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“What I’m interested to examine is to what extent it’s going to affect the breast cancer charity community.”

@andyricketts.bsky.social and @emilyharle.bsky.social consider the implications for smaller charities of Breast Cancer Now's £40m growth ambition.

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Purpose Awards EMEA 2026 opens for entries

Purpose Awards EMEA 2026 opens for entries

The awards recognise campaigns that use creative ideas to further positive causes

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Market research found the hospice's former name was described by patients and families as ‘clinically sad’ and ‘boring’

Hospice charity changes its name

Market research found the organisation’s former name was described by patients and families as ‘clinically sad’ and ‘boring’

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£6.5m arts fund closes to new applications after ‘unprecedented demand’

£6.5m arts fund closes to new applications after ‘unprecedented demand’

Only 7 per cent of applications were successful in the latest round of funding, the grantmaker says

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Dogs Trust receives largest donation for its work in Scotland

Dogs Trust receives largest donation for its work in Scotland

The £1.3m gift will go towards rebuilding a rehoming centre

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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 1d

RNIB reveals next chief

RNIB reveals next chief

The head of BBC Children in Need will take up the role

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Charitable giving 'an expected part of life' for many wealthy people, report finds

Charitable giving 'an expected part of life' for many wealthy people, report finds

The findings suggest a cultural shift in attitudes towards giving, authors say

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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 2d

£12m homelessness charity unveils new brand

£12m homelessness charity unveils new brand

The charity says awareness of its work has been poor

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Hospice charity welcomes new chief

Hospice charity welcomes new chief

John Knight previously led Hospice Isle of Man

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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 2d

MS charity rebrands

MS charity rebrands

The organisation last updated its brand 18 years ago

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Chief and chair abruptly leave charity as it faces ‘difficult financial position’

Chief and chair abruptly leave charity as it faces ‘difficult financial position’

The organisation says it is ‘committed to fighting’ for its survival

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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 3d

National Trust confirms redundancy numbers after major consultation

National Trust confirms redundancy numbers after major consultation

The charity says it has been able to reduce the number of jobs that will be cut

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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 3d

£1m-a-year mental health charity absorbed by larger counterpart

£1m-a-year mental health charity absorbed by larger counterpart

The smaller organisation will retain its branding as part of the larger charity

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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 3d

Joseph Rowntree Foundation welcomes interim chief

Joseph Rowntree Foundation welcomes interim chief

Shan Nicholas has led more than 20 charities as interim chief executive

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Conservative Party’s ‘morally indefensible’ plans to cut aid budget criticised

Conservative Party’s ‘morally indefensible’ plans to cut aid budget criticised

The Tories pledge to cut the ODA budget to 0.1 per cent of gross national income if re-elected

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Donations to Scottish charities fell by nearly a third in just five years, research finds

Donations to Scottish charities fell by nearly a third in just five years, research finds

The SCVO says the drop is ‘really concerning’

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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 3d

Regulator opens case into youth charity that hired woman under investigation for rape

Regulator opens case into youth charity that hired woman under investigation for rape

Sarah Vigus was subsequently sentenced to more than eight years in prison; the charity admits its procedures had not been followed

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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 4d

"Armed with her arsenal of fundraising knowledge, a fresh brand identity and a keen eye for collaboration, the charity seems prepared for significant growth"

@emilyharle.bsky.social meets, Claire Rowney, the chief executive of @breastcancernow.bsky.social

Claire Rowney: ‘Fundraising is a very powerful tool to have in my chief executive armoury’

Emily Harle hears from the chief executive of Breast Cancer Now on shaking off the small-charity mindset and an ambitious pledge to become a £100m charity by 2030

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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 4d

"Where people live in diverse communities – where immigrants are neighbours, mates, colleagues, fellow school-gate loiterers – attitudes about immigrants are positive.
People fear the abstract “other”, not the person helping them to carry their shopping" - Debra Allcock Tyler

Debra Allcock Tyler: Volunteering is a human gift of compassion, not a bureaucratic test of worth

The Home Secretary’s proposal to link volunteering to migration status doesn’t just miss the mark – it sets fire to the whole target

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Care charity says new £1.9m building is a ‘statement about how we work’

Care charity says new £1.9m building is a ‘statement about how we work’

Local Solutions hopes the new block will help the charity to create the conditions where care, community and creativity can flourish

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Hospice charities complete merger

Hospice charities complete merger

The new organisation will operate under Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity branding

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RSPCA appoints Home Office director as next chief executive

RSPCA appoints Home Office director as next chief executive

Joanna Rowland is the long-term successor to Chris Sherwood, who has joined the NSPCC

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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 4d

‘Dramatic cuts’ in aid budgets cause £100m fall in development charity’s income

‘Dramatic cuts’ in aid budgets cause £100m fall in development charity’s income

Save the Children International says it has suspended or cancelled more than 140 programmes because of reductions in global aid

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Synagogue assault was an ‘attack on a charity at the heart of its community’, says NCVO boss

Synagogue assault was an ‘attack on a charity at the heart of its community’, says NCVO

Chief executive Kate Lee says the membership body stands in solidarity with those affected

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Our top stories of last week included:

⚪️ Major charity to close 200 stores
⚪️ Islamic Relief receives GB News apology
⚪️ A name change for Sustrans

The essential stories from the past week

Major charity to close about 200 stores, Islamic Relief receives GB News apology, and a name change for Sustrans

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