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Future of volunteering commission launched
Volunteering shouldn’t become just a way of
providing public services on the cheap, according
to the chair of the newly created Commission on the
Future of Volunteering
27/03/06
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High response rate for charity DM campaigns
New research into direct mail campaigns has shown
that charities have one of the highest response rates,
at 13%, across all business sectors using direct mail
27/03/06
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New investment programme for not-for-profits
A new programme from the London Business School (LBS)
aims to provide senior professionals from foundations
and endowments with the latest thinking on investment
strategy
24/03/06
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Charities outperform other sectors in IT security
A cross-sector study has found that charity IT systems
are the most secure against potential network attacks
23/03/06
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Gordon Brown announces wide-ranging review of third
sector
In his tenth, and possibly last, Budget speech to
the House of Commons, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Gordon Brown announced that the Treasury would be
undertaking a review of the future role of the third
sector in social and economic regeneration
22/03/06
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Influx of £10 million from business for youth
volunteering
The new youth volunteering charity established by
the Russell Commission has announced that over £10
million has been pledged by business in support of
its activities
17/03/06
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New rival for National Lottery
The National Lottery has a new, charity-centric, rival
in the form of a weekly lottery that will sell tickets
on behalf of charities
17/03/06
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New concordat to improve links between VCS and social
scientists
A new concordat has been agreed between the NCVO and
the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), with
the aim of improving links between social scientists
and the VCS
16/03/06
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Campaign to define divide between Lottery and government
spending
The need to draw a line between government spending
and the distribution of National Lottery funds has
been emphasised by a campaign to amend the National
Lottery Bill, currently passing through Parliament
16/03/06
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Changes to credit card donations could have severe
implications
Charities have been thrown into confusion and could
stand to lose large sums of money as a result of changes
to credit and debit card donations, according to the
Institute of Fundraising
16/03/06
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MEP’s anti-NGO letter “sparked great concern”
A German MEP has stunned the European NGO sector by
suggesting that NGOs in receipt of EU funds should
not campaign against EU policies or take part in the
ongoing debate about globalisation
09/03/06
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Home Office to provide new sources of volunteers
The Home Office is launching a new strategy designed
to promote volunteering opportunities
09/03/06
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UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) launched
Following calls to improve the mechanism used to finance
international relief efforts following major humanitarian
disasters, the United Nations has launched the Central
Emergency Response Fund
09/03/06
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Impax enters FTSE All Share Index
The environmental investment trust Impax Environmental
Markets (IEM) has entered the FTSE All Share Index,
the only such investment vehicle to do so
08/03/06
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NCVO raises concerns over Compact Plus
The NCVO has expressed concerns about government proposals
for the new version of the Compact, Compact Plus
07/03/06
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FPB 2006 bank survey launched
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) is launching the
latest of its biennial bank surveys examining the
relationship between banks and small business
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