Charity Commission issues official warning to IEA over legal breaches in Brexit report February 5, 2019 The charities regulator has issued an official warning to the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) for breaking charity law in a report about Brexit. The Charity Commission today censured the Westminster think tank for a report into the post-Brexit economy in the UK, which was published in September but has since been taken down. Read [...]
Record year for charity lottery fundraising December 20, 2018 Christmas is traditionally a time of charity giving, but happily the latest official figures on charity funding from lotteries, show a year on year growth on funding for good causes. The figures were published by the Gambling Commission at the end of November, and cover the year to March 2018. They show that it was [...]
Gambling Commission searches for the National Lottery’s next operator November 17, 2018 The UK Gambling Commission is seeking bidders for the National Lottery, as the current agreement with Camelot is set to end in 2023. The Commission wants the next operator to continue improving the lottery by introducing new ideas and innovations while also maximising its potential to help charitable causes. Camelot has been the only operator since the [...]
London Assembly launches new probe into scrapped Garden Bridge project November 15, 2018 The Greater London Authority (GLA) is to investigate the scrapped £200m Garden Bridge project that was promoted under former mayor Boris Johnson. The GLA announced at an oversight committee this morning that it had set up a cross-party working group to scrutinise decisions on the Garden Bridge taken by the Garden Bridge Trust and Transport for London (TfL), [...]
Paddy Power fined £2.2m for failing to protect customers October 16, 2018 Paddy Power Betfair has been fined £2.2m by the gambling watchdog for failing to protect customers and stop stolen money being gambled. The betting site failed to adequately interact with customers who were displaying signs of problem gambling and to carry out anti-money laundering checks, an investigation by the Gambling Commission found. Read more: Rank [...]
The power of partnerships October 12, 2018 Maggie’s is a charity that prides itself on how we treat the people who come through our doors after a cancer diagnosis as individuals with different needs, which we listen to and support. In the same way we tailor our programme of support to each person we also work with businesses to ensure we can [...]
Holiday Homes: Morocco is re-fashioning itself into a hotspot for the international polo crowd with houses to match September 7, 2018 In pride of place on the wall of the Jnan Amar Polo Club in Marrakech is a picture of Sir Richard Branson. Taken in 2014, it shows the grinning Virgin mogul at the first British Polo Day, held at these Moroccan grounds for the first time and contributing a tidy donation to the Eve Foundation, [...]
Dominic Raab says good deal ‘within our sights’ as no-deal Brexit documents released August 23, 2018 Brexit secretary Dominc Raab will today insist that "a good deal is within our sights" as he releases the first tranche of the government's no-deal planning documents. The publication of these technical notes comes as a new survey by City heavyweights KPMG suggests that no-deal Brexit would cause a dramatic contraction in consumer spending, with [...]
Unrestricted funding for charities? It can be done and we are doing it July 25, 2018 So far £382 million has been raised through support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery for thousands of charities across Great Britain and internationally. Much of the funding from People’s Postcode Lottery is… Unrestricted. Flexible. Long term. It is this unique recipe which has been at the core of the funding relationship between People’s [...]
Great Ormond Street Hospital reverses decision to give back Presidents Club money March 27, 2018 Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) will retain the money it was given by the scandal-hit Presidents Club. Trustees of the board officially ratified a decision today to keep £530,000 which it had originally pledged to return, Sky News reported. The children’s hospital was one of the recipients of cash raised by the club, which was [...]