Charity and Voluntary Sector (Archive)

BIG:  The Big Music Project awarded £4m grant – (BIG:  May blooms for 994 lottery funded projects across England ~ £9m programme will help Welsh communities take control of their assets ~ £2.3m in National Lottery funding will help put young people in the lead across Northern Ireland ~ BIG:  Funding to pilot new way of supporting Suffolk's rural groups ~ £1m Lottery money for children suffering loss of a loved one ~ £9.5m to design new solutions for the UK’s ageing population ~ BIG:  Lottery first for Ardrossan castle carnival)

Charity Commission:   Charities remain at risk of online extortion demands

DH:  New funding for safe places for people in mental health crisis

DWP:  Announcement of taskforce to look at improving accessibility of apprenticeships for people with learning disabilities

DCMS:  New Governance Code will ensure highest levels of transparency in British sport

Homeless Link:  Support for ex-offenders: our response to Work & Pensions Select Committee inquiry – (HL:  Legal highs: are you ready for legislative change? ~ HL:  Saving Lives: supporting people with mental illness to leave the street)

BHF:   A third of heart attack survivors suffer with depression – (BHF research points to failures in heart attack care in England and Wales)

Age UK:  Halving of bank branches an increasing problem for older people

Cancer Research UK:  New research gives deeper understanding of why some breast cancers are hard to treat

Ordnance Survey select Solent Mind as new corporate charity

How Lambeth Council undertakes effective know your citizen (KYC) / ID checks to prevent fraud