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Prince Charles charity linked to Russian offshore network

The Prince’s Charities Foundation has confirmed it received money from the network but said the Prince of Wales had no knowledge of the activities The Prince’s Charities Foundation, founded by…

Average charity CEO ‘spends three months working for no pay’

The average income increased to £52,000, the first raise since 2013’s high of £60,000 The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations’ (ACEVO) annual Pay and Equalities Survey found charity…

Just 52% of Brits say they trust charities

Less than half of the respondents believed charities were well run Only 52% of Brits trust charities, the Fundraising Around the World survey by research consultancy nfpSynergy has found. The…

Road safety charity Brake partners with Palletways

Together they will deliver educational sessions at schools Palletways, a European palletised freight network, has announced it will be partnering with the road safety charity, Brake to deliver education sessions…

Headway charity hits out at UEFA

Calls come after Switzerland footballer Fabian Schar was allowed to continue playing after he was knocked unconscious in his team’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Georgia Brain injury charity, Headway has…

Stonewall CEO Ruth Hunt to exit

The charity’s board of trustees will begin recruiting for a new CEO imminently Stonewall CEO, Ruth Hunt, has announced she will be leaving the charity in August 2019, following 14…

Peter Fahy to become chair of Trustees at COPS

COPS provides peer support opportunities for the families, who are known as survivors, as well as paying for access to counselling and specialist bereavement services Peter Fahy is to become…

British Horse Society CEO to exit

The charity said Lynn Petersen has been the ‘driving force’ behind modernising and growing the BHS The BHS is now the UK’s largest equestrian charity with over 106,000 members under…

OSCR appoints interim chief executive

Maureen Mallon, who is currently an assistant director at Education Scotland, will take up the position full time on 28 January The Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has appointed Maureen Mallon…

Variety, the Children’s Charity appoints Harold Tillman as new chair

According to the group Tillman is an ‘established entrepreneur across fashion and business’ and is an ‘ambassador and champion’ of British fashion Variety, the Children’s Charity, has appointed fashion entrepreneur…