Supporting Voluntary and Community Action
Baroness Barran, Minister for Civil Society, has confirmed that no changes will be made to the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention scheme, despite calls from the sector to reform it....
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 ...
The Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) has published a report on the importance of strategic thinking and governance in charitable foundations.
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Registered charities are now exempt from the rule which stipulates that half of their income comes from trading in order to be eligible for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Scheme.
The British Business Bank, which is...
The makers of Giving Tuesday, a global charity awareness drive that takes place every November, have announced that 5 May 2020 will be taken over by #GivingTuesdayNow: a special extra edition of Giving Tuesday, in light of the challenges that charitable organisations of...
There will be several opportunities for VCSE organisations to have their voices heard over their future and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
First, the House of Lords will be debating the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on...
The government has refused opposition demands for additional funding for charities.
In parliament yesterday, Oliver Dowden MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport...
The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) has launched its latest briefing paper on the challenges faced by the VCSE during the...
A new social media campaign, #NeverMoreNeeded, has highlighted the increasingly vital role that our Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations play in society during the coronavirus pandemic.
The campaign, which launched just ahead of the BBC's Big...
More than 60 charity leaders have signed an open letter urging the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to allow furloughed charity workers to volunteer for their own organisation.
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