TOO MANY CHARITY SHOPS NOW?  Many high street charity shops should be closed as they cost the Government more in tax breaks than they make in profits…

CHARITIES DEPRIVED BY FRAUD A treasurer of a Lancashire branch of the Unite union has been jailed for 20 months after he stole monies due to be given to charities…

CRITICISM FOR CHARITY, AND THE COMMISSION The Times has published strong criticism of the League Against Cruel Sports, which it says has “squandered” a £3.5 m…

DIANE ABBOTT”S CHARITY FACING FINES AND PROSECUTION The modestly-named Diane Abbott Foundation, an educational charity set up last year by the Labour …

CRIMINALISING HOMELESSNESS Housing and homelessness charities have warned that recent moves by local councils to ban rough sleeping are counter-productive…

DON’T FALL FOR THIS ONE Charities are being used by fraudsters to persuade computer users to click on a link that then encrypts all their files in seconds, allowing …

FREE SEMINARS ON GRANT APPLICATIONS A programme of short seminars on grant applications is offered free to charities wanting to learn more about the subject…

SWEET RELIEF Cyclists cycling from John O Groats to Lands End to raise £250,000 for Sport Relief came across a van parked on a lonely road near the Cornwall and Devon …