Charity commission head urged to mediate in row over care workers' pay
Charity alliance warns back pay bill for sleep-in shifts poses ‘biggest threat to social care any of us has seen’
May 2018
Charity Commission reform vital for civil society strategy to work
Nathan Yeowell
The government’s plan could have a massive, positive impact on the sector, but we must be honest about what’s needed
February 2018
Loneliness is finally being recognised as a risk to health. But this is just the start
Sucking up to government comes at a real cost to charities
Asheem Singh
January 2018
This men-only charity gala is a stain on the sector
Daniel Fluskey
Charities must face up to and confront any such behaviour in the name of fundraising, and be prepared to refuse donations collected by odious means
After Carillion, social enterprises must take charge of public services
Asheem Singh
The greed of private firms has put the UK’s most vulnerable in jeopardy. It’s time the government prioritises organisations with the public’s wellbeing in mind
The Lobbying Act is stifling charity campaigners. It doesn't have to
Despite efforts to amend the law, the act isn’t going anywhere. Charities can avoid falling foul of the guidelines by following five simple rules
December 2017
Domestic abuse: a public service issue
Ending domestic violence is seen as a luxury. Just like tampons
Ellie Hutchinson
UK charities will lose £258m of EU money after Brexit. Where's the plan?
Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde
November 2017
Charities are asking interns to work 252 hours unpaid. That's a scandal
Leon Ward
Internships are not volunteering opportunities and charities do not have a universal right to unpaid talent. There are many more moral solutions
Should charities accept contrition cash from dubious donors?
Beth Breeze
It’s a debate that has long polarised the sector. Weighing up the pros and cons of taking donations from dubious sources is no easy task
Charities are still not honest enough about their social impact
Matt Stevenson-Dodd
Charities can say whatever they like when it comes to achieving social change. At Street League, we want to show whether we have really helped young people
October 2017
The best way for charities to spend money is by challenging austerity
Fiona Weir
My work with single parent charities has shown me that we need to call out government social policies, including Brexit
It's not the law that's silencing charities: it's their own lack of imagination
Katherine Rake
Charities need to learn fast from an inspiring new wave of campaigns making a real difference to people’s lives, from cancer badges to bookburning parties
Strong, brave, diverse: new images challenge our ideas of domestic abuse
Brenna Jessie
The damage inflicted by our use of misleading domestic abuse images is severe, but a new photography project is representing survivors in a different way
September 2017
Charities need help to get to grips with data protection changes
A fifth of charities haven’t yet started to think about the biggest change in years to data protection. We want the government to step in
Foster charities fear child refugee crackdown after Parsons Green attack
UK’s largest fostering charity makes plea after Iraqi orphan Ahmed Hassan, 18, is charged with attempted murder
The Society interview
Lord Sainsbury: ‘This is why I believe in the welfare state. Certain things should be a right’
The Lobbying Act is stifling charities. But the Tories don’t seem to care
David Brindle
Charities condemn rejection of changes to Lobbying Act
