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"If we want our people to be ready for the future, we need to invest in skills now – and be unapologetically ambitious about what our sector can achieve" - @zoeamar.bsky.social
Zoe Amar: How are charities upskilling their teams in an AI age?
Exploring artificial intelligence is not about jumping on a bandwagon – it’s preparing for the future of work
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November 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"If we want our people to be ready for the future, we need to invest in skills now – and be unapologetically ambitious about what our sector can achieve" - @zoeamar.bsky.social
A think tank is set to cut its full time staff by 10 and increase its part time staff by two as part of a restructure caused by a drop in income
Think tank losing half of its full-time staff in restructure
The charity is moving from 19 full-time and three part-time staff to a team of nine full-time and five part-time employees
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November 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A think tank is set to cut its full time staff by 10 and increase its part time staff by two as part of a restructure caused by a drop in income
Foundations must consider how they can aid charities that are “overextended and fighting fires everywhere”
Foundations must challenge ‘long-held orthodoxies’
Funders should use their privilege and power to lend support to over extended charities, Sufina Ahmad says
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November 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Foundations must consider how they can aid charities that are “overextended and fighting fires everywhere”
“There’s a growing conversation – frankly, what feels like a pressure – around modernising foundations, often described as democratising them”
Commission chief warns foundations to ‘be thoughtful’ before giving away power
Foundations must remember their charitable objects when modernising, David Holdsworth says
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November 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“There’s a growing conversation – frankly, what feels like a pressure – around modernising foundations, often described as democratising them”
VAT relief on donation of everyday items ‘a definite win’ for the sector
VAT relief on donation of everyday items ‘a definite win’ for the sector
The measure will be introduced in April, Autumn Budget documents confirm
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November 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
VAT relief on donation of everyday items ‘a definite win’ for the sector
MPs have backed the appointment of Dame Julia Unwin as the next chair of the Charity Commission
MPs back appointment of Dame Julia Unwin as next Charity Commission chair
It means she is set to be appointed into the role for the next three years
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November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
MPs have backed the appointment of Dame Julia Unwin as the next chair of the Charity Commission
"We want them to pick up the phone and give us the food rather than thinking, well, the bin's just there, that's a lot easier."
Vic Harper on how The Bread and Butter Thing prioritises service standards in its work to secure food from commercial partners.
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Vic Harper on how The Bread and Butter Thing prioritises service standards in its work to secure food from commercial partners.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4inKbQI
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"We want them to pick up the phone and give us the food rather than thinking, well, the bin's just there, that's a lot easier."
Vic Harper on how The Bread and Butter Thing prioritises service standards in its work to secure food from commercial partners.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4inKbQI
Vic Harper on how The Bread and Butter Thing prioritises service standards in its work to secure food from commercial partners.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4inKbQI
Charities have been urged to close the "supporter engagement gap" after new research found more than four in 10 donors do not typically engage after making their first donation
Almost half of supporters do not typically engage with a charity after first donation, research finds
Poor supporter experience and forceful messaging is driving a decline in donors
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November 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Charities have been urged to close the "supporter engagement gap" after new research found more than four in 10 donors do not typically engage after making their first donation
Advertising company makes donation worth £5m to major charity
Advertising company makes donation worth £5m to major charity
Elonex operates more than 3,000 digital billboards and advertising screens in the UK
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November 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Advertising company makes donation worth £5m to major charity
Creative arts charity chief to step down after 14 years
Creative arts charity chief to step down after 14 years
Alastair Upton will leave the organisation in July
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November 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Creative arts charity chief to step down after 14 years
Which of the measures in the Autumn Budget will specifically affect charities?
The key points for charities from the Autumn Budget
A date for the implementation of new VAT rules around donations of everyday items from business to charities are among the measures
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November 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Which of the measures in the Autumn Budget will specifically affect charities?
The Autumn Budget shows that the voluntary sector remains “overlooked and under-recognised”, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations has said
Charities 'overlooked and under-recognised' in Autumn Budget
Rachel Reeves announced a raft of measures today but the voluntary sector barely featured, the NCVO says
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November 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The Autumn Budget shows that the voluntary sector remains “overlooked and under-recognised”, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations has said
Christian Aid's income down by more than £12m last year, accounts show
Christian Aid's income down by more than £12m last year, accounts show
The development charity says the figure reflects lower levels of restricted programme funding
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November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Christian Aid's income down by more than £12m last year, accounts show
Is there a link between right-wing political beliefs and charitable giving?
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Ian MacQuillin: Will rising far-right populism disrupt charitable giving?
Caring and fair causes may not be visible through the newly positioned Overton Window
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November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Is there a link between right-wing political beliefs and charitable giving?
@ianmacquillin.bsky.social
@ianmacquillin.bsky.social
Crohn’s & Colitis UK has refreshed its branding as part of a new 10-year strategy aimed at transforming understanding of inflammatory bowel disease
Healthcare charity rebrands
The organisation has also launched its next 10-year strategy
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Crohn’s & Colitis UK has refreshed its branding as part of a new 10-year strategy aimed at transforming understanding of inflammatory bowel disease
RSPCA fundraising lead to join the NSPCC
RSPCA fundraising lead to join the NSPCC
Tracey Pritchard brings years of fundraising experience to the role, including at RSPCA and Prostate Cancer UK
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
RSPCA fundraising lead to join the NSPCC
Charities offered free AI training
Charities offered free AI training
The charitable online platform Charity Excellence has teamed up with the tech giant Microsoft to deliver the online programme
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November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Charities offered free AI training
The charity sector is facing a “crisis in trusteeship”, the government’s preferred candidate for the next Charity Commission chair has told MPs
Trusteeship is ‘in crisis’, preferred candidate for Charity Commission chair tells MPs
Dame Julia Unwin was questioned by MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee as part of her pre-appointment hearing
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November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The charity sector is facing a “crisis in trusteeship”, the government’s preferred candidate for the next Charity Commission chair has told MPs
"Despite the headwinds, this is a moment of possibility for anti-racism in civil society. Institutions or leaders longing for anti-racist futures don’t have to look far for excellent resources to guide you" - Sanjiv Lingayah
Sanjiv Lingayah: Civil society still has a racism problem
In carrying forward the work of bold anti-racism, civil society will make a restorative and re-balancing contribution to itself and to wider society
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November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"Despite the headwinds, this is a moment of possibility for anti-racism in civil society. Institutions or leaders longing for anti-racist futures don’t have to look far for excellent resources to guide you" - Sanjiv Lingayah
Scottish regulator appoints interim chief as permanent head takes extended leave
Scottish regulator appoints interim chief as permanent head takes extended leave
Quentin Fisher steps in for Katriona Carmichael for an initial three-month period
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November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Scottish regulator appoints interim chief as permanent head takes extended leave
Animal welfare charity unveils new leader
Animal welfare charity unveils new leader
David Elliott takes over from Nick Jones, who is moving into part-time work
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November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Animal welfare charity unveils new leader
Tributes paid to charity worker as 13-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder
Tributes paid to charity worker as 13-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder
Sarah Forrester, aged 55, was not breathing when police attended her Swindon home
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November 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Tributes paid to charity worker as 13-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder
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"If you're going to ask people to collect data, you have to enable them to use it and think about what it actually means for the project."
Ruth Hollis on the need for funders to enable moments for pause and reflection.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
Ruth Hollis on the need for funders to enable moments for pause and reflection.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"If you're going to ask people to collect data, you have to enable them to use it and think about what it actually means for the project."
Ruth Hollis on the need for funders to enable moments for pause and reflection.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
Ruth Hollis on the need for funders to enable moments for pause and reflection.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
Former NSPCC director among appointments to Fundraising Regulator’s board
Former NSPCC director among appointments to Fundraising Regulator’s board
Other appointees include a former interim chair of the Charity Commission and the interim chief of an NHS trust charity
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November 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Former NSPCC director among appointments to Fundraising Regulator’s board
"If you're going to ask people to collect data, you have to enable them to use it and think about what it actually means for the project."
Ruth Hollis on the need for funders to enable moments for pause and reflection.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
Ruth Hollis on the need for funders to enable moments for pause and reflection.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"If you're going to ask people to collect data, you have to enable them to use it and think about what it actually means for the project."
Ruth Hollis on the need for funders to enable moments for pause and reflection.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
Ruth Hollis on the need for funders to enable moments for pause and reflection.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN