Good afternoon and welcome to Tuesday's Guardian Voluntary Sector Network daily digest - where we will be bring you the latest comment, news, views and analysis from the sector.
• To start it off, today on the network Rebecca Brookman discusses why charities need to embrace young volunteers. Brookman argues young people often get dismissed as too unskilled for volunteering, yet charities should support them to safeguard their future.
• Caron Bradshaw, chief executive of Charity Finance Group, spoke to Third Sector today and warned small charities may be over-confident about their ability to handle new pension rules. The process which is currently being introduced will require employers to offer a qualifying pension scheme or face a fine, and will involve almost all members of staff being automatically enrolled in pension schemes.
• Elsewhere, the Express and Star reported findings from Coutts latest Million Pound Donors Report which found the value of large charitable donations worth £1m or more have reached their highest levels since the financial crisis took hold.
• Likewise, the charity times reported on new survey findings which found sourcing funding streams to be the biggest challenge for charities today. Almost half of the charities taking part in Baker Tilly's Funding Challenge survey said that government funding had decreased over the last 12 months reflecting the prolonged period of austerity, and 63% said that sourcing new funding streams was their biggest challenge.
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