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Cause4 responds to #charitysowhite

27th August, 2019 | By Naomi Chapman

Cause4 responds to the trending of #charitysowhite last week, and reflects on diversity in the charity industry.

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Governance and Trustees

Cause4’s response to: The UK Civil Society Almanac 2019 Report

15th July, 2019 | By Cause4 staff

The UK Civil Society Almanac Reports, released by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), is a crucial source of data that has been providing insights into developments in the voluntary sector since 1996. NCVO has now released its latest annual report, of which the following response will outline key findings including positive growth in terms of grants and investments, whilst public donations and fundraising decline. Diversity in particular has been highlighted as an ongoing issue within the sector throughout the report.  

Will we now see the Big Society unfold?

18th May, 2010 | By Cause4 staff

Now that we have the Conservative/Liberal coalition in situ we wait to see how the concept of The Big Society emerges.

The parlous state of the economy and public finances clearly creates opportunities to unleash a new entrepreneurial spirit and to give charities and social enterprises a lead in providing services across areas such as health and welfare. The possibilities are exciting and if the prize is a dramatic reduction in bureaucracy and increased accountability and efficiency, there is plenty to play for.

Is the Rich List 2010 a sign that philanthropy might be on the up?

26th April, 2010 | By Cause4 staff

Philip Beresford, compiler of the Sunday Times Rich List published on Sunday 25th April, would have us assume that economically we are ‘rising from the rubble'. Britain’s super-rich have added some £77bn to their wealth in the last year - an increase of almost a third.

Should executives be philanthropically accountable too?

11th April, 2010 | By Cause4 staff

Most recently, Bart Becht's - Reckitt Benckiser's Chief Executive - the brand behind Mr Sheen and Cillit Bang has donated £110m to charity.

Similarly within financial services, as anger over bankers' bonuses has engulfed the City, some of the highest-paid executives have publicly mollified an angry public by personally donating bonuses to worthy causes.