Third Sector

Six months into leading NCVO, one lesson has become increasingly clear to me: the hardest part is not deciding what matters. It’s deciding where to focus when so many things matter @KateLeeCEO thirdsector.co.uk/kate-lee-why-w…

The Royal Ballet and Opera is set to cut 64 jobs as the charity looks to remain financially sustainable in the long term thirdsector.co.uk/royal-ballet-o…

An Age UK charity has put 119 jobs at risk of redundancy as it proposes closing its home care service thirdsector.co.uk/age-uk-charity…

A grantmaker that closed to applications for three years while it restructured has rebranded thirdsector.co.uk/grantmaker-reb…

🎧 Charities and Reddit @LHRouse and @EmilyLHarle are joined by communications and community engagement specialist @jcravens42 to discuss the opportunities for charities on the social media platform Reddit Listen here: bit.ly/4gino9Z

As businesses become more strategic and risk-averse, how can charities engage them in true and effective partnerships? @EmilyLHarle investigates thirdsector.co.uk/analysis-work-…

A grantmaker is offering 25 grants to charities with incomes of less than £3m working in its priority areas thirdsector.co.uk/grantmaker-ope…

The Charity Commission opened a statutory inquiry into the charity in 2024 after an independent investigation revealed ‘inexplicable’ transactions involving its founder and other senior figures thirdsector.co.uk/interim-manage…

The union Unite said it had reached an agreement with City and Guilds ensuring mass redundancy and offshoring plans will not go ahead thirdsector.co.uk/mass-redundanc…

Charities are being offered the chance to land up to 200 additional running places in next year’s TCS London Marathon after it was confirmed the 2027 event will be held over two days thirdsector.co.uk/ballot-opens-a…

Our top stories of last week included: ⚪️ Two-day London Marathon confirmed ⚪️ NCVO reveals next chair ⚪️ King’s Birthday Honours announced thirdsector.co.uk/essential-stor…

Jayne Cravens says she ‘can’t believe more organisations in the UK aren’t leveraging Reddit’ thirdsector.co.uk/uk-charities-l…

The 2027 London Marathon will be a two-day event thirdsector.co.uk/2027-london-ma…

About 50 workers at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution are balloting for strike action after the charity refused to recognise the union Unite thirdsector.co.uk/rnli-workers-f…

Kate Stanley: Undignified, highly charged depictions of poverty turn more people away from giving than they pull towards us thirdsector.co.uk/kate-stanley-f…

The Charity Commission has referred claims that 32 UK charities funnelled £28m to illegal Israeli settlements to the police and HM Revenue & Customs thirdsector.co.uk/regulator-refe…

Sarah Hughes and Neil Heslop were both appointed CBE in this year’s list, which includes scores of figures from across the voluntary sector thirdsector.co.uk/mind-chief-for…

Our top stories of last week included: ⚪️ Charities in ‘protection mode’ ⚪️ Heart symbols can increase donations ⚪️ Charity changes its name after longstanding dispute thirdsector.co.uk/essential-stor…

🎧 Reflections on the final @CIOFtweets Fundraising Convention, from @EmilyLHarle and @andyricketts Listen here: pod.fo/e/42ca33 Hosted by @LHRouse

UK charities should not be supporting Israeli settlements in Palestine, the Prime Minister has said thirdsector.co.uk/uk-charities-n…