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More than half of the public think there are too many charities and want the sector to be rationalised, research carried out for the Charities Act review has shown.

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CFG is launching two guides on the subject of fraud, in an effort to both educate charities on the potential risks and ultimately cut instances of fraud in the sector.

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The youth volunteering scheme was a hit with young people but there are concerns about its future, the report shows

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Funders with an interest in governance should pay for research to establish whether paying trustees does help to improve charity governance, an influential group of charity law experts have recommended.

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Heritage organisations including the National Trust respond to HM Revenue & Customs consultation

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Carers UK and three other organisations will take part in scheme to develop digital applications

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Pesh Framjee, of Crowe Clark Whitehill, warns that if changes are not made, the rules are likely to be subject to official protests

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Charity technology company Valldata has made a successful bid to buy Our Lasting Tribute, the in-memoriam giving site thrown into jeopardy after agency Whitewater went under.

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Stephen Peck tells Charity Finance Group conference that charities should have fixed terms for volunteers

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Ian Theodoreson, chair of the Charity Finance Group, opened the umbrella body’s 2012 Annual Conference, ‘Inspiring Financial Leadership’, by pulling no punches on the Government’s policy agenda for the sector. Two years on from the formation of the coalition, charities are facing major challenges. Mixed messages and an unclear policy agenda are not helping.

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