The Charity Commission is issuing an alert to charities as regulatory advice under section 15(2) of the Charities Act 2011, which is particularly relevant for charities which engage in public fundraising.
JustGiving and social media consultancy Social Misfits Media have launched a guide to how charities and social enterprises can use social media to reach more people and raise more money.
A cross-sector alliance of charities has formally launched the Understanding Charities Group, aimed at improving public trust and confidence in charities.
Nearly half of charities consider property the greatest risk to their long-term survival, according to a survey released by the Ethical Property Foundation.
The UK is the world's joint-seventh most generous country, according to the Charities Aid Foundation’s World Giving Index 2014, down one place from last year.
Donors are put off claiming gift aid because they believe there will be a cost to the charity or themselves, and are unwilling to share personal information in case they are contacted with a fundraising ‘ask’, according to new research published by HM Revenue & Customs.
The Big Lottery Fund is looking for feedback from the charity sector on a proposed new fund that would match £260million of lottery funding with £300million of European Social Fund money to help communities in need.
Too many charities are undermining their own efforts to address donor churn by treating customer service as a burden and assigning value only to quantitative data, according to a new paper byDonor Voice.
The number of people working in charities went up by 29,542 according to the accounts and annual returns filed with the Charity Commission in the year to September 2014.
The former charities minister Nick Hurd has been appointed to a new joint committee of MPs and peers that will hear evidence on the draft Protection of Charities Bill, which will give tougher powers to the Charity Commission.
