Archive: Charities

The women forced to rely on 'baby banks' to provide for their newborn children

First there were food banks, now there are baby banks

UK charities and our society

The UK Civil Society Almanac, published annually by NCVO, provides a comprehensive overview of the charity sector.
ESRC: Festival of Social Science: Charities need to trust volunteers' expertise

Charities struggling to raise money for their cause should be making better use of their army of volunteers, according to research presented at the 2014 ESRC Festival of Social Science.
Charity Commission responds to complaint about League Against Cruel Sports

Charity Commission confirms it will seek a response from the League Against Cruel Sports to BASC’s complaint about its latest video
Keep calm, volunteer.

Keep calm, volunteer. This British Safety Council animation shows that health and safety is nothing to fear.

The forgotten kids of Kids Company

What's happened to the children left behind after the collapse of Kids Company?
Coalition law leaves 50,000 without debt advice

Ministers are refusing to use cash from payday lender fines to fund charities offering debt advice. Don't they realise this looks bad?

Comment: The squeeze on charities is slowly crushing the third sector

Charities are facing the squeeze. Not just financially — although that is certainly happening too—but from the pressure of political and public opinion.
'An interesting minister': Withering attack on Grayling over charity paranoia

Justice secretary's paranoia over Labour-supporting charities is gently put down, amid independent evidence for prison decline