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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
Kate Lee: Why writing a new strategy is always about choices
The challenge is deciding where we can make the greatest difference
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The Royal Ballet and Opera is set to cut 64 jobs as the charity looks to remain financially sustainable in the long term
Royal Ballet and Opera to cut more than 60 posts
Ten of the charity’s 64 job cuts will be compulsory redundancies
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An Age UK charity has put 119 jobs at risk of redundancy as it proposes closing its home care service
Age UK charity puts more than 100 jobs at risk
Age UK Shropshire Telford and Wrekin says its support service is facing ‘significant financial challenges’
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A grantmaker that closed to applications for three years while it restructured has rebranded
Grantmaker rebrands after strategic overhaul
The trust says its restructure required a ‘visual shift’ that would align its identity with its new strategy
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🎧 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/...
Third Sector: How to solve friction between comms and fundraising teams
Lucinda Rouse and Emily Harle are joined by Max Newton (he/him), director of fundraising, marketing and communications at Cerebra, and the digital communications and fundraising specialist Rebs Cur...
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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
New Sorp requirements could result in greater scrutiny for charities by HMRC, event told
New reporting demands could result in HM Revenue & Customs ‘picking up on things’, warns RSM’s Andrie Kazamias
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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
The essential stories from the past week
An inquiry into a £200m healthcare charity, CRUK chief urges charities to be ‘more courageous’ in growing their funding and long-awaited ‘soft opt-in’ guidance has been published
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As businesses become more strategic and risk-averse, how can charities engage them in true and effective partnerships? @emilyharle.bsky.social investigates
Analysis: How to work with corporates during tough times
As businesses become more strategic and risk-averse, how can charities engage them in true and effective partnerships? Emily Harle investigates
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A grantmaker is offering 25 grants to charities with annual incomes of less than £3m working in its priority areas
Grantmaker opens £250,000 unrestricted fund
The Card Factory Foundation is offering 25 grants of £10,000
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The Charity Commission has appointed interim managers to a Christian charity under inquiry for “inexplicable” transactions involving its founder and other senior figures
Interim managers appointed to major Christian charity
The Charity Commission opened a statutory inquiry into the charity in 2024 after an independent investigation revealed ‘inexplicable’ transactions involving its founder and other senior figures
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The union Unite said it had reached an agreement with City and Guilds ensuring mass redundancy and offshoring plans will not go ahead
Mass redundancies avoided at City and Guilds, union says
A ‘limited number of workers’ are losing their jobs, says Unite
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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
Ballot opens for additional charity places in two-day London Marathon
Organisers estimate £150m could be raised for good causes through the 2027 event
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Our top stories of last week included: ⚪️ Two-day London Marathon confirmed ⚪️ NCVO reveals next chair ⚪️ King’s Birthday Honours announced
The essential stories from the past week
A two-day London Marathon confirmed, the NCVO reveals its next chair and this year’s King’s Birthday Honours have been announced
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A US-based communications and community engagement specialist says she is surprised that UK charities are not reaping the same rewards as their US counterparts on the social media platform Reddit
UK charities lagging in Reddit uptake, US expert warns
Jayne Cravens says she ‘can’t believe more organisations in the UK aren’t leveraging Reddit’
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About 50 workers at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution are balloting for strike action after the charity refused to recognise the union Unite
RNLI workers at factory site to be balloted for strike action
The union Unite claims the charity has acted ‘disgracefully’ towards the its members; the charity rejects the allegation and says it has been working to support staff as the centre prepares to close
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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
Kate Stanley: Falling back on tired stereotypes will cost us in the long term
Undignified, highly charged depictions of poverty turn more people away from giving than they pull towards us
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Sarah Hughes and Neil Heslop were both appointed CBE in this year’s list, which includes scores of figures from across the voluntary sector
Mind chief and former CAF leader recognised in King’s Birthday Honours
Almost 1,200 people have been recognised in this year’s list
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Our top stories of last week included: ⚪️ Charities in ‘protection mode’ ⚪️ Heart symbols can increase donations ⚪️ Charity changes its name after longstanding dispute
The essential stories from the past week
Charities in ‘protection mode’, using heart symbols can help increase donations and a charity changes its name after a longstanding dispute
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🎧 Reflections on CIoF's final Fundraising Convention, from @emilyharle.bsky.social and @andyricketts.bsky.social Hosted by @lrouse.bsky.social
Third Sector: Reflections on CIoF’s final Fundraising Convention
Lucinda Rouse is joined by Andy Ricketts and Emily Harle to discuss their highlights from the final edition of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s Fundraising Convention, which took place in...
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UK charities should not be supporting Israeli settlements in Palestine, the Prime Minister has said
UK charities should not support illegal Israeli settlements, Prime Minister warns
The Charity Commission is being urged to investigate UK charities with links to Israeli settlements
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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
Regulators urge the public to be transparent when fundraising
People should consider if a charity could be better placed to raise money for an emergency, the advice says
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Two-thirds of UK adults feel “overwhelmed” by the number of charity appeals they see, new research has found
Two-thirds of UK adults feel ‘overwhelmed’ by charity appeals, research shows
The findings come from research conducted with 3,000 people
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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
Debra Allcock Tyler: Charities must not allow fear to become our chief decision-maker
Governance failures are rarely the result of hitting pause – sometimes the bravest thing a board can do is take time to make the right decision
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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”
Grantmaker’s communication about changes to £360m programme branded ‘disappointing’
The National Lottery Community Fund has stopped accepting applications from national or multi-region projects for its Reaching Communities funding stream
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Introducing the concept of love and using hearts in donation pathways can help increase gifts given, fundraisers have been told
Heart symbols in fundraising communications can help increase donations, experts say
Being primed to think about love helps people to be more generous, experiments have shown
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Potential donors increasingly view stereotypical portrayals of poverty as undignified but they remain the most likely method to attract donations, according to new research
Stereotypical portrayals of poverty are undignified but most likely to attract donations, research finds
The Blue State report is based on research carried out with more than 6,000 people over three years
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🎧 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
Third Sector: How to collect the data you need for impact reporting
Lucinda Rouse and Dami Adewale are joined by Sarah Derbyshire, chief executive of the orchestral music charity Orchestras Live, to discuss the organisation’s path to data maturity.Sarah exp...
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‘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
Ryan J Matthews-Robinson: ‘A lot of the time I’m the youngest person in this space – and the darkest’
The chief executive 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...
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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
Regulator opens case into Southbank Centre after chair’s comments
More than 30,000 people have signed a petition saying Misan Harriman has been the subject of a smear campaign
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