Press releases
Two new trustees appointed to NCVO board
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has appointed two new trustees to its board.
Charities’ ‘competitive behaviours’ in contracting negatively impacting sector
Organisational culture and behaviours are having a negative impact on the sector and its beneficiaries by undermining sustainability as well as the trust between service-providing charities, the emerging findings of a new project suggest.
Read more: Charities’ ‘competitive behaviours’ in contracting negatively impacting sector
NCVO begins search for new chair of trustees
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations has begun the search for a new chair for its trustee board.
Charities may find more political space to effect change in 2020, says NCVO
The Road Ahead 2020, which provides NCVO’s annual analysis of the pressures facing the charity sector in the next 12 months, says:
- charities will need to continue navigating changes in the political landscape, as the country moves into the next phase of Brexit
- pressure on charity funding, especially from local and national government, is set to continue
- Extinction Rebellion and other decentralised movements provide one potential model for securing support and engagement from the next generation of volunteers.
Read more: Charities may find more political space to effect change in 2020, says NCVO
Public sector volunteers less satisfied
Overall picture positive but research reveals areas for improvement to allow public sector volunteering programmes to fulfil their potential, says NCVO
People giving their time to public services, such as hospital and library volunteers, police specials, magistrates and school governors, are less satisfied with their experience than those giving their time to charities, new research has revealed. One in four (24%) say that their experience is ‘too much like paid work’.
NCVO appoints Sarah Vibert as director of policy and volunteering
NCVO has appointed Sarah Vibert as director of policy and volunteering, the charity umbrella body announced today. The role became vacant when the previous policy and volunteering director, Karl Wilding, was appointed chief executive.
Read more: NCVO appoints Sarah Vibert as director of policy and volunteering
'Too important to get wrong' – but with #SafeguardingAsOne and new NCVO guides you can get it right
- NCVO’s Knowhow advice site is hub for range of new online resources
- User testing ensures resources meet user needs, are accessible and easy to use
- Developed as part of DCMS and National Lottery-funded Safeguarding Training Fund
Safeguarding should be a core value of every voluntary organisation and considered a personal responsibility of everyone working in them, NCVO today urged.
No deal not off the table, NCVO warns
Charities need to prepare for no deal despite a new law that requires the prime minister to delay Brexit if an agreement hasn’t been reached, NCVO warned today as it released new guidance for charities to follow.
New research shows charity staff highly skilled but questions raised over diversity
Charities are employing highly qualified staff but this may be at the cost of excluding people who face greater barriers to education and experience, new NCVO research suggests.
Read more: New research shows charity staff highly skilled but questions raised over diversity
NCVO chair to step down at end of term of office
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has announced that it will begin the search for a new chair of trustees later this year, with current chair Peter Kellner’s term coming to an end in November.
