Localgiving is running a £1 million match fund campaign to help charities and community groups working to support beneficiaries across England that have been adversely affected by COVID-19 Localgiving fundraising.co.uk/2020/10/13/loc…

A new hotline has been launched to stop fraudsters illegally targeting COVID stimulus schemes gov.uk/government/new…

The charity sector is in “serious trouble” and needs to reprioritise its role in building social capital in communities, Karl Wilding said yesterday civilsociety.co.uk/news/the-chari…

Friends of the Elderly cuts hospital admissions by 20% with new tech civilsociety.co.uk/news/charity-u…

Four out of five people who have used Gift Aid on a recent donation support a temporary increase in the tax benefit for charities, according to a CAF survey Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) UKF fundraising.co.uk/2020/10/15/sur…

Charity Agudas Israel Housing Association (AIHA) has won a Supreme Court case confirming that its policy of prioritising housing to members of the Orthodox Jewish community is lawful civilsociety.co.uk/news/supreme-c…

Compared to other income streams, legacy income will continue to hold up as the current crisis continues, and into the future, partly due to the increasing awareness of gifts in Wills according to Legacy Foresight’s latest analysis Legacy Futures fundraising.co.uk/2020/10/15/leg…

Environmental charities are “struggling to communicate” the value of their work tackling climate issues to the public and funders, a report commissioned by the Garfield Weston Foundation has found garfieldweston.org charitytimes.com/ct/Environment…

Youth Music, the national music and young people’s charity, has published 'Reshape Music' – a report setting out the significant barriers faced by Disabled musicians to access music education and music-making charitytoday.co.uk/disabled-music…

Charities could face legal action from beneficiaries placed at risk during the coronavirus crisis, the Muslim Women’s Network (MWN) UK has warned civilsociety.co.uk/news/charity-l…

Charities in a bind after cybercriminals donate $10,000 in bitcoin theguardian.com/technology/202…

Girlguiding and BBC Children in Need have partnered to create a new badge and fundraising challenge to mark Pudsey’s 40th year Children In Need Girlguiding fundraising.co.uk/2020/10/20/gir…

Charities have reported being victims of fraud or cybercrime 645 times since the start of the pandemic in March, amounting to £3.6 million in total losses, according to the Charity Commission Charity Commission fundraising.co.uk/2020/10/19/mil…

The Charities Aid Foundation is offering £20 million in financial support to charitable organisations in England supporting those hardest hit by Covid-19 Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) fundraising.co.uk/2020/10/20/caf…

The risk charities face from insider fraud will grow as the sector grapples with the twin impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and the recession, experts have predicted thirdsector.co.uk/risk-insider-f…

Macmillan Cancer Support has come top of YouGov’s CharityIndex ranking, which measures overall brand health Macmillan Cancer Support civilsociety.co.uk/news/macmillan…

Charities are being urged to take part in a week of campaigning next month to encourage people to become trustees - Trustees Week takes place from 2- 6 November and highlights the work of charity trustees and support boards charitytimes.com/ct/Charities-u…

The Charity Commission is warning trustees and donors to strengthen defences as it fears the pandemic has created environments that are enabling charity fraud gov.uk/government/new…

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is applying for charitable status as part of becoming a distinct legal entity within the Law Society Group, it has emerged legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sr…

This winter, housing and homelessness charity Shelter are aiming to host the UK’s biggest virtual carol concert - the ‘Home Hope Song’ concert will be hosted in the candle-lit church of St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, where Shelter was founded Shelter charitytoday.co.uk/shelter-to-hos…