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UNESCO leads global dialogue to improve the reliability of information

Stuart Mitchell

As part of its mandate, UNESCO has launched a global dialogue to provide guidelines for regulating digital platforms, to fight disinformation and hate speech and protect freedom of expression and human rights. The high point will be an international conference organized at the Organization’s Paris headquarters on 21-23 February. This will result in the presentation by UNESCO, in mid-2023, of global guidelines for governments, regulatory bodies and digital companies. A flawed business model Social media and other digital platforms have empowered people all over the world to communicate, share information,…

Fundraising Regulator publishes new research and guidance to support compliance with fundraising reporting requirements

Stuart Mitchell

The Fundraising Regulator has published new research and updated guidance to support compliance with the fundraising reporting requirements in the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 (the Act). The Act requires charities in England and Wales with an income of over £1 million to provide statements on specific areas of their fundraising in their annual report, which is submitted to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.  In July 2022, we reviewed the annual reports of 198 charities with an income of over £1 million to provide a benchmark for…

Fight against Antisemitism: UNESCO and Partners launch an ambitious training programme for American Educators

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO, in partnership with the University of Southern California’s Shoah Foundation, the American Federation of Teachers and the American Jewish Committee launched a US-wide online professional training programme for school teachers, superintendents and principals to address the antisemitism, the distortion and denial of the Holocaust in schools. Antisemitism is an attack on our shared humanity. It must be confronted head-on, without naivety and with perseverance. This is the commitment of UNESCO, the UN agency mandated to promote education on the Holocaust and the prevention of genocide. We are proud to…

Research finds that three quarters of respondents would be more confident in supporting a charity that displayed the Fundraising Badge

Stuart Mitchell

A post by Daisy Houghton, Head of Communications and Corporate Services, for the Fundraising Regulator discsses the importance of the Fundraising Badge. Looking out for the Fundraising Badge – the logo that says ‘registered with Fundraising Regulator’ – is a key part of our safer giving advice for the public. We’ve been asking people to ‘look for the badge’ for quite a while, and this year we have worked to get it in front of audiences we might not have engaged with before. After a year of this dedicated digital marketing,…

Subak launches £20m fundraise to scale critical NFP climate work worldwide

Stuart Mitchell

Global climate tech accelerator and regranter Subak has announced its latest funding round targeting £20million.  The fundraise will help the organisation to expand to a total of eight data-led climate centres (‘nodes’) across six continents by 2025. Each node will be self-sustaining and led by local experts to tackle the region’s most critical issues and create a cascading global impact. It will also aid Subak’s development of a grant technology platform to democratise access to climate funding around the world and allow funders to directly invest in critical environmental projects with confidence.…