Year: 2024

The Charity Commission refreshes meetings guidance for the Zoom era

Stuart Mitchell

The Charity Commission is calling on charities that hold online meetings to review their governing document to ensure it is up to date. The call comes in the regulator’s redesigned guidance on charities and meetings (known as CC48), published recently. The refreshed guidance emphasises the importance of complying with a charity’s governing document when holding meetings. The guidance stresses that trustees should make sure any rules around holding meetings are up to date and practical. This has become particularly important now that many charity meetings are held online. This includes…

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£30 million of grants to organisations within Health, Welfare and Education announced

Stuart Mitchell

The Julia Rausing Trust has announced its second wave of grants, £30 million to causes supporting Health, Welfare and Education in the UK. This second wave of grants follows the £20 million announced as part of the launch of the Trust earlier in the month. The new Trust will see £100 million donated to UK charities and organisations in its first year. Commenting on this second wave of grants, Hans Rausing said, “This next £30 million wave of grants has been made in Julia’s name to reflect her passion for…

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Lloyds Banking Group makes major investment in net zero head office

Stuart Mitchell

Lloyds Banking Group will re-open its office at 33 Old Broad Street from November 2024. The building, already owned by the Group, has undergone extensive refurbishment in the last 18 months.  The new workspace will boast state-of-the-art technology and facilities with increased shared and social workspaces to help colleagues to connect, collaborate and innovate for customers. It also includes inclusive design features like sound absorbing materials, focus workspaces and maximised use of natural light.   The refurbishment has also seen 33 Old Broad Street transformed to become significantly more energy efficient.…

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Number of UK donors fell in 2023, yet amount donated rose

Stuart Mitchell

The UK public donated an estimated £13.9bn (€16.2bn) to charities in 2023, an increase of nearly 10%, according to the 20th annual UK Giving Report from the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). The rise from £12.7bn in 2022 came despite long-term declines in the number of people giving – this has dropped from 69% of the public in 2016 to 65% in 2019, and to 58% in 2023. Average donations have grown by about 40%, from £47 in 2019 to £65 in 2023. CAF’s chief executive says these figures demonstrate the…

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Efforts to Restore Buffalo and Re-Establish Indigenous Lifeways Expands in Unprecedented Alliance Between Indigenous Leaders, Environmental Nonprofits, the U.S. Department of the Interior

Stuart Mitchell

The Tribal Buffalo Lifeways Collaboration was announced recently by the InterTribal Buffalo Council, Native Americans in Philanthropy, The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund. This new, historic alliance was created to stabilize, establish, and expand Tribal-led buffalo (bison) restoration, and foster cultural, spiritual, ecological, and economic revitalization within Native communities. Together, the groups have committed to work with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to build on the momentum created by Indigenous leaders to bring lasting structural change and return buffalo to Tribal lands at…

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