VCS Development

One East Midlands is offering our members the opportunity to benefit from our joint buying power to reduce their organisations" energy costs. This scheme has already worked successfully for Nottinghamshire YMCA and others, and was recommended to us by their CEO and One EM board member Will Wakefield. The scheme is operated by an independent cost consultancy, who provide specialist services to VCS organisations to help clients reduce energy costs through ongoing reviews of supplier contracts and negotiation with suppliers, as well as group buying.

NCVO's 16th quarterly Charity Forecast Survey, covering the fourth quarter of 2011, suggests that charity leaders face a bleak 2012, with nearly two-thirds expecting their financial situation to worsen over the next 12 months. The quarterly survey of 100 charity leaders, found:

The Charities Act 2011 received Royal Assent on 14 December. The new Act, which will come into force in March 2012 repeals and replaces the Recreational Charities Act 1958, the Charities Act 1993 and many of the provisions of the Charities Act 2006. The new Act fulfils a commitment made during the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill which led to the Charities Act 2006, to consolidate existing legislation. Lord Hodgson"s review of the Charities Act 2006 will still go ahead as planned.