Charity and Voluntary Sector
CC: The Charity Commission is introducing new measures to ensure that charities that no longer operate are removed from the Register of Charities. Charities that fail to provide evidence that they are still operating will, after a series of warnings, be removed from the Register.
In the last year, 25% of charities on the register filed their accounts and returns late (i.e. more than ten months after their financial year end). 9,000 charities with a previous known income of more than £10,000 have not sent an annual return or accounts for the last financial year, 1,200 of which have not sent an annual return or accounts for more than six years.
BIG: Nine projects aimed at helping those most in need across the capital are benefiting from more than £1m of Big Lottery Funding. The money is handed out through BIG’s Reaching Communities programme, dedicated to improving the lives of the most vulnerable people in the country. Good causes this month include supporting carers in Redbridge and opening up opportunities for disabled children in Greenwich.
