The Charity Retail Association’s More than a shop campaign is running across social media this week, between 22 and 29 April, to highlight the many benefits of charity shops. The association says that the campaign is to celebrate and raise attention to the fact that a charity shop is not just about the shopping experience but has charitable, social and reuse functions that no other form of retail shares. Charities are encouraged to join in with shareable assets available that share the many roles charity shops fulfil, which can be used across social channels. The campaign highlights that chari ..read more

Pancreatic Cancer UK has been chosen as the official charity of the year for the 2025 TCS London Marathon. As official charity of the year, it aims to raise £2mn to provide doctors with an early detection test for the cancer, which could save thousands of lives a year with the disease currently killing more than half of people within three months of their diagnosis. It is asking runners to “Take on the ultimate test to help develop the ultimate test” by signing up to take part for the charity. Diana Jupp, CEO of Pancreatic Cancer UK, said: “The 2025 TCS London Marathon will be one of the mos ..read more

For more than 20 years, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been providing funding to voluntary, community and charitable groups to support customers who may need extra help in fulfilling their tax obligations and claim the correct benefits. This evolved into HMRC’s Voluntary and Community Sector Grant Funding Programme. With a new round of funding starting UK Fundraising asked the policy experts at HMRC what difference it has made. How did the programme come about?  For many years Grant Funding has been used across government to help departments target those who will benefit from policies ..read more

Donated coffees, new fundraising targets, and a special newspaper supplement are among the ways businesses are supporting charities this month. Read more in our round up of partnership news below. Alastair Lindsay, General Manager of the Social Bite Sauchiehall Street branch Matthew Algie donates 1,000 coffees to Scottish Pay It Forward scheme To mark this Sunday’s Pay It Forward Day, Scottish coffee roaster Matthew Algie has donated more than 1,000 coffees to Social Bite‘s Pay It Forward scheme, which provides food and hot drinks to people experiencing homelessness. The coffees wil ..read more

Fewer employees are donating through Payroll Giving, research by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has found, with the number using the scheme falling by 13% since 2020. Just 516,000 employees are participating in Payroll Giving, according to the latest data. The total amount donated to charities via the scheme is also falling, down 7% year on year from £137 million in 2021 to £128 million in 2022, the most recent year for which data is available. Employers have the option to provide staff with a Payroll Giving scheme, also known as Give As You Earn, which works in a simil ..read more

OSCR’s Maureen Mallon is retiring, with Katriona Carmichael taking over the CEO role, while Home-Start UK has five new trustees, and SPANA and Future Assets also share some appointment news. Maureen Mallon Katriona Carmichael announced as OSCR’s next CEO as Maureen Mallon retires Katriona Carmichael will be joining Scottish charity regulator OSCR as Chief Executive Officer on 1 July from the Environment & Forestry Directorate of the Scottish Government, where she is currently the Deputy Director for Circular Economy. She will take over from current OSCR CEO Maureen Mallon, who will retire ..read more

Charity Management Month will take place in May, and will see Cranfield Trust sharing online learning development opportunities to help leaders and managers across the sector. Cranfield Trust, which provides pro bono management support and mentoring to the voluntary sector, is launching the initiative to mark its 35th anniversary. Online resources & webinars During May, Cranfield Trust will be sharing and signposting to online resources in the management areas of leadership and strategic direction; financial management and sustainability; people management, and performance and impact ..read more

The 2024 TCS London Marathon has broken fundraising records, its organiser has said, reaching a total of £67 million so far across official partner Enthuse, and JustGiving. Runners using the JustGiving platform have raised £40mn so far, while over on Enthuse, over £27mn has been raised. Hugh Brasher, Event Director for the TCS London Marathon, said: “The 2024 TCS London Marathon broke many records over the weekend and this fantastic news from Enthuse and Just Giving means that we have already broken our own world record of £66.4 million from 2019 as the world’s biggest one day annual fundrai ..read more

More than £40million has now been raised by London Marathon fundraisers on JustGiving – 14% up on last year’s race, the fundraising platform has reported. Last year, ahead of the 26.2-mile race, a total of £39million was raised by London Marathon participants on the fundraising site, with £4million donated after the event.  The 2024 TCS London Marathon took place yesterday (21 April), with the £40mn raised by 18,000 fundraisers and set to benefit more than 1,700 charities. So far, people have donated to London Marathon fundraising pages on JustGiving more than 900,000 times and this is ex ..read more

From today (22 April), consumers will be able to recycle clothing – both wearable and unwearable – from home by ordering a pre-paid postal donation bag from the Oxfam website. The bag, made from 100% recycled plastic, allows clothing to be separated into two groups: good quality and wearable, and unwearable but too good to waste. It can be returned for free via a local courier with the clothing then going directly to Oxfam to be resold, reused, or recycled. People can order a bag here. ‘Wearable’ vs ‘unwearable’ New research conducted for M&S found that one in five consumers say they are c ..read more