Law / Policy

At first, I felt dreadfully sorry for the fundraiser (as reported in Third Sector a few days ago) who was so upset by abusive phone calls from members of the public that she quit not just her job but left the whole charity sector. It’s not the first time that I’ve heard about a member of the public being so obnoxious that they’ve reduced a fundraiser to tears. In fact, it happened to someone I know just a couple of days ago.

The demise of a grantmaking trust is not usually a good sign, but the imminent closure of the Anglo-German Foundation is indeed a positive development.

We are not far from embracing a whole load of nudges in legacies if we take Thaler and Sunstein’s book Nudge seriously.

The Charity Commission's London office has moved.

Back in January, I wrote a blog outlining the Cleversquirrel scheme designed to secure money for charities from financial policies and products already in the system. 

Domestic violence charity Refuge is to sue both the Crown Prosecution Service and Greater Manchester Police following the murder of Sabina Akhtar by her husband Malik Mannan last year.

According to fakecharities.org, the British charitable sector consists of a number of "so-called charities" which it defines as "a foundation or institution that receives funding from the government,

The example of the FSA is too good a one to pass up when considering what kind of beast the FRSB needs to be.

And frankly, three would be a disaster.

Following much detailed planning and calculation by both acevo last year and NCVO last month, the government today announced its financial support for the third sector.