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Help for Heroes CEO fights back against Newsnight criticism 10 Aug 2012 | 08:01 pm
Help for Heroes founder Bryn Parry has rejected the criticism of his charity reported on last night’s Newsnight programme, insisting the five-year-old charity does the best it can for wounded servicem...
OSCR accounts reveal trustee generosity 10 Aug 2012 | 08:00 pm
Two members of the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator board refused remuneration for their work, and two more donated their funds to the charities they work for, the regulator's accounts for 201...
Film of the week: Oxfam and the creation of the book maze 10 Aug 2012 | 07:23 pm
Kirsty Weakley critiques Oxfam's latest YouTube addition - a timelapse video highlighting the construction of a maze made out of its books at the Royal Festival Hall.
Blindness charity sells school to focus on community-based support 10 Aug 2012 | 05:57 pm
The Royal London Society for Blind People has put its 47-acre Dorton House school in Kent up for sale to fund a switch of focus to supporting children within community schools.
Grassroots sports clubs see income fall despite Olympics, says CAF 10 Aug 2012 | 01:00 am
Income for community sports clubs and small charities working in sport has fallen by 15 per cent in real terms over the last eight years, despite promises of an Olympic legacy, according to research b...
Ex-benevolent fund CEO slams charity sector hostility to CEBF 9 Aug 2012 | 08:18 pm
Geoffrey Atkinson OBE, former chief executive of BEN, the benevolent fund for the automotive industry, has said he has been shocked by the open hostility expressed by some charity leaders to the Chari...
Shaw Trust and Careers Development Group will merge 9 Aug 2012 | 08:12 pm
The Shaw Trust and Careers Development Group have confirmed that they will definitely merge and create a “new, transformed and innovative” organisation.
IP experts say 'social enterprise' trademark attempt is possible 9 Aug 2012 | 08:12 pm
Intellectual property legal experts say an attempt by global IT firm Salesforce to trademark ‘social enterprise’ is unlikely to be successful, but is possible.
Liz Monks to lead Alzheimer’s Society fundraising 9 Aug 2012 | 08:11 pm
Alzheimer’s Society has appointed Breast Cancer Campaign’s director of fundraising to head its fundraising department.
ICO to give one-day training to charities on data protection 8 Aug 2012 | 07:39 pm
The Information Commissioner’s Office has offered small and medium-sized organizations a free day advisory visit to improve their data protection practices.
