Sentences with phrase «of the charity sector»

The UK Civil Society Almanac, published annually by NCVO, provides a comprehensive overview of the charity sector.

«Our approach was to strike out against some of the negative connotations associated with the language and tactics of the charity sector, which often leads into a world of shock tactics, euphemistic language, well - worn tropes and overly - sentimental language.

The Conservative government also announced plans to begin a review of the charity sector to limit groups» advocacy role following complaints from Harper that groups are receiving questionable «foreign money.»

Through our work with students and universities, we often find an initial image of the charity sector which is not quite true.

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THE GST Assist 13 3088 helpline is a federally funded initiative assisting small and medium - sized enterprises, charities and the education sector prepare for the introduction of GST.

As Chief Economist, Brian is tasked with measuring the impact of the sector and bringing economic issues facing charities and nonprofits to the forefront of public policy decision makers.

With over 170,000 charitable and nonprofit organizations in Canada (85,000 of these are registered charities) the charitable and nonprofit sector contributes an average of 8.1 % of total Canadian GDP.

As Chief Economist for Canada's Charitable and Nonprofit Sector, Brian Emmett is tasked with measuring the impact of the sector and bringing economic issues facing charities and nonprofits to the forefront of public policy decision makers.

You have the option to define a sector as broadly or narrowly as youlike, by types of charities (Category and Cause), by location (Region and State) and by size (Total Expenses).

Ottawa is making a bold push to have business play a bigger role in funding government social programs — asking Canada's corporate and charities sector to submit ideas that could ultimately form part of the 2013 budget.

The extraordinary lengths to which some organizations go to support their chosen charity is indicative of the creativity and commitment that exists within our sector.

Government welfare is a perversion of charity because it is ill - managed and cripples the productive sector over time.

Keith Danby, chief executive of the charity said in a statement: «The increase in children becoming «looked after» is recognised as a growing crisis by many in the care sector.

The president of Coca - Cola South Pacific, Roberto Mercade, said: «The vast majority of the funding in Australia goes to... support charities, the public sector and not - for - profit organisations.

As a research psychologist specialising in child development, Amanda's work spans corporate, government and charity sectors through which she promotes the value of play and positive parenting in child development to a variety of audiences.

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Its research found English charities with annual incomes of under # 100,000 now receive 3.5 % of total voluntary sector income, down from 5.4 % in 2006.

Last week saw the outgoing chief of a volunteering charity say her sector was being decimated by spending cuts, a charge Mr Cameron addressed head - on in today's article.

The government is crushing the independence of charities to get its way, a panel representing the voluntary sector has said.

And not long after that before the small army of journalists tasked with undermining the charity sector get hold of the story.

The Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) raised enough money from governments, charities and the private sector at its recent DfID - hosted conference to immunise a quarter of a billion of the world's poorest children.

Maude began and ended quite touchy - feely, but the meat of the piece fairly accurately represented what you might expect a Tory platform on the third sector to look like: we need a «rehabilitation revolution'to tackle unprecedented levels of reoffending, fuelled by addiction, illiteracy and family breakdown; the state consistently fails to get those who have never worked, lone parents, and those on incapacity benefit back to work; charities should be paid by results; and the third sector is means of saving taxpayer money and delivering services more efficiently and effectively.

Despite all this, there is little firm evidence that the charity sector is a pit of corruption and financial self - interest, operating amid a culture of sexual abuse.

Their goods are transported by road, their workers are educated in schools, their customers are part of sophisticated networks taking in the private sector, the public sector and charities.

Only a small proportion of # 80 billion received by the government in housing tax receipts has gone back into the sector, a charity claims today.

As they stand, the proposals threaten to deprive charities of funding and contradict the government's intention to promote the voluntary sector.

Under the previous government charities came to rely more and more on taxpayers» money, to the extent that parts of the voluntary sector practically became another arm of the state.

In order to create a Ghana that is «able to mobilize our own material and human resources to develop a strong economy, capable of generating prosperity for the mass of our people, and construct a Ghana no longer dependent on handouts and charity», the President stated that the rapid growth of the private sector is an essential ingredient in realizing his government's vision of a Ghana Beyond Aid.

She was a mental health support worker before moving to the charity sector, first as an education worker and ultimately as manager of the education team at the UK's largest anti-racism charity.

The coalition of real - estate and private - sector union interests is a registered 501c4, same as a non-profit charity, and does not have reveal its donors.

She worked at the Maudsley hospital from 1972 to 1974, then switched to the voluntary sector as assistant director of the mental health charity Mind until 1986.

Negative headlines about some charities have damaged the perception of the sector overall, new analysis from YouGov CharityIndex shows.

According to the homelessness charity Shelter, the result of these changes is that private sector tenants today bear 70 per cent of the cost of their rents.

«Not only did the Attorney General spearhead the biggest overhaul of our non-profit laws in over 40 years, which enhanced the office's ability to conduct oversight and compliance monitoring of the state's nonprofit sector, the Charities Bureau uses data and analytic techniques in support of its regulatory and enforcement actions,» spokesperson Doug Cohen said in an email.

«It is untrue that non-religious people do less for charity; various studies and surveys have confirmed this and is insulting to hard - working secular charities and voluntary groups (which make up two thirds of the voluntary sector) to suggest otherwise.

«We put together a panel of experts, bringing together people from the equalities sector, homeless charities, local authorities to help support work around this and actually made changes to the way some of the things were done,» he said.

These were to limit the involvement of charities and the voluntary sector in the democratic process.

Later the Department for International Development said that the Girls Education Challenge was «a new project that will call on NGOs, charities and the private sector to find better ways of getting girls into school in the poorest countries in Africa and Asia which the UK has identified as a priority, including Bangladesh, South Sudan and Nigeria.»

To test the theory, the researchers worked with charity the Workers» Educational Association (WEA), the UK's largest voluntary sector provider of adult education.

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«In doing so, we also want to increase the recognition in society of the movements of solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees, and explore possible ways to resolve the challenges faced by volunteers and charities in the pro-asylum sector.»

In late 2008 the STF were appointed by the Learning Outside the Council Interim Council (an independent charity set up by the UK government in 2008) to act as the Awarding Body for the Study & Sports Tours Sector of the LOtC Quality Badge and our standards adopted as the benchmark for all companies operating in that sector.

Large academy chains, exam boards and other education sector charities could face an apprenticeship tax to support the creation of new apprenticeships.

At route of the event is the opportunity to network and exchange ideas with your colleagues from academies, maintained schools, local authorities and education charities across the sector — something that can be done in abundance at the brand new «Central Networking Area».

As a provider of free telephone crisis counselling services for individuals working in the sector, and organisational development programmes delivered each year to over 900 schools and colleges, the charity is well versed in the issues currently facing education.

Another concern raised by the leading whistleblowing charity, Public Concern at Work (PCaW), is that the lack of clarity in the education sector is also causing practical problems for whistleblowers.

Later in 2006, when the then government established the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC), now an independent charity, the STF were chosen to be the awarding body for the study, sport, ski and cultural sector of its LOtC Quality Badge which extends to cover all types of LOtC experiences and suppliers.

Groundwork believe there is an opportunity for the private sector to step into the breach and points to Tesco's «Bags of Help» community grants scheme as an example of major corporate organisations supporting schools, community organisations and charities to create and improve green spaces in their communities.

The charity delivers private sector funding via # 10,000 to # 20,000 grants for the purchase of musical instruments and tuition, thereby reestablishing music as a birthright for every child, rather than an option for the privileged few.

Great music education is a partnership between classroom teachers, specialist teachers, professional performers and a host of other organisations, including those from the arts, charity and voluntary sectors.