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Charities get seat on Iceland bank creditors committee |
Most failures caused by 'weak financial management' |
Thirty charities that have funds deposited in the collapsed Iceland-owned bank Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (KSF) are demanding the government underwrite their £47m, even though the government itself is owed 75 times as much after bailing out other creditors.
The vast majority of charity failures happen as a direct result of weak financial management, an insolvency practitioner told an audience of sector chief executives last week.No 'headline-grabbing support' to come from government |
Dormant accounts bill becomes law, but with pledge to review |
Minister backs legal powers for Compact Commissioner |
Government help for business extended to third sector |
Childcare umbrella body rebrands as Children England |
Blunkett moots 'civil volunteer force' |
LSC appoints Marsh as chair of equality committee |
Good and bad for charities in Darling's report |
The government will not be announcing any "headline-grabbing measures" to help the sector through the economic slump, the director general of the Office of the Third Sector said last week.
New legislation that enables unclaimed money in dormant bank accounts to be used for good causes has received Royal Assent, but the government has promised to review it after three years to ensure the banks are playing ball.
Minister for the third sector Kevin Brennan has voiced his support for a statutory Commission for the Compact. 
Third sector organisations are eligible for the government's provisions to help small businesses, according to charities minister Kevin Brennan.
The National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations (NCVCCO) has officially re-launched itself as Children England, at a cost of over £10,000.
Young people between the ages of 16 and 25 should take part in six to nine months of intensive volunteer work, according to former home secretary David Blunkett.
The Learning and Skills Council has appointed Dame Mary Marsh as chair of its equality and diversity committee.
Charity umbrella groups have given a mixed reaction to the effects on the voluntary sector of measures announced in the Chancellor's pre-Budget report. Charity Awards
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