Press releases
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.
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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.
Charity Tax Commission: Tax reforms could boost charities and unlock wave of giving
- New tax rules and more Gift Aid awareness could bring charities 100s of millions/year
- Universal donor database and encouraging Payroll Giving would boost funds further
- No review of charity tax reliefs in 20 years despite digital revolution
Tax reliefs offered to UK charities urgently need an overhaul, according to a new report from a group led by the former chairman of the Inland Revenue (later HMRC).
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Charity finances: Income growth slows but assets reach record levels
Income growth slowed in the charity sector in 2016/17, according to the latest edition of the authoritative research on the sector’s finances, the NCVO UK Civil Society Almanac, published today.
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Karl Wilding appointed chief executive of NCVO
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations has announced that its public policy and volunteering director Karl Wilding will be its next chief executive.
New NCVO Trusted Charity brand will help charities demonstrate excellence
A new brand for NCVO’s quality mark for excellence in governance and operations will help charities demonstrate their high standards, NCVO said today.
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Room for improvement in workplace volunteering, new research finds
The experiences of people who give their time through employer-organised or employer-supported activities, known as employer-supporter volunteering (ESV), are positive but lag behind those who arrange their own volunteering, a new report from NCVO finds.
The research shows that 39% of ESV volunteers reported being 'very satisfied' against 56% of non-ESV volunteers. It suggests that focusing on the quality of the experience of workplace volunteers tends to be less of a priority for the organisations involved than it would be for other forms of volunteering.
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Overhaul of sector’s most popular digital tool adds major new sections on service design, data protection and security
The charity sector’s most popular digital benchmarking tool, the digital maturity matrix, has undergone a major overhaul, adding new sections on security and data protection and on using user research to design better content and services.
The Queen hosts reception to celebrate voluntary action
Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by other Members of The Royal Family, yesterday gave a reception for charities and volunteers in order to celebrate the achievements of voluntary action over the last century, and highlight the contribution of volunteering to millions of lives in the United Kingdom and throughout the world.
The scale of volunteering in today’s society is remarkable, with one in five people across the UK volunteering on a regular basis, and more than half of the population giving their time in some way at least once a year.
The reception brought together hundreds of members of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO). Among them, volunteers of all ages involved in a wide range of social, economic and environmental causes, carrying out tasks from mentoring and befriending, to restoration or gardening, and even life-saving work.
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Comprehensive voluntary sector safeguarding resources to be developed by new expert partnership
Unprecedented level of expertise as 13 national umbrella bodies and organisations join forces to help facilitate safeguarding improvement
A comprehensive suite of free safeguarding tools and advice will soon be available to the voluntary sector following the award of £570,000 by the National Lottery Community Fund to the Safer Social Sector Partnership.
