Third Sector: Hurd accuses Suffolk County Council of 'extremely bad commissioning'
The Minister for Civil Society has criticised Suffolk County Council's commissioning after it overlooked a small addiction charity
Civil Society: Shaw Trust examines merger with Work Programme prime contractor
Yesterday The Shaw Trust and Careers Development Group (CDG), two of the biggest charity providers of welfare-to-work services, announced they were considering merging
Children & Young People Now: £10m boost for youth volunteer training
A £10m fund has been granted to Youth United, a group of the youth volunteering organisations, to train new volunteer leaders
beautiful bytes: Did you have any #McDstories?
Ashley from hello beautiful world discusses crowdfunding, hashtags and e-readers
UK Fundraising: Plan UK begins year-long event series to boost child sponsor numbers
Children's charity Plan UK has launched a year-long campaign to raise awareness and sponsors to support the charity
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