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Pan European Nonprofit Pulse Report 2024 reveals how nonprofits are facing greatest challenges head on

Stuart Mitchell

Nonprofits across Europe are doing more with less amid a perfect storm of rising service demand, increasing workload, and squeezed income, according to the latest annual Nonprofit Pulse report, by the European Fundraising Association in partnership with the UK’s Chartered Institute of Fundraising and Salesforce. Workload, raising sufficient funds, and supporting staff and their wellbeing are the biggest challenges, with just 6% of respondents unaffected by the cost of living crisis, and a fifth (20%) concerned about the future. Once again facing their challenges head on, many nonprofits are responding by seizing the opportunities available to them…

£12 million National Lottery cash injection to support communities to come together across the UK, as new report shows value of community

Stuart Mitchell

The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest community funder in the UK, has awarded a vital £12 million cash injection to support communities to come together across the UK. Communities from Glasgow to Kent will benefit from the first nine projects to be awarded through The UK Fund – one of the funder’s bold commitments as part of its new strategy, It starts with community, to tackle some of the big social issues facing UK communities. The announcement comes as The National Lottery Community Fund launches a new report, revealing…

ICO sets out priorities to protect children’s privacy online

Stuart Mitchell

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on social media and video-sharing platforms to improve their data protection practices so children are safer when using their services. This comes as the regulator sets out its 2024-2025 priorities for protecting children’s personal information online. Since the introduction of its Children’s code of practice in 2021, the ICO has been working with online services including websites, apps and games to provide better privacy protections for children, ensuring their personal information is used appropriately within the digital world. There has been significant progress…

Guide Dogs partner with Beano to create better understanding of the impact of sight loss

Stuart Mitchell

Guide Dogs has partnered with Beano to create a bespoke story available in this week’s issue of the Beano comic. The partnership hopes to raise awareness of children and young people with visual impairments as well as the services Guide Dogs offer to help people with sight loss have the confidence and support they need to live their lives to the fullest. Alongside the bespoke comic strip, the collaboration sees the very first audio comic strip story created especially for people with visual impairments, making ‘BEANO Presents – A Buddy…

Barnardo’s B-Wild Project Helping Young People Get Back Into Education

Stuart Mitchell

Young people struggling to attend school and to develop relationships with their peers are being helped back into education and are learning to open up thanks to a pioneering nature-based project being run by the country’s leading children’s charity. Since 2020 – and thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund – Barnardo’s Scotland has been implementing its B-Wild project in eight localities across the country. B-Wild, which allows the young people to get out and about in nature and explore what the world has to offer. It provides…