Non Profit news in the UK | Page 2

An overview of news, trends and research in the Non Profit industry in the UK:

Aecus raises £3,675 for children charity in Bury St Edmunds Aecus has raised £3675 for the Bright Stars club, in Bury St Edmunds, through a Charity Quiz organised by the consulting firm.
24 May 2017
Avasant Foundation raises $200,000 for global youth projects Avasant Foundation has raised $200,000 from key technology focused professional services firms for youth across the globe looking to enter digital technology focused career paths.
31 March 2017
Mace Foundation selects four new charity partners for support The Mace Foundation has selected four new charity partners for its funding and support efforts to 2020: The Construction Youth Trust, LandAid, Mind and Youth Hostel Association.
24 March 2017
Ecorys commissioned to identify top civil society organisations in Zambia To bolster civil society organisations (CSOs) in Zambia's Environment and Natural Resource Management space the Finish Government has commissioned a consortium, including PMTC and Ecorys.
16 February 2017
Brickendon sponsors doctors who plan to row across the Indian Ocean In a bid to raise £100,000 in funding for Doctors Without Boarders, Ted Welman and Jack Faulkner, two British doctors, have announced plans to row 3,600 mile across the Indian Ocean.
25 January 2017
Managing Director of L.E.K. joins advisory board of US charity L.E.K. Consulting Managing Director, and Global Head Life Sciences, Pierre Jacquet, has taken a seat on the Advisory Board of Boston Charity Life Science Cares.
04 January 2017
Raymond James donates 6,500 advisory hours to local communities The Raymond James Cares programme, which operates across 31 US states, recently donated more than 6,500 hours to benefit 145 local charity organisations.
04 November 2016
RSM joins 60th birthday celebrations of Duke of Edinburgh's Award RSM is supporting the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award through a range of efforts, as part of UK celebrations for the charity’s Diamond Jubilee.
26 October 2016
Mace teams takeover Mind shops for charity challenge Teams of professional services firm Mace have, as part of the Mind Retail Challenge, raised £6,000 for Mind, a mental health charity across England and Wales.
30 September 2016
Grant Thornton celebrates the success of social mobility measures Social mobility remains an issue in the UK, with many of society’s top roles filled by those from a background of privilege.
26 September 2016
Budget of UNICEF grows to 5 billion, the UK gives generously Last year, UNICEF received $5 billion in donations and grants from governments, organisations and individuals from all over the world; the UK Government and private sector provided a total of $600 million to UNICEF.
07 September 2016
The Bertelsmann Foundation hires Ecorys for EU youth employment study Ecorys has been hired by the Bertelsmann Foundation to run a study into projects that work with unemployed youth across Europe.
07 September 2016
Family businesses keen to invest in philanthropy and impact investing Philanthropy remains an important activity for family owned companies across the globe. A new report finds that on average 3.1% of respondents’ wealth is invested in some form of philanthropic activity.
01 September 2016
Reality HR takes part in Basingstoke Race for Life Reality HR, a Basingstoke-based HR consultancy, recently participated in the 5k Race For Life, with the team’s efforts raising over £4,000 for Cancer Research UK.
30 August 2016
Unique cooperation provides Projective a moving team building session Projective, a specialist in project management in the financial sector, has joined forces with the Koninklijke Militaire Academie (Royal Military Academy) and Stichting BAS (BAS Foundation).
11 August 2016
Bidwells climbs Mount Helvellyn to fundraise for charity RNIB To raise money for the Royal National Institute of Blind People, Bidwells recently took on the challenge of reaching the top of Mount Helvellyn.
24 June 2016
70% of charities in UK expect demand for charity services to grow A new study reveals that the charity sector expects its fortunes to turn in the coming period, on the back of growing demand for charity services.
23 June 2016
UN Office for Project Services strikes deal with Accenture arm The United Nations Office for Project Services has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Accenture, through which the global consulting and technology firm will leverage its capabilities to impro
30 March 2016
Cambridge Consultants supports East Anglian Air Ambulance Cambridge Consultants, following the £20,000 fundraising effort of the firm’s staff, has decided to match the effort to provide a total of £40,000 to the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
30 March 2016
Deloitte UK launches Society Partnership programme In a move to expand its Corporate Social Responsibility, Deloitte has combined its charity partnership and social innovation pioneers programmes into the ‘Society Partnership’ programme.
10 February 2016
Alpha FMC partners with AfriKids as Charity of the Year Consulting firm Alpha FMC has partnered with charity and social enterprise AfriKids.
30 December 2015
Mace employees select Mind as Charity of the Year 2016 Mental health charity Mind has been selected as Charity of the Year 2016 for the Mace Foundation.
24 December 2015
Accenture grant to equip 50,000 youth with job skills Accenture has committed a $5 million grant to Youth Business International, to be used to equip 50,000 youth worldwide with entrepreneurial skills.
23 December 2015
Bain & Company and EY partner of Social Business Trust Social enterprises strive to provide social outcomes over profit, leveraging business operations to fund projects.
17 December 2015
Arcadis and UN-Habitat extend partnership up to 2017 Design & consultancy firm Arcadis and the UN-Habitat have extended their collaboration, which runs under the name ‘Shelter Programme’, to improve urban quality of life of people worldwide with two mo
17 December 2015
Elixirr consultants cycle to Lapland for ITV Text Santa The Elixirr Foundation, and the firm’s participating staff, are supporting this year’s edition of ITV Text Santa.
16 December 2015
Five lessons charities can learn from business strategy The recent collapse of Kids Company has shocked UK’s charity sector.
23 November 2015
Accenture to equip 6.000 Africans with skills to succeed Accenture has, as part of its ‘Skills to Succeed’ initiative, donated $2.2 million to Plan Netherlands*, in the form of both funds and pro bono services.
20 November 2015
Midlands consultancy Harrison Beale & Owen joins DFK Harrison Beale & Owen has joined DFK International, a not-for-profit association of professional services firms.
07 October 2015
Mace donates 5,000 to outdoor-education charity The Mace Foundation has supported outdoor-education organisation Outward Bound with a donation of £5,000.
31 July 2015
Grant Thornton: Clear charity reporting rebuilds trust Public trust in UK charities and NGOs decreased from 67% in 2014 to 51% this year, with unjustifiable ‘overheads’ – among which executive pay – a leading concern.
21 July 2015
Engage app platform Capita supports vulnerable adults Consulting firm Capita has developed an engage app platform for Fortunatus Housing Solutions, to be used by the housing charity for its newly developed app.
24 June 2015

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