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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.

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.

'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.

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).

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.

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.

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