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Charity and Voluntary Sector (Archive)

150 job or training placements for disabled people every working day – 1^st anniversary of Disability Confident campaign
Unicef - Concern over child marriage among vulnerable girls in Jordan
CAB - Banks risk complacency over current accounts
We’re off to the 2014 games! – Big Lottery Fund groups welcome free tickets
UNICEF : Glasgow 2014 Opening Ceremony raises an amazing £3.1m for children – with more to come!
Young people lead community change at National Citizen Service Wales launch
First Minister begins search for the best of Wales asking for nominations for next year’s St David Awards
Big Lottery Fund opens doors to European funding for voluntary sector
NAO: Investigation into grants from BIG & the Cabinet Office to the Big Society Network & the Society Network Foundation
Ping! returns, coinciding with National Table Tennis Day at the Houses of Parliament
CAB - Pension guidance can “bridge gap” between working and retiring – (Just one in ten employees opt out of automatic enrolment ~ One-off independent guidance will not prepare people for new pensions world, says TUC)
CAB - People with logbook loans are ‘overloaded’ with debt
Lottery help for pregnant women facing prison
Boost for Remploy Employment Services
Health & social care volunteering grants awarded
Cabinet Office: mutuals reach century success across England and Wales – (PCS: No appetite for mutuals in civil service and no public appetite for privatisation)
Payday loan ad banned following Citizens Advice action – (Clock ticking for logbook lenders after Citizen Advice spotlight)
CAB: Reforms Have Worsened ‘Minefield’ of Support Claims – (PCS: Bring support for sick & disabled people in-house after MPs' criticism ~ TWF: Any redesign of ESA must be evidence based to aid return to work)

Annual Review 24-25