Tags: Charity
Australian state considers making religious charities justify status
Posted: Wed, 04 Apr 2018
The Australian state of Victoria is considering a bill which would require religious charities to justify the benefits granted to them. Read More »
Islamic charity run by Cherie Blair’s sister mislaid over £90,000
Posted: Tue, 30 Jan 2018
An Islamic charity has failed to account for almost 50% of its total expenditure, according to the Charity Commission. Read More »
Religious groups should deliver public services “on an equal opportunities basis”
Posted: Tue, 09 Jan 2018
A minister has told the NSS public services must be delivered "on an equal opportunities basis", including by religious groups. Read More »
Faith groups ‘shouldn’t proselytise when providing public services’
Posted: Thu, 07 Dec 2017
The NSS has written to the Government after a minister said Christian charities need not hide their faith when providing public services. Read More »
NSS urges regulator to investigate charity behind notorious monk-brewed booze
Posted: Tue, 11 Apr 2017
The National Secular Society has written to the Charity Commission urging it to investigate a religious charity behind the sale of an alcoholic drink widely associated with criminal activity in Scotland. Read More »
Government should relax small gifts charity rule to help secular charities
Posted: Mon, 04 Jul 2016
The National Secular Society has called on the Government to reform a charity aid scheme to ensure that all charities, including secular ones, can access the scheme and benefit equally. Read More »
Website of Islamic charity hosted articles advocating death for gay people and apostates
Posted: Mon, 20 Jul 2015
Content on the website of the Islamic Network, a registered charity, referred to homosexuality as a "sick disease" and 'legitimised' the killing of gay people. Read More »
Religious extremism in Islamic charity is exposed by ITV documentary
Posted: Thu, 19 Feb 2015
An ITV documentary has exposed radicalism and anti-Semitism in an Islamic charity with alleged extremist links. Read More »
£400,000 Government scheme to “strengthen” faith organisations in Britain
Posted: Tue, 17 Feb 2015
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is giving away £400,000 to a religious organisation or consortium, with the purpose of "strengthening" faith groups in the UK. Read More »
58 Plymouth Brethren churches given charitable status
Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2015
Almost 60 Plymouth Brethren congregations have gained charitable status in the past year providing them with significant tax benefits. Read More »
Religious charities face Charity Commission investigations
Posted: Mon, 17 Nov 2014
Several faith-based charities have recently faced investigations or "operational compliance cases" from the Charity Commission for a range of offences, including fraud and accounting irregularities. Read More »
Catholic adoption agency ruling ‘kicks a hole through Equality Act’, warns NSS
Posted: Mon, 03 Feb 2014
The NSS has warned that a decision by the Scottish Charities Appeal Panel about a Catholic adoption agency that discriminates against gay couples "kicks a hole right through the middle of the Equality Act". Read More »
As the country struggles with its finances, new tax perks for churches are brought in
Posted: Thu, 16 May 2013
Catholic parish churches will be able to claim from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) an extra 20% for each donation of up to £20 without requiring the giver to complete a form. Read More »
NSS challenge Scottish Minister’s comments concerning adoption charity case
Posted: Tue, 29 Jan 2013
The National Secular Society has published an open letter to Scottish Government Minister Mike Russell, asking him to clarify his position over the St Margaret's Adoption and Family Care Society adoption case. Read More »
Scottish Catholic adoption agency ordered to comply with equality law
Posted: Wed, 23 Jan 2013
A Catholic adoption agency has been told by the Charity Regulator in Scotland that if it doesn't lift its ban on applications from gay couples it will lose its charitable status. Read More »
MPs support bid to restore ‘public good’ presumption of religion
Posted: Thu, 20 Dec 2012
MPs have backed a bid by Conservative MP Peter Bone to amend the Charities Act to restore the presumption that all religious groups are for the public benefit and therefore can be charities. Read More »
Christian MPs accuse Charity Commission of having “secularising agenda”
Posted: Thu, 15 Nov 2012
Nick Hurd, the Government minister for civil society, fended off a barrage of criticism this week over the Charity Commission's decision not to grant charitable status to the Plymouth Brethren. Read More »
Christian debt advice expands as CAB contracts
Posted: Tue, 13 Nov 2012
A Christian debt counselling organisation that offers prayers with its advice is spreading rapidly throughout the country. Read More »
Charity Commission is “anti-religious”, claims Tory MP
Posted: Thu, 01 Nov 2012
Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has accused the Charity Commission of trying to suppress religion and predicted that the Plymouth Brethren case, where the organisation has been refused charity status, will be the first of many. Read More »
