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Sector News
News for voluntary and community organisations
Updated: 56 min 20 sec ago
Third sector and public sector IT professionals’ body merger
CITRA, the membership organisation for IT professionals in the third sector, merges with the much larger Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm).
Finalised additional public benefit guidance
Charity Commission publishes finalised supplementary public benefit guidance for charities.
Developing a Sector Qualification Strategy
The Workforce Hub has been commissioned to develop a Sector Qualification Strategy for the third sector.
Economists to help measure charity impact
New charity will harness the skills of economists and deploy them to charities that want help to measure their impact.
More online filing of PAYE details
Reminder that employers with 50 or more on the payroll will need to submit in-year PAYE information online from April.
Timetable for Ireland’s charity laws emerges
Northern Ireland's Charities Act 2008 is expected to be fully operational by early 2011, and Republic of Ireland's charity legislation could take 2 years or so to be in the same position.
Small charity accounts improving in Scotland
OSCR, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, has published a study on small charity accounts.
Helping the sector deliver public services
The government has published a series of documents relating to its commitment to working in partnership with charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises in delivering public services.
Email Marketing Metrics
Email Marketing Metrics Report recommended by Nonprofit Online News.
Plethora of web sites for small charity support
Small Charities Coalition has launched a new web site, plus offerings from Foundation for Social Improvement and a Third Sector Forum.
Engaging with the local agenda
The Women's Resource Centre has produced a guide to engaging with the local agenda.
Support for leadership and management training
Third sector organisations are to get access to an extended leadership and management programme through Train to Gain, and Acevo funded to conduct research on leadership skills gaps.
Data on community facilities in rural Scotland
Scottish Government publishes research on village halls across Scotland.
News for campaigners and policy workers
New Policy Forum for sector policy workers, and more in NCVO's Campaigning Effectiveness newsletter.
Guide to social campaigning for funders
New Philanthropy Capital's recent report, 'Critical masses: Social campaigning guide for donors and funders', explores the role of campaigning charities.
Community ownership and management of assets
Report reviewing the evidence on the scale of existing activity of community ownership and management of assets (buildings, land).
Toolkit to encourage young people’s emotional wellbeing
Online resource for anybody working with children and young people, giving tools to respond helpfully when they are troubled.
Sparking a challenge on homelessness for social enterprises
Spark Challenge development and investment programme aims to prevent and tackle homelessness through social enterprise.
Addressing pay gap for charity chief executives
Widening gender pay gap prompts chief executives body to establish a special interest group for women.
Announcements on key sector research
Largest evaluation of the impact of the government's investment in third sector support services, multi-year funding baseline established, plus research into the licensing system for public charitable collections.
