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Famous names
"If by running races I can raise money, then it is worthwhile"
John Pickard supports Leonard Cheshire
Latest movers
Rosanna Preston has been appointed chief executive at the Cleft Lip and Palate Association.
Also in movers this week:
- Frances Mapstone, chief executive, Off the Streets and into Work
- Jago Russell, chief executive, Fair Trials International
- Esther Foreman, campaigns manager, Mencap
- Shelina Permalloo, development manager, Booktrust
- Helen Stack, head of fundraising, and Alasdair Roxburgh, community and events fundraiser, Health Unlimited
The week on the web
Scope cut 5 senior positions, trustees are accused of not doing their jobs properly and VSO fears the effects of the slump.
This Week's Latest News
Scope cuts five senior positions, and more to come
6 October 2008
Disability charity Scope is axing five senior posts and expects to lay off more staff soon.
VSO fears slump threatens its volunteering targets
6 October 2008
The charity has warned that 20 per cent of its placements could go unfilled this year because the economic downturn is affecting people's willingness to volunteer.
Trustees 'should act like non-executive directors, not volunteers'
3 October 2008
Third sector models of governance are not fit for purpose in the 21st century, a chief executive will tell charity trustees tonight.
Government opens bidding for Communitybuilders fund
2 October 2008
Organisations are being invited to apply to deliver the £70m Communitybuilders programme on behalf of the Government.
Is it a box? No, it's a duvet...
2 October 2008
A duvet cover designed to look like a cardboard box will help to raise money for Centrepoint.
Teenage Cancer Trust auctions designer headgear
1 October 2008
Damien Hirst has designed two bandanas to help raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Information is key to retaining donors, says poll
1 October 2008
Nearly a quarter of donors who stop giving do so because they can't see where their money is going, according to a new poll.
Ordnance Survey promotes free charity use of maps and data
30 September 2008
Ordnance Survey has launched a campaign to make service-delivering charities aware that they can use its services for free.
'Alternative rich list' announced
30 September 2008
Not-for-profit recruitment event Forum3 has devised an 'alternative rich list', which recognises people whose lives are rich because of what they give rather than their financial wealth.
Lottery fund gives legal advice centres £18m
29 September 2008
The Big Lottery Fund is awarding England's struggling legal advice centres £18m.
Rock photography archive prints go under the hammer for charity
This image of the Sex Pistols, taken in London's Carnaby Street in 1976, is among several from the Rockarchive collection to be auctioned next week in aid of the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity.
In depth
News Analysis: Cash is seen as a safe bet for charities, but is it time to invest elsewhere?
The tendency of charities to hold assets in cash has been strengthened by the recent volatility of the markets resulting from the credit crunch.
Interview: Alison McKenna, president, the Charity Tribunal
The Charity Tribunal is open for business. Its president tells John Plummer why she wanted to take the helm at the new appeals body right from the start.
Supplier Directory
They said it...
"More government money is spent on training hairdressers than it is on training charity treasurers"
Tom Fitch, director of Community Accountancy Self Help, or Cash, which trains small charities in accountancy
