Day: 6 March 2025

UK’s first charity ESG survey: sector keen to engage, prioritizes social and governance over environmental issues

Stuart Mitchell

Analysis of Eastside People’s first Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) survey (supported by partner ACEVO) has found that most organisations (67%) do not yet have a ESG strategy, and very few have a holistic, fully integrated strategy (3%). Almost half (42%) of participating organisations are ‘considering developing’ an ESG strategy, indicating that they are engaged with ESG as a concept, but have not yet defined what it means for their organisation. The most significant gap between importance and progress ratings across the whole survey was in the area of Equality,…

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Charity blown away by The Traitors fans generosity following dramatic final

Stuart Mitchell

The Traitors finalist Alexander spoke about his late brother who had a learning disability, driving a huge number of donations to Mencap from fans of the show So far, the charity has received around £30,000 from over 2,000 donations 27th Jan 2024 – A finalist of The Traitors, Alexander Dragonetti, has inspired donations to charity Mencap by sharing his experience of having a brother with a learning disability . In the finalists’ dinner aired on Friday night, Alexander talked about his late brother who had Global Developmental Delay. As a…

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Association of Chairs: How can we develop charity and non-profit boards?

Stuart Mitchell

The Association of Chairs has launched a consultation about how can we develop charity and non-profit boards. I enclose the post from their website below, please check out their site for many interesting articles.  We are launching a consultation today on how the sector could change, develop and improve charity boards and the nature of trusteeship. How do chairs and trustees and CEOs want charity boards to be different in 5 or 10 years’ time?   A chair can only be an effective leader if they have an effective board…

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KFC celebrates inspirational African women accelerating action towards equality

Stuart Mitchell

Progress in closing the gender gap in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa has almost halted, leaving millions of women at a disadvantage to men. But female role models across the continent are refusing to admit defeat, dedicating themselves to accelerating progress towards gender equality. To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March and honour its theme of “Accelerate Action”, KFC Africa has collected the stories of dozens of women who are taking bold steps to advance equality on the continent by educating, empowering and supporting women to achieve more, together,…

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Survey Reveals Gaps in Nations’ Awareness of Red Flags of Domestic Abuse

Stuart Mitchell

New data commissioned by domestic abuse charity Refuge reveals the scale of domestic abuse is significantly underestimated, with only a quarter of UK adults (26%) aware that 1 in 4 women will experience it in their lifetime. While nearly 80% of people would report physical abuse, when it comes to the less obvious forms of domestic abuse, such as coercive and controlling behaviour, as well as technology-facilitated, economic, and psychological abuse, recognition is far lower. Just 39%1 of people say they would report these less understood forms of abusive behaviour.…

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