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This year's C&E Corporate-NGO Partnerships Barometer says all the charities go into partnerships for financial support, but 79% say they also do so for long-term security.
Three-quarters of charities have made little or no preparation for a no-deal Brexit, and 53% are dissatisfied with the support they have received from government, according to a new survey conducted by the Charity Finance Group
Fatima Iftikhar, who uncovered a racist Citizens Advice training slide, has launched a campaign calling for “urgent action” on racism in the charity sector.
The Mail of Sunday’s criticism of RNLI spending money on overseas projects led to a Twitter backlash and might have boosted donations to the charity.
Facebook fundraisers have raised over £1.6 billion for charities over a period of four years, the social media giant has announced. Figures show more than 45 million people worldwide have donated to or created a fundraiser on Facebook since the launch of the Facebook fundraising tools in 2015 – double the amount reported in November last year.
Research published by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) contradicts a government survey by finding that people aged between 16 and 24 volunteer the most.
The number of homeless families in England is up 11% in a year, figures show. Children living in temporary accommodation, such as B&Bs and hostels, also surges to 13-year high.
The number of gifts being left to charities in wills has jumped by 53% year-on-year according to business data from legal services provider Co-op, released to coincide with Remember A Charity Week.
There are more charity names on the BAME 100 Business leaders list than before, but the organisation that puts the list together says more should be done
A study of 200 charity leaders by the insurance firm Ecclesiastical also finds that one in 10 thought losing their major source of funding would make the organisation unviable.
Over the last 20 years hundreds of thousands of older people have been forced to sell their home to cover the cost of social care, charity reveals.
A survey by the Institute of Fundraising finds that 41% of respondents are positive about the profession, with 18% saying they are negative
The 2019 Charity Benchmarks Report says that, in the year to the end of March, the number giving to 21 charities fell by 174,000 to about 1.6 million.
Sajid Javid said this month that the government could afford to “turn the page on austerity” as he set out Whitehall spending priorities.
International students are to be offered a two-year work visa after graduating from a British university.
A new report from the main provider of food banks has warned that the roll out of Universal Credit has been a major factor behind the increase in food bank use.
The public want charities to be more involved in the climate change debate, particularly younger people, who believe the sector has a key role to play in the movement, a new poll has revealed.