Posted by Adrian on 26 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Government, HMRC, Gift Aid
With the help of the clever people at iConcertina, UK Fundraising and Giving Matters have developed a calculator to work out the amount of revenue that will be lost through the recently announced 2% reduction in basic income tax, we can all now face the hard facts of what we might lose.
It is my hope […]
Posted by Adrian on 22 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Government, Charities, CAF, HMRC, Gift Aid
Gordon Brown’s final budget yesterday, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, caused great concern among the third sector. His decision to cut the basic rate of income tax by 2% has had an unintended victim. CAF have calculated that the funds lost through the reduced Gift Aid rebate will, all things being equal, amount to around […]
Posted by Adrian on 21 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Technology, Charities, Process Efficiency, Online
The next Giving Carnival is on Wednesday 28th March. This editions topic is(slightly longer and more directed than usual): “How should social impact (or nonprofit effectiveness) be evaluated?” How can we best understand the output of nonprofit or for profit social enterprises? It is not enough to simply say that an organization is “doing good”. […]
Posted by Adrian on 21 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Charity Events, Charities, Philanthropy, Fundraising Campaigns
Geoffrey Mortlake in the Observer on Sunday wrote an interesting introduction on his article about Comic Relief:
Did you see me during Comic Relief on Friday night?
On reflection, I feel a smidgin of embarrassment at asking such a question. There was a time, and not so very long ago at that, when one would no […]
Posted by Adrian on 20 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Olympics, Lottery, Government
A leader article in The Observer on Sunday put a more positive spin on the spiraling projected costs of hosting the 2012 Olympic Games.
It argues that the real negative impact of the £675M raid on the National Lottery is on public opinion. It says that Londoners will foot the majority of the public bill and, […]
Posted by Adrian on 15 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Government, Charities
Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive of NCVO, has warned that the increasing involvement of the third sector in public service delivery could result in the ‘privatisation’ of charities. He bases this dramatic warning on the fact that involvement with the market orientated world of public services would cause charities to adopt a totally different ethos to […]