Supporting Voluntary and Community Action
Leaders from 36 national VCSE umbrella bodies, have signed a joint statement on the problem of race inequality in society and the sector and the impact this...
New research on the role that the VCSE sector played during the coronavirus suggests that community organisations should be trusted to lead the post-pandemic recovery.
Published by Locality, “...
The Black Lives Matter demonstration in Bristol recently amplified the message from the Black community that systemic racial discrimination and inequality must end, and end now. Many people from Black and Asian communities in Bristol have been...
The government has published new legislation that relaxes corporate governance and insolvency law to help organisations under pressure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Under the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill 2020, organisations will be given greater flexibility over things like...
The Charity Commission has appointed former Staffordshire Police Deputy Chief Constable Nick Baker, to its newly created Chief Operating Officer Role.
The new post focuses on corporate functions, including HR, finance,...
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) has published recent results from its State of the Sector programme.
The results have been released earlier than originally intended, in order to assist understanding of the role of charities...
A Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee has criticised the government for failing to adequately support UK charities in the face of plunging incomes and rising demand for the sector.
In particular the...
Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, Secretary of State for International Development has written to organisations delivering aid on behalf of the department to tell them that they could be paid in advance in order to meet ongoing costs.
In the...
Pro Bono Economics (PBE) has published a new report that explores the VCSE sector’s contribution to the UK’s economy.
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Charity Tax Group (CTG) has led a group of VCSE sector organisations in calling on the government to divert surplus council coronavirus funding to small charities, reports ...