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- PM's comments on tax relief cap "most encouraging sign yet" that proposal will be dropped
- NCVO responds to Queen's speech
- Charity law system gets a clean bill of health
- £30m VAT concession to support churches is welcome, but full charity exemption is needed, say CFG and NCVO
- After caravan and pasty tax climbdowns, charity tax needs to follow suit
- Victory for the Give It Back, George campaign
- Lobbying report is 'woefully ignorant' of charities' right to campaign
- New report reveals real value of volunteering
- NCVO and Volunteering England merger talks
- NCVO welcomes Public Benefit Research
- 'Something has got to give' for hard-pushed charities, warns leading charity body
- NCVO to work with partners to deliver support to civil society in North Africa
- £6 million Assist gives backing for sector support
- Funding Central Celebrates Contract Extension
- NCVO comments on CBI Open Access report
- Charities compete in ground breaking new fundraising challenge
- New report says charities need greater openess and flexibility from Government and statutory authorities, to contribute more to public services
- Tanni Grey-Thompson announced as prime candidate for next President of NCVO
- Survey shows charities doing more with less
- £6m to strengthen ‘backbone’ of voluntary sector
- Changes to NCVO’s Trustee Board
- Volunteering England trustees named for NCVO merger
- Donations to charity fall by 20% as fewer people give – new report finds
- Justin Davis Smith announced as NCVO executive director for volunteering
- Equality Impact Assessments - NCVO comment
- Sector leaders welcome amendments to Small Donations Bill, after months of campaigning
- Umbrella bodies call for simpler and more accessible EU funds
- Free NCVO membership extended as merger with Volunteering England is confirmed
- Rehabilitation reform must not repeat mistakes of Work Programme
- NCVO annual conference to be replaced with new ‘super conference’ following Volunteering England merger
- Charity body launches UK’s first not-for-profit public affairs consultancy service
- Youth and homelessness charity is NCVO's 10,000th member
- Independence Panel - NCVO response
- EU is crucial for Britain and the voluntary sector, but reforms are overdue
- Nearly half of charity leaders plan to decrease expenditure this year, NCVO poll suggests
- Charities to have stronger voice in Europe
- NCVO consults staff on restructure proposals
- First 25 Big Assist awards announced
- European Compact ‘within grasping distance’
- NCVO and Serco launch Code of Practice to raise standards
- NCVO: Local charities must get say in European funding priorities
- Appointment of Director of Public Policy
- Charities subdued by financial climate, NCVO Almanac data shows
- Volunteering projects help real change to happen
- Volunteer centres see substantial drops in income
- New NCVO analysis shows impact of cuts on charities
- National programme enables support to local VIOs
- Volunteers’ Week 2013: celebrations take place for local volunteers
- Spending review – government must be sensitive in finding savings
- NCVO: European funds guidance is good news for charity sector
- Lobbying transparency bill – NCVO response
- NCVO seeks urgent legal advice over government campaigning proposals
- Lobbying bill puts charities in fear of criminal prosecution, says top QC
- Charity chief executive pay
- Recommendations on Charity Regulation - NCVO Response
- Consultation on Transfer of Undertakings Regulation (Tupe) - NCVO response
- Lobbying bill - NCVO statement
- Publication of the revised Public Benefit Guidance by the Charity Commission
- NCVO statement on probation reforms
- NCVO response to lobbying bill amendments announcement
- Campaigning and lobbying standards group announced
- Lobbying bill amendments do not go far enough. Joint statement from NCVO and ACEVO
- Executive Pay Inquiry announced
- Payment by results implementation ‘seriously flawed’ – new report
- Micro-volunteering on the rise – new research
- NAO report on the Charity Commission and the Cup Trust
- NCVO comment on the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
- New volunteering scheme will help anchor care homes in their communities
- Volunteering programme creates employability boost for hard-to-help
- NCVO in ‘Christmas appeal’ to peers on lobbying bill
- Government to amend lobbying bill following pressure from charities
- Comment on lobbying bill report stage vote
- Tributes to Marian Nelson
- NCVO comment on PAC reports on Charity Commission and Gift Aid
- Welfare reform research will inform future changes
- Welfare cap will drive short-term decision-making and arbitrary benefit cuts, say charities
- EU manifesto, Towards a More Open Europe
- Reduce unemployment by helping jobless volunteer – new report
- NCVO comment on CLG Committee local procurement report
- Budget 2014: NCVO comments
- Campaigning, volunteering and public trust among NCVO’s priorities in new five-year strategy
- Over £1bn of government income wiped from charities
- Payment by Results hampering public service innovation – new report
- NCVO comment on Help to Work launch
- Full transparency vital for trust: charity executive pay report
- Put charities and volunteers at the heart of local elections
- Prioritise preventative spending to achieve greater change, charities tell MPs
- Thirty ambassadors chosen to mark thirtieth anniversary of Volunteers’ Week
- NCVO comment on new social action, responsibility and heroism bill
- New report – Local commissioners should work more with arts and cultural organisations to solve social problems, but a bold new approach is needed
- NCVO review to consider future finances of the voluntary sector
- Lottery match set to open up major European funding opportunities for voluntary sector
- NCVO comments on report by the Living Wage Commission
- NAO report on the Work Programme - NCVO comment
- NCVO comment on NAO report on government grants
- NCVO comment on Human Dignity Trust ruling in the Charity Tribunal
- DWP seeks 200 charity job swaps to increase understanding of voluntary sector
- Charity Forecast poll suggests ‘squeezed middle’ in voluntary sector
- Call for evidence launched on financial sustainability of voluntary sector
- NCVO: Next Work Programme must involve charities in design to succeed
- NCVO comment on LGA council tax discount for volunteers proposal
- NCVO reminds charities of the importance of historical archives
- Tribute to Stephen Lloyd
- NCVO and Charities Evaluation Services working towards merger
- NCVO statement on independence referendum
- Quality standard for volunteering marks 10th birthday
- NCVO announces Tumim Prize finalists
- Charity Commission powers and funding announcement
- Changes to the annual return for charities and disclosing campaigning costs – NCVO comment
- NCVO to review Charity Commission governance structure
- NCVO and CES merger to proceed
- Four charities win national award
- NCVO responds to the Lobbying Act consultation
- Forex fines to be used for good causes
- Charity Commission announces review of campaigning guidance – NCVO comment
- Step Up to Serve celebrates a year of #iwill pledges for young volunteers
- The Chancellor's Autumn Statement 2014
- Award-winning photographer to judge charity pictures
- Navca report on the future of charity infrastructure – NCVO response
- NAO follow-up report on the Charity Commission: NCVO response
- Further investment in the future of infrastructure
- NCVO devotes £100k to commission on future of the voluntary sector
- Tribute to Daniel Phelan
- NCVO responds to review of Social Value Act
- Joint Committee on the Draft Protection of Charities Bill – NCVO comment
- NCVO to take on Mentoring and Befriending Foundation services
- NCVO: Charity volunteer ‘internships’ must be genuine development opportunities
- Open data project to track ten years of voluntary sector finances
- Mentoring and befriending services secure new home at NCVO
- Conservative Party volunteering proposal – NCVO comment
- Labour party manifesto – NCVO comment
- Conservative party manifesto – NCVO comment
- Liberal Democrat party manifesto – NCVO comment
- NCVO: Give parliament powers in Charity Commission chair appointment
- NCVO comment on general election result
- Volunteers’ Week 1 – 7 June 2015: Proud to volunteer
- Charity sector 'running to stand still' as overall financial position remains static
- NCVO: NAO report echoes charities' concerns on payment by results
- Sector bodies come together to create fundraising guidance
- No economic recovery for charities – new report
- Tough new fundraising regulator to ensure high standards – review
- Sir Stuart Etherington reaction to government announcement on charity fundraising
- Sir Stuart Etherington speech on local infrastructure - full text
- NCVO and ACEVO agree joint work to promote voluntary sector
- Charity fundraising self-regulation meeting
- A nation at ease with itself? Sir John Major’s speech at the Hinton lecture
- Kids Company Public Accounts Committee report – NCVO comment
- Fundraising regulator chair appointment - NCVO comment
- Lottery cash threat – charities’ warning
- NCVO and the CIPD launch joint research calling for companies to collaborate with charities and make successful corporate volunteering a reality
- Autumn statement 2015 – NCVO comment
- NCVO comment on the National Citizen Service: Volunteering must not be compulsory
- Senior pay in the charity sector - NCVO comment to The Times
- NCVO to provide FPS working group support
- NCVO chair Martyn Lewis dedicates knighthood to voluntary sector
- Voluntary organisations under pressure due to welfare reform, NCVO report finds
- Photo competition seeks to celebrate charities' stories of connections
- Public administration and constitutional affairs committee fundraising report - NCVO comment
- NCVO: Kids Company took 'reckless' approach to finances
- Volunteers’ Week 2016 – The Big Celebration to thank volunteers
- NCVO statement on government announcement of anti-advocacy clauses
- Charities' letter to the prime minister on anti-advocacy clauses in grant agreements
- Fundraising Preference Service working group invites feedback on scope of the service
- NCVO restructures following end of multiple time-limited projects
- Justin Davis Smith joins Cass Business School as new senior research fellow
- Volunteers in care homes create 'profound positive impact' for residents – new research
- NCVO discussion paper explores implications of EU membership for charities
- Government confirms support for charity tax reliefs following work by NCVO and CFG
- Big charities continue to grow as smaller charities struggle
- Sir Stuart Etherington’s State of the Sector address to NCVO Annual Conference delegates
- Alopecia UK and Light Inc. win charity sector photography prizes
- United Nations Director-General calls for media to engage and empower people by adopting a more constructive approach
- Joint statement from NCVO, Acevo and SEUK on anti-lobbying 'pause on implementation'
- Sector leaders set out expectations for anti-advocacy 'pause'
- United Nations Director-General backs Constructive Voices
- Charities should be central to NHS decision-making and delivery, says new government-backed report
- National week of celebration to thank the UK’s volunteers
- NCVO: Charities must help bridge divisions in society
- NCVO responds to Charity Commission research on public trust and confidence
- Brexit implications – briefing from NCVO
- Peter Kellner set to be new chair of NCVO
- Minister for Civil Society move to DCMS
- Leading charities commit to put donors in control of fundraising
- National Citizen Service should work more closely with local charities, says NCVO
- Major overhaul for charity governance code
- NCVO welcomes new ACEVO chief executive
- New Charity Commission board members – NCVO reaction
- Charities welcome new grants standards
- Easy-read Good Trustee Guide to support people with learning disabilities on charities’ trustee boards
- NCVO: Opening up public services to smaller charities will lead to better outcomes
- Charities and volunteering are at the heart of our shared society
- NCVO: No further devolution deals without local charities’ involvement
- Lords committee expresses concern over plan to charge charities, warns Charity Commission on its board appointments
- NCVO: Brexit will be large part of general election debate
- Sir Stuart Etherington's 2017 state of the sector address to NCVO Annual Conference delegates
- Voluntary Service Overseas and Tennis2Be win NCVO’s charity photography competition
- Charities and volunteering make Britain great: our manifesto for the 2017 election
- NCVO: Boost small charities with dormant assets funding
- Appointment of Helen Stephenson – NCVO comment
- Volunteers' Week 2017: nation tells volunteers 'you make the difference'
- Charities call for quick government action on Lobbying Act
- NCVO: two-year term means chances for charities to change policy
- Larger charities should undergo external reviews every three years, new governance code recommends
- Challenges remain for voluntary organisations’ input into health and social care services
- NCVO calls on charities to speak up about civic engagement
- Campaigning peer Baroness Pitkeathley proposed as NCVO president
- Lobbying Act reform: debate required, say charities
- A tribute to Sir Bert Massie
- Charity tax commissioners announced
- New Charity Governance Code winning support from charities
- Diversity the big challenge for participation says NCVO
- Increase UK productivity and reduce inequalities post-Brexit with world-leading initiative, says cross-sector working group
- Charity tax commission publishes terms of reference
- Voluntary organisations should consider publishing gender pay gap data regardless of size, NCVO recommends
- NCVO response to Charity Commission funding announcement
- NCVO response to reports around the Presidents Club Charitable Trust’s annual fundraising dinner
- Baroness Stowell set to be next Charity Commission chair: NCVO comment
- Sir Stuart Etherington appointed as visiting fellow at Cumberland Lodge
- NCVO statement on sexual abuse in international development
- Appointment of Baroness Stowell as chair of the Charity Commission
- Charity Tax Commission launches public call for evidence
- Sir Stuart Etherington's 2018 state of the sector address to NCVO Annual Conference delegates
- Charities’ recession recovery complete, shows NCVO Almanac
- Mary Marsh charity ethics review recommends 'presumption of openness'
- Volunteers' Week 2018: Championing volunteering for all
- Civil society strategy: Encouraging start, but implementation will be key
- New NHS funding should be contingent on devolved health bodies improving wellbeing, say charities
- NCVO comment on Charity Commission 2018-2023 strategy
- New strategic partnership between NCVO and the FSI to support small charities
- Brexit and the voluntary sector: Preparing for change
- NCVO welcomes new government commitments on safeguarding
- NCVO pays tribute to Tracey Crouch
- Funding of the UK's largest charities reflects wider trends, new analysis shows
- NCVO to celebrate centenary in 2019
- NCVO and Acre announce new partnership
- Charities should prepare for difficult financial year, warns NCVO
- Charities must be responsible for creating an inclusive culture, new guidance says
- Volunteering reduces youth isolation, but middle class benefits most – new research
- NCVO welcomes prime minister's offer to engage on Brexit
- Stuart Etherington to step down later this year
- New project aims to rebalance the relationship between large and small voluntary organisations bidding for contracts
- Sir Stuart Etherington's 2019 state of the sector address to NCVO Annual Conference delegates
- Comprehensive voluntary sector safeguarding resources to be developed by new expert partnership
- Overhaul of sector’s most popular digital tool adds major new sections on service design, data protection and security
- Room for improvement in workplace volunteering, new research finds
- New NCVO Trusted Charity brand will help charities demonstrate excellence
- Karl Wilding appointed chief executive of NCVO
- Charity finances: Income growth slows but assets reach record levels
- Charity Tax Commission: Tax reforms could boost charities and unlock wave of giving
- NCVO chair to step down at end of term of office
- New research shows charity staff highly skilled but questions raised over diversity
- No deal not off the table, NCVO warns
- 'Too important to get wrong' – but with #SafeguardingAsOne and new NCVO guides you can get it right
- NCVO appoints Sarah Vibert as director of policy and volunteering
- Public sector volunteers less satisfied
- Charities may find more political space to effect change in 2020, says NCVO
- NCVO begins search for new chair of trustees
- Charities’ ‘competitive behaviours’ in contracting negatively impacting sector
- Two new trustees appointed to NCVO board
- ‘Every day counts’ as charities still wait for government support
- Government support for charities – NCVO reaction
- Voluntary sector will shrink following coronavirus
- Dr Priya Singh set to be new chair of NCVO
- NCVO consults staff on restructure proposals
- New research supports organisations to improve volunteer experience for minority groups
- Statements from Karl Wilding, chief executive, and Priya Singh, chair of trustees
- New report calls on voluntary organisations to deliver services in collaboration, building on the spirit of partnership developed during the pandemic
- NCVO announces detailed plans for future offer to members, charities and volunteering
- Statement from Priya Singh, chair, on behalf of the board of trustees
- Latest findings suggest shift from formal volunteering during pandemic
- Pandemic impact on charities continues to be ‘uneven’ but funding challenges are on horizon, research shows
- NCVO predicts better than expected year-end financial position and announces new leadership team
- Pandemic improves ‘responsiveness’ of local authorities to charities, but new research finds smaller charities missing out
- Latest research reveals mixed impact of pandemic on volunteering numbers despite more positive outlook, increased diversity and rise of the digital volunteer
- Volunteers’ Week 2021: A time to say thanks to all volunteers during the pandemic
- Majority of charities have plans in place to address equality, diversity and inclusion, but impact of pandemic and resources are barriers to increasing diversity
- Governance and board update from Priya Singh, chair, on behalf of the board of trustees
- NCVO and ACEVO join forces to support charities on flexible working
- New survey shows 81% of charities changed how they use digital technology during the pandemic
- Statement from NCVO chair, Priya Singh, on the outcomes of investigations into complaints
- The Civil Society Group launches to increase collaboration, improve efficiency, effectiveness and streamline engagement
- Record membership growth for NCVO and better-than-expected financial performance highlighted in 2021 annual report
- NCVO announces start of recruitment for permanent CEO to lead culture change and new strategic approach
- New research examines volunteering policy response in England during the pandemic
- New research shows increased charity demand for services and support from sector infrastructure organisations during the pandemic
- NAVCA to take over Volunteer Centre Quality Accreditation from NCVO
- NCVO Road Ahead 2022 helps charities chart route to ‘new practicality’ amid constant uncertainty
- NCVO statement on Third Sector article
- NCVO and ACEVO call for all charity roles to be advertised as flexible
- ACEVO and NCVO joint statement on announcement of Orlando Fraser as preferred candidate for next Charity Commission chair
- NCVO announces Sarah Vibert as CEO
- FSI and NCVO partnership becomes new home of Small Charities Coalition Helpdesk
- Respond, recover, reset: 18 months of real-time research reveals how the charity sector changed through the pandemic
- NCVO and Centre for Ageing Better partner to increase age-friendly inclusive volunteering in England
- #VolunteersWeek 2022: A time to say thanks
- NCVO hosting new initiative examining how understanding power can enable voluntary organisations to embody integrity
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