Latest news in the Community, youth workers and not for profit sector

All the latest news articles and press releases from the sector.

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90 per cent of charity workers feel under pressure as funding crisis mounts

04 March 2010

More than 90 per cent of voluntary sector staff feel their well-being is being undermined due to the financial crisis facing charities.

Culture of clergy bullying ‘needs to be tackled’, says Unite

02 March 2010

A culture of bullying has yet to be understood or addressed in the church and in other faiths, Unite, the largest union in the country, will tell a meeting in London on 11 March.

Unite charity workers to lobby MPs on 9 March over funding crisis

16 February 2010

Hundreds of charity workers will be lobbying MPs on Tuesday, 9 March about the deteriorating funding and employment conditions in the voluntary sector.

Longest ever industrial action by youth and community workers enters 11th week in Coventry

01 February 2010

The longest ever industrial action by youth workers in the UK enters its eleventh week at Coventry city council with strike action on Friday, 5 February.

Unite to ballot for industrial action after Action for Children sack workers just before Christmas

23 December 2009

Unite, the union for not for profit and community workers, will be preparing for an industrial action ballot of its members at Action for Children’s House on the Hill Project in Lewisham, South London.

Charities have key role in helping end recession, says Unite

22 December 2009

Charities have a key role in leading Britain out of recession in 2010, Unite, the largest union in the country, has said.

Unite calls for two bishops to resign for allowing ‘culture of bullying’ in Worcestershire diocese

16 December 2009

Vicar leaves rectory after four years of torment.

Promotion of ‘choice’ undermines charities’ services

27 November 2009

The catch-all clarion call of ‘choice’ undermines charities, their staff and the services they provide, Unite, the largest union in the country, has said.

Charity bosses’ ‘City pay culture’ should be curbed, says Unite

09 November 2009

The excessive City pay culture is seeping into the remuneration packages of charity bosses and should be curbed.

Charities are being used as ‘the privatisation trojan horse’ in the NHS

09 November 2009

Charities are being used as ‘the privatisation trojan horse’ in the NHS

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