismoss.bsky.social and Max Newton share their suggestions Hosted by @lrouse.bsky.social and @emilyharle.bsky.social podfollow.com/thirdsector/...

New reporting requirements in the latest Statement of Recommended Practice could result in greater charity scrutiny by HM Revenue & Customs, a tax expert has warned

Our top stories of last week included: ⚪️ Inquiry into a £200m healthcare charity ⚪️ CRUK chief urges charities to be ‘more courageous’ in growing funding ⚪️ Long-awaited ‘soft opt-in’ guidance published

As businesses become more strategic and risk-averse, how can charities engage them in true and effective partnerships? @emilyharle.bsky.social investigates

A grantmaker is offering 25 grants to charities with annual incomes of less than £3m working in its priority areas

The Charity Commission has appointed interim managers to a Christian charity under inquiry for “inexplicable” transactions involving its founder and other senior figures

The union Unite said it had reached an agreement with City and Guilds ensuring mass redundancy and offshoring plans will not go ahead

Charities are being offered the chance to land up to 200 additional running places in next year’s TCS London Marathon after it was confirmed the 2027 event will be held over two days

Our top stories of last week included: ⚪️ Two-day London Marathon confirmed ⚪️ NCVO reveals next chair ⚪️ King’s Birthday Honours announced

About 50 workers at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution are balloting for strike action after the charity refused to recognise the union Unite

The 2027 London Marathon will be a two-day event

Kate Stanley: Stereotypical stories often focus on individuals, use crisis framing and lead with problems, not solutions. Our research has found that these kinds of communications trigger mindsets – ways of thinking – that can undermine support for the cause

Sarah Hughes and Neil Heslop were both appointed CBE in this year’s list, which includes scores of figures from across the voluntary sector

Our top stories of last week included: ⚪️ Charities in ‘protection mode’ ⚪️ Heart symbols can increase donations ⚪️ Charity changes its name after longstanding dispute

🎧 Reflections on CIoF's final Fundraising Convention, from @emilyharle.bsky.social and @andyricketts.bsky.social Hosted by @lrouse.bsky.social

UK charities should not be supporting Israeli settlements in Palestine, the Prime Minister has said

The Charity Commission and Fundraising Regulator have urged people to be transparent when raising money for charity, in the regulators’ first joint fundraising guidance for members of the public

Two-thirds of UK adults feel “overwhelmed” by the number of charity appeals they see, new research has found

I can’t tell you the number of calls and messages I have been dealing with lately from chief executives and trustees who are racked with fear of getting into trouble. The trouble that starts with a social media pile-on, comes wrapped in legal language and a threat to someone’s reputation

The National Lottery Community Fund’s lack of communication about its decision to scale back work on projects that cover several regions is “frustrating and disappointing”

Introducing the concept of love and using hearts in donation pathways can help increase gifts given, fundraisers have been told

Potential donors increasingly view stereotypical portrayals of poverty as undignified but they remain the most likely method to attract donations, according to new research

🎧 How to collect the data you need for impact reporting Lucinda and Dami hear about the music charity Orchestras Live's path to data maturity

‘A lot of the time I’m the youngest person in this space – and the darkest’ The chief of the Brixton-based youth charity Poetic Unity talks to Emily Burt about the power of grassroots work, the pitfalls of funding and the challenges of running a black-led charity in a predominantly white sector

The Charity Commission has opened a compliance case into the Southbank Centre following comments made by its chair about the Golders Green attacks and May’s local elections

Fundraisers must reduce competition between income streams and move towards blended giving, leaders have urged

Our top stories of last week included: ⚪️ UK’s largest charity retailer to close 150 stores ⚪️ Regulator accused of appearing not fit for purpose ⚪️ New name for merged food redistribution charities

A conservation charity has received a mysterious £625,000 donation for one of its cultural heritage projects

The working parents and carers charity Working Families is set to close with the expected loss of 22 jobs

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising is “concerned” by a decision made by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to “rule out mandating philanthropy training” for wealth advisers

The UK's largest charity retailer is proposing closing 150 of its shops in a bid to ensure its network remains commercially sustainable

Digital risks today are far more sophisticated and complex than scam messages. Charities have to navigate online risk on two levels: managing risks internally (such as phishing emails) while also helping the communities they serve meet similar challenges @zoeamar.bsky.social

Although I welcome the progress the sector has made in championing the role and value of comms, there is still a sizeable rift in how it is viewed and understood @awarley.bsky.social

A charity that promotes diverse role models for young people has become part of Stonewall, in a move that will allow the small charity to expand further across the UK

A man who set fire to a shop run by The Children's Society has been jailed for six years

The Charities Aid Foundation’s World Giving Report, published today, shows people in the UK gave away 0.7 per cent of their income on average

Grantmaking charities must have a written agreement in place with organisations they fund and ensure the terms are being followed, the Charity Commission has said

Owen Sharp: The charity sector has always been at its best in moments of crisis. We step in when something has already gone wrong. We respond. We fix. We pick up the pieces. But what if that instinct, as valuable as it is, is also part of the problem? @dogstrust.bsky.social

The Felix Project and FareShare have rebranded as part of the merger of the two organisations

The annual Soccer Aid football match raised a record £16.5m for Unicef, the charity has announced

🎧 Lawfare, trustee whistleblowing and how Reform UK could affect the voluntary sector In the latest editorial team meeting, @lrouse.bsky.social is joined by @emilyharle.bsky.social, @andyricketts.bsky.social and Dami Adewale to talk about three significant sector stories from the past month

Stonewall’s chief executive is not afraid to steer through a storm. When Simon Blake took the pilot’s seat, he was under no illusions about the journey ahead. Stonewall was facing a looming restructure, a tough financial landscape and challenging, in his words, a “global rollback of rights”

If you’re a fundraiser, then AI can do your job, and there is a chance that in a few years it will be doing your job and you’ll be out of work @ianmacquillin.bsky.social