The online Charity Christmas Market is open for business! From cat and dog to parrot and penguin presents, t shirts, bags, beauty products, candles, cards, original designs, original art, African crafts and lots more and from a whole range of causes. With prices starting under £2, that’s your Secret Santa sorted too. You’ll feel good about doing good because every £1 you spend will help a charity and every £1 makes a difference. https://www.charityexcellence.co.uk/online-charity-christmas-presents/
New research reveals many charity trustee boards remain ‘incomplete’, but 8 in 10 trustees would recommend the role to others.
“A new report published this week by Pro Bono Economics (PBE) has revealed that many charity boards remain “incomplete“. Less than four in 10 charities (37%) responding to the survey reported having a full board of trustees, leaving almost two-thirds (63%) reporting vacancies in some form.” Read more here.
“At a time when 4 in 5 charities in England and Wales have at least one trustee vacancy, new research from the Charity Commission and Pro Bono Economics shows that current trustees would highly recommend the role to others.” Read more here.
Organisers of the London Marathon have launched a scheme to enable 800 new charities to become part of the fundraising event from 2026 onwards. Read more here.
“As part of our operational response to COVID-19, our board of trustees agreed that full-time DSC staff would change to working their hours over four days, rather than five, giving everybody a three-day weekend every week…” Find out more about our move to a 3-day weekend.
“Former charities minister Stuart Andrew has been appointed shadow culture secretary, a move that has been welcomed by the charity sector. Andrew was the minister for civil society as part of the previous Conservative government for two years before the general election in July…” Read more here.
The chancellor’s autumn budget statement announced changes that will potentially have a devastating impact on the charity and voluntary sector. It is estimated that the sector’s total increased cost of employer National Insurance Contributions will be £1.4bn per year.
Charities are already in a dire situation, struggling to juggle the soaring demand for their services, while their own costs escalate and funding declines. The decision to increase employer NICs across the charity sector- and not to create an exemption – will be another major strain on their limited resources.
NCVO and ACEVO have issued a joint letter to the chancellor to outline their concerns for the sector. You can make your voice heard too.
Co-sign the open letter to the chancellor and join NCVO and ACEVO in calling for a commitment to safeguard charities from increased employer NICs.
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The Fulham 10km, organised by RunThrough Events, taking place on Sunday 17th November 2024. The race has a start time of 9am and an expected race finish time of 11am. We are expecting there to be around 2,000 runners participating in the event this year.
In light of this event, there will be traffic management procedures in place on the morning of Sunday 17th November. Harwood Road and New Kings Road will be closed 6am-12pm, with all other affected roads closed 8:30am-11am.
Please see all detailed road closure timings on the link below:
https://www.fulham10k.com/road-closure/
These procedures have been designed to offer minimal disruption and will be managed by an expert Traffic Management company that will reopen roads as soon as is safe to do so, and provide appropriate diversions during disrupted times. The race has been designed as a single lap course so that roads can be reopened as the last runners pass by (please see map on link below for details of the race route).
https://www.fulham10k.com/course/
If you will be expecting any deliveries/access on the morning of Sunday 17th November then please get in contact with us by emailing info@runthrough.co.uk so we are able to create access contingency plans for you.
We are happy to offer all businesses located on the race route a free entry to the race as a token of our appreciation of your understanding of the disruptions caused by this event. If you are interested in claiming your free entry, please email info@runthrough.co.uk. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and for your support of the Fulham 10km.
Missed out on this year’s Engage conference? In our new article, Jay Kennedy, DSC’s Director of Policy and Research, has put together a round-up of the highlights from the event. Take a look here.
Carers Rights Day 2024 will take place in Ealing on Thursday 21 November 2024. The event is for the boroughs unpaid carers supporting family members and the theme this year is “recognising Your Rights.”
Carers Rights Day is an annual event in the UK that raises awareness of the challenges and rights of unpaid family carers. The day aims to help carers understand their rights and access the support they are entitled to.
There will be a range of local voluntary and staturory services stalls sharing information and advice about their services. The NHS will be providing blood pressure checks and providing valuable advice about health and healthy living.
The event takes place at 10am – 3pm on 21 November 2024. It takes place at Elm Lodge, in Greenford, Ealing.
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
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Sobus is a new Community Development Agency for Hammersmith & Fulham. It has been created through the merger of the Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith & Fulham (CaVSA) and the Fulham Community Partnership Trust (FCPT). Building on the strengths of both organisations, sobus aims to provide a wider range of support services for local charities, community groups, social enterprises and start up businesses.