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Emily Harle

London-based journalist currently working as a Senior Reporter at Third Sector, the UK's leading publication for the charity and voluntary sector. 

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Foundation chief takes up top job at Civil Service charity

Jonathan Freeman, founder and chief of the CareTech Foundation, is to assume the top job at the Charity for Civil Servants later this year.

He will take up the reins on 16 September from Graham Hooper, who is retiring after nine years at the organisation.

Freeman founded the CareTech Foundation, which supports the social care sector through grantmaking, in 2017.

Since 2017 he has also been the managing director of Earlsbrook Consulting, which provides strategic consultancy support to charitie
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Large grant causes Keep Britain Tidy’s income to more than triple

Keep Britain Tidy’s income has more than tripled to nearly £17m over the past year, its latest accounts show.

The charity, which aims to eliminate litter in Britain, saw its income rise to £16.9m in the year to the end of March 2023 from just £5.2m the year before – a 226 per cent increase.

The accounts show that income from charitable activities rose from £4.4m in 2021/22 to £15.9m in 2022/23, with smoking-related litter funds accounting for £11.4m of this.

The increase was largely due to a
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British aid charity founder killed in combat in Ukraine aged 49

The founder and director of the Ukrainian aid charity Project Konstantin has been killed in combat in Ukraine, his organisation has said.

Peter Fouché, 49, who was a South African-born British citizen, founded Project Konstantin in 2022 alongside other independent volunteers to provide essential supplies to soldiers on the front lines.

He served in both the Territorial Defense Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to the charity.

Project Konstantin announced Fouché’s death on soci
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Former charity manager jailed for £40,000 fraud

A former manager of a Scottish social care charity has been imprisoned for 12 months after admitting to embezzling about £40,000 from the charity’s vulnerable residents.

Violet Connor, 67, of Fife, appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on 27 June and was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment after admitting stealing £40,060 from residents of Sense Scotland, which provides care for vulnerable adults and children with complex needs.

Connor, who was authorised to withdraw money for service users from
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Cancer charity appoints new chief

Cancer Research Wales has appointed Adam Fletcher, former head of British Heart Foundation Cymru, as its new chief executive.

Fletcher, who started in the role today, succeeds former interim chief executive, Scott Pearson, who is retiring. Pearson took over the job from Kieran Harris, who stepped down in August 2023 after six months in the role.

Fletcher was the head of British Heart Foundation Cymru for nearly seven years.

Before his career in the voluntary sector, Fletcher was a public heal
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Tributes paid to major philanthropist Sir Jack Petchey

The philanthropist and entrepreneur Sir Jack Petchey, whose foundation has invested more than £170m in youth projects, has died at the age of 98.

In a statement, the Jack Petchey Foundation said its founder died at his home in Wapping, London on 27 June, aged 98.

Petchey started the foundation in 1999 to support people aged 11 to 25 in Essex and London, and it has since invested more than £170m in youth projects.

The foundation said Petchey came from “humble beginnings”, having been born to w
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Hospice charity cuts 45 jobs as it faces £2.4m deficit

Birmingham Hospice has announced plans to make 14 per cent of its workforce redundant and reduce its number of inpatient beds, as it faces an estimated £2.4m deficit this year.

The end-of-life charity plans to cut the equivalent of 45 full-time roles, which it said equated to about 14 per cent of its workforce.

In a statement, the hospice said the redundancies come as a result of “unsustainable rising costs”, a “lack of government funding” and an estimated £2.4m deficit in its budget for this
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Charity chief makes way for Zambia-based leader as part of localisation efforts

The chief executive of On Call Africa will step down to make way for a Zambia-based leader as part of the charity’s localisation efforts.

Ben Margetts, who took up the top job at the Zambia-based healthcare charity in 2019, said he did not have another role lined up but was leaving the charity in March because it is the “right move for the organisation in our localisation journey”.

Under Margetts’ leadership, the charity’s annual income rose from £119,000 in 2019 to a projected £1.4m in 2024,