23/06/2010 – Refugee and Migrant Justice emergency appeal fails
Administrators winding up Refugee and Migrant Justice charity
22/06/2010 – Grassroots Grants gives way to new Communities First fund
The Office for Civil Society has confirmed that the £130m Grassroots Grants fund will not be renewed next year when it runs out in April.
15/06/2010 – Cabinet Office releases plans for select committee on sector and Big Society Bank
Cabinet reveal plans for structural reform
29/05/2010 – Recession forces London charities to take steps to combat the effects
90 per cent of voluntary organisations in London have had to take action in order to survive the recession
26/05/2010 – Grading system for charities
Research by New Philanthropy Capital and YouGov found that 40 per cent of 1,910 donors polled are interested in grading system for charities.
25/05/2010 – Directory of Social Change plans ‘safe charity register’
The introduction of a register for charities deemed safe for investment is planned by the Directory of Social Change, enabling potential lenders and grant makers to browse before making decisions.
25/05/2010 – Sector will get greater role in public service delivery, says Queen’s Speech
Coalition government promises to introduce measures to give a bigger role to social enterprise, charities and cooperatives in the running of public services.
25/05/2010 – Existing Future Jobs contracts will be honoured
The Department for Wok and Pensions says that contracts under it’s ‘Future Jobs Fund’ which creates work placements for jobless young people, will be honoured.
29/04/2010 – Charitable giving in decline
The annual citizenship survey published by the Department for Communities and Local Government shows that despite official attempts to encourage it, charitable giving and volunteering has declined in England over the past five years.
29/04/2010 – Level of volunteering stalls
Published yesterday, the Government’s Communities and Local Government department's fifth citizenship survey, showed that the levels of charitable giving and volunteering are continuing to decline.
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