Welcome to the new incarnation of our blog – previously VolResource Blog. And apologies to the half dozen of you who’ve been reading it since the autumn, as we’ve now moved twice in a month! But a spare slot on our new server and an appropriate web address was too …
From Community Newswire today (12th Jan): Britain’s so-called “compensation culture” has left the Scout Association without enough volunteers to run the Scout troops because of fears they might be sued in the event of an accident, charity chiefs have claimed. Derek Twine, the chief executive of the Scout Association, has …
Interpal, a registered charity based in London which has aims around aiding Palestinians, is under attack again. It has been cleared by two investigations by the Charity Commission on whether it provided money to terrorist organisations, and the Board of Deputies of British Jews has recently withdrawn website claims linking …
The TUC seems to be putting some effort into trade unions linking up with community activists and the third sector in general, in campaigning and ‘organising’ workers (and others?). Reminds me, for some reason, of some of the links when I was involved in community campaigns in Waterloo and North …
Northern Ireland’s umbrella body NICVA asks the question “What would make it a great Christmas for the sector?”. While Third Sector magazine asks Was 2005 a good year for the voluntary sector?
The audience at Third Sector magazine’s “Britain’s Most Admired Charities” awards this week, including many from large well-established charities, got a bit more then they were expecting. From Community Newswire, 4/11/05: Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith has launched a blistering attack on the nation’s big charities, claiming a “cosy …
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