Charities & Not-for-Profit - September 2010

Number of unpaid Direct Debits fall
On 7 September 2010, Charity Times reported that the number of Direct Debits which are returned unpaid to UK charities is falling, according to the latest figures from Bacs Payment Schemes (Bacs). The number of unpaid Direct Debits to charities was down by nearly 7 percent in the second quarter of 2010 compared to the corresponding period last year. This figure now represents just 1 percent of all donations made by Direct Debit.

The latest Bacs figures paint a positive overall outlook for the charity sector with the number of Direct Debit donations topping 13 million in the Q2 of 2010. This represents an increase of more than 340,000 donations from the corresponding period last year.
Source: www.charitytimes.com/ct/Unpaid_Direct_Debits.php 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Coalition MPs: charities will "help cut costs"
On 6 September 2010, Charity Times reported that a sizeable chunk of coalition MPs: four in five of Tory MPs and a number of Lib Dem MPs, agree that "the provision of frontline services by charities will help cut costs" - with half (49 percent) of Tories and 7 percent of Lib Dems strongly agreeing with this statement, according to a new survey. This contributes significantly to views held by government critics in the sector that the sector is being asked to do things on the cheap under the facade of the Big Society.

Only a quarter (26 percent) of Labour MPs agree, just 8 percent of them strongly. Indeed, half (49 percent) of Labour MPs actively disagree with the statement, 5 percent of them strongly.

Not-for-profit sector research consultancy nfpSynergy's Charity Parliamentary Monitor surveyed a representative sample of 150 MPs (in May/June 2010), asking them to compare the importance of charities and social enterprises either side of the last General Election in May.
Source: www.charitytimes.com/ct/coalition_MPs_charity%20sector.php
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------IOF launch code of practice checklists
On 31 August 2010, Charity Times reported that in order to improve the accessibility and relevance of its best practice guidance, the Institute of Fundraising (IoF) has launched checklists for each of its Codes of Practice. Each Code now has a checklist at the front that pulls out pertinent issues from the code in a series of questions, making information easier to find and providing a structure for going through the information.

The launch of the checklists coincides with a revamp of best practice information and guidance on the IoF's website.

The Codes are available at: www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/codesdirectory

Source: www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk and www.charitytimes.com/ct/IOF__codes_of_practice.php
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