Charity trustees need proper training says regulator

Research by the Charity Commission, the regulator of charities in England and Wales as shown that many organisations joining the register of charities do not provide any training to new trustees

More workers in third sector over last ten years according to new report

Richard Branson calls for new attitudes to ethical business

The distinctions between 'doing good' and 'doing business' are becomingly increasingly blurred and rightly so, according to a new book by UK entrepreneur Richard Branson.

Charities should not touch free advertising opportunities in the News of the World with a bargepole

 Once again charities find themselves having to resist the temptation of being lured into what could backfire as damaging brand alignment

Governance shake-up for children's charity

Child protection issues, lack of independent trustees and inadequate financial controls first alerted the Charity Commission to take a closer look at the Association for Reaching and Instructing Children in Africa.

Free text donation service here at last

Royal support for inter-sector talent sharing scheme

When Samantha Tennakoon started her Civil Service career as an operations manager in a tax credit call centre at HM Revenue & Customs she never imagined that she would be, as part of her professional development, sitting down with a social housing tenant over a cup of tea, 

Unease in charity sector affects line management relationships

Although 'Giving something back' has generally been an area where the public and third sectors do better in than the private sector,

Just spin or a strategic voice?

The recent adverse publicity facing RSPCA when they fought Christine Gill over her mother's legacy highlights the impact poor public relations management can have on public confidence.

Role of commercial third parties in charity clothes recycling deal under scrutiny

When the Association of Charity Shops rebranded on 4 November 2010 as the Charity Retail Association[i],

Calling all lottery-funding project champions

The National Lottery Awards 2011 are now open for entries from Lottery-funded projects across the UK.

SROI limitation findings should not hold back learning to use the tool properly

 Social Return on Investment tool (SROI) as a tool to demonstrate impact is still in its infancy with much needing to be done to educate organisations on how to use it properly.

Killing the golden goose?

Capacity for future public service delivery was one of the more stark findings in the latest PKF/CFDG report: Managing Risk – moving towards the vision.

Call to take an international bequest and legacy survey

An international survey to find out more about how charities and non profits around the world are doing when it comes to legacy income has been launched by Give Green Canada and CharityVillage®.

Call for Marketing Excellence Awards entries

The deadline for the Chartered Institute of Marketing Awards 2010 entries is Friday 8 October 2010

Unemployment - the good and the bad news

The latest official Labour Force statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) would suggest that employment levels have stabilised in the three months to June 2010, with unemployment falling by 49,000, employ-ment rising by 184,000, with 68,000 of them being full-time jobs.

New INGO charity governance report provides useful tools

Governance consulting took an interesting turn in the case of an overseas development charity when a large UK law firm came up with a practical governance report completely free of charge.

New report highlights sector skills shortages

The Work Foundation has teamed up with the Clare Social Leadership Programme (CSLP) to provide a quantitative and qualitative profile of the third sector

Employee engagement recommendations adopted

David Macleod and Nita Clarke were commissioned by the Department for Business (BIS) to take an in-depth look at employee engagement

Human accountability developments called for in 2010 HAP survey

 HAP is now preparing their 2009  Humanitarian Accountability Report.