Editors' picks
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A time for giving
Tina Walsh on the charities looking for volunteers this Christmas
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The price of complacency
Voluntary organisations risk being sidelined by the private sector unless they can show the public that their money is well spent. By Martin Narey
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Once bitten, twice shy
The last time she ran a charity she caused a stir. But this time around, Jackie Ballard, the new chief executive of the RNID tells Annie Kelly, all the headlines will focus on the charity
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Window dressing
In pictures: What happened when young volunteers updated Birmingham's charity shops
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Grant anxiety
The Department of Health has announced it is to review its approach to investing in the voluntary sector
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Careers focus
One in 50 employees in the UK works in the voluntary sector. What are the job options?
Most recent
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Giving to charity drops
Dec 10 2007:Charities are being forced to rely on the generosity of a diminishing number of donors, new figures show
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It's time to tame blue chips' charity monkey business
Dec 9 2007:The Treasury must act to stop firms evading tax through corporate giving. By Nick Mathiason
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Campaign leads to clampdown on rogue collectors
Dec 8 2007:Guardian Money praised as agencies take action. Tony Levene reports
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Better giving
Dec 6 2007:Charities spend your money in different ways, says Harriet Meyer, so researching where and how to donate will make your gift go further
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Head of NSPCC to lead watchdog on standards in public life
Dec 6 2007: The chairman of the NSPCC, Sir Christopher Kelly, was appointed to head the government's standards watchdog yesterday, ending a seven-month wait for the vacancy to be filled -
Charities need to learn lessons, too
Dec 6 2007:Mosquitos and intense heat were not the only frustrations for David Townsend while teaching in Cambodia. He also had problems with the voluntary organisation's 'do your best' stance
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New standards chief named
Dec 5 2007: Charity head Sir Christopher Kelly was today appointed as the new chair of the committee on standards in public life -
In praise of ... giving generously
Dec 5 2007: Leader: Scratch below the surface of many banks' charitable trusts and you'll find that often the charities named are not the main beneficiaries -
Revealed: how UK banks exploit charity tax laws
Dec 5 2007:£234bn of mortgages put in trusts supposedly for the benefit of good causes
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Charities fight back against bogus collectors
Dec 3 2007:Consumers warned not to give unwanted clothes to bogus doorstep collectors
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Cyclist died after ambulance took an hour to arrive
Dec 1 2007: · Call wrongly graded as non-life threatening
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Topshop to sell £10 charity water
Dec 1 2007: Topshop has launched charity bottled water that costs more than some of its clothes. The bottle's £10 price will go to a scheme which funds freshwater wells in Africa -
There goes the neighbourhood
Dec 1 2007:Housing: Fancy living next door to a singer or comedian? Now your dreams can come true, writes Miles Brignall
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Report criticises charity recruitment
Nov 29 2007:Charity trustees aren't being recruited, trained or appraised in a
sufficiently open or transparent manner, according to a new report that
criticises the voluntary sector's governance standards -
Letters extra
Nov 28 2007:Readers' responses to last week's SocietyGuardian cover feature on charity regulation
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