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CITRA, the membership organisation for IT professionals in the third sector, merges with the much larger Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm).

Charity Commission publishes finalised supplementary public benefit guidance for charities.

The Workforce Hub has been commissioned to develop a Sector Qualification Strategy for the third sector.

New charity will harness the skills of economists and deploy them to charities that want help to measure their impact.

Reminder that employers with 50 or more on the payroll will need to submit in-year PAYE information online from April.

Northern Ireland’s Charities Act 2008 is expected to be fully operational by early 2011, and Republic of Ireland’s charity legislation could take 2 years or so to be in the same position.

OSCR, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, has published a study on small charity accounts.

The government has published a series of documents relating to its commitment to working in partnership with charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises in delivering public services.

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Small Charities Coalition has launched a new web site, plus offerings from Foundation for Social Improvement and a Third Sector Forum.

The Women’s Resource Centre has produced a guide to engaging with the local agenda.

Third sector organisations are to get access to an extended leadership and management programme through Train to Gain, and Acevo funded to conduct research on leadership skills gaps.