ACEVO recommends is a monthly blog that curates noteworthy resources, content, and events pertinent to sector leaders.
CharityJob pay and retention report 2024
CharityJobs surveyed more than 1,800 UK charity sector staff find out insights into their salaries, satisfaction and career decisions. The CharityJob Pay and Retention Report 2024 covers:
- Salary increases: are charity staff receiving raises?
- Satisfaction levels: how do charity staff feel about their pay?
- Job changes: what drives charity employees to look for a new job?
Love your legacy manager campaign
Every year, UK charities benefit from legacy income of around £4 billion. By 2033, that figure is expected to reach £5.4bn, doubling over the next 20 years to north of £10 bn.
For over 25 years, the Institute of Legacy Management has been helping legacy professionals across the UK to administer these gifts left to charities. If you want to find out more about how it can help you tackle this sometimes daunting legal process and to optimise your legacy income, visit the Love your Legacy Manager campaign.
DCMS review of the financial thresholds in charity law
DCMS is reviewing financial thresholds in charity law to ensure that the regulatory landscape for charities is proportionate and effective. As part of the review, DCMS is running a public consultation to seek views from charities and other interested parties on the thresholds and what level they should be set at. Please respond to the consultation by completing the online survey, which will be open until 12 June. After the consultation closes, DCMS will publish a summary of the consultation responses together with the government’s response.
Save money on supplies: for you and the people you support
In Kind Direct is a charity that distributes consumer products donated by companies – toothpaste, shampoo, toilet roll, laundry supplies, baby essentials, household items, clothing, toys and office supplies – to charitable organisations for a fraction of the retail price.
Last year, it distributed over 432,000 hygiene packs and saved charitable organisations £29.6m.
Join In Kind Direct – Whether you want products to give to the people you support who would otherwise go without or to reduce spending on supplies to run your premises and activities.
Community not catastrophe: what a whole society approach to preparedness really means
The Young Foundation’s new report, Community not Catastrophe, aims to move the post-emergency conversation on from genuine, well-intended promises to what we all really want and need – practical action and change.
Westminster Insight’s Volunteer recruitment and management conference
Join Westminster Insight’s Volunteer Recruitment and Management Conference on 30 April. Expert speakers and leading organisations from across the UK will come together to help you develop a holistic and flexible volunteer strategy that is fit for the future.
You will learn how to strengthen your recruitment and onboarding processes and effectively retain your invaluable volunteers. Boost engagement and maximise your reach, including young people and hard-to-reach communities.
Book your 20% discounted place using code ACEVO20.
Could your charity benefit from an appeal on the BBC?
The Radio 4 and Lifeline TV appeals have application rounds every quarter and the current one ends on 12 May 12. Find out if you meet the criteria and how to make an application. Successful charities will be broadcasting on Radio 4 or BBC One between May and July 2026. You can listen to the R4 appeal and watch Lifeline.
Climate Connected Communities
The Climate Connected Communities programme is looking for community representatives across London to join a brand-new programme designed to strengthen local resilience.
Led by Communities Prepared of Groundwork South, Groundwork London, and London Resilience, this five-month initiative (May–September 2025) will equip community representatives with the knowledge, skills, and connections to help their communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate challenges. If you, or someone in your network, would be a great fit for this programme, we encourage you/them to complete the expression of interest form today – deadline is 25 April