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Action on fraud Concrete investment Social engineering Sector initiatives helping charities The attractive projected returns on The boost in social investment to fight back against fraudsters commercial property investment working as a force for social change August/September 2013 l www.charitytimes.com The big society revisited 16 October 2013 Awards Gala Dinner and Ceremony Lancaster London Hotel, Hyde Park BOOK YOUR TABLE www.charitytimes.com/awards Gold Sponsor In Association with Media Partner SINGLEpageCTawards2013.indd 1 8/9/2013 3:12:13 PM EDITORIAL COMMENT Editor Andrew Holt [email protected] Pay and politics 020 7562 2411 Contributing Writers Matthew Bennett, Jeremy Bliss, Stephen Bubb, In early-to-mid August there was an interesting spate Harry de Ferry Foster, Charlotte Hill , Tom Levitt, of articles in the mainstream media about the pay of Maurice Mcleod, Cian Murphy, Abigail Rotheroe, charity chief executives. What began as a report on the Meenakshi Parameshwaran & Nick Sladden, Charity Commission chairman on charity CEO salaries Design & Production developed into a broadside about the level of charity CEO Matleena Lilja pay, but it should be remarked in only a specific number [email protected] of case examples. It arose out of an interview with Charity 020 7562 2400 Commission chairman William Shawcross in The Daily Commercial Manager Telegraph in which he made the ill-judged comment that Cerys Brafield large salaries paid to charity staff could “bring the charitable world into disrepute”. [email protected] Shawcross added that organisations must ask if pay levels are “really appropriate”. 07766 662 610 Shawcross showed a bad level of judgement in making these comments, Advertising Manager which in no way help the charity sector. Also, it is not his role to intervene in such Steve Good a manner. This was just part of an on-going narrative by The Daily Telegraph. [email protected] The paper’s first report noted that 30 staff at 14 leading UK foreign aid charities 020 7562 2435 were paid £100,000 or more last year. The charities detailed by the newspaper, Subscriptions are a highly selective and unique group: making up the Disasters Emergency Joel Whitefoot Committee (DEC), which co-ordinates work dealing with disasters overseas; they [email protected] are heavyweight in terms of income and wide in terms of international scope.The 020 8950 9117 Telegraph’s narrative was seemingly motivated by the opinion that these overpaid Subscription Rates (6 issues pa) charity CEOs were leftist politicos who needed bringing down a peg or two. £79pa registered charities Justin Forsyth, Save the Children CEO, on a reported £163,000 came in for some £119pa rest of UK, £127pa EU £132pa elsewhere serious Telegraph ire because of his left-wing politics: he had previously been director of communications under Gordon Brown when he was Prime Minister. As Printed by Warners Midlands did Sir Nick Young CEO of the British Red Cross and reportedly on £184,000 a year, All rights reserved. The views expressed who received criticism because under Labour he sat on the NHS Modernisation are not necessarily those of the publishers. Board as well as the Office of The Third Sector Advisory Board. But you would ISSN : 1355-4573 expect a senior charity CEO to be represented on such bodies, would you not? Published by These two charities together have an income of nearly £263 million. Given that, are Perspective Publishing, 6th Floor, their salaries really extortionate? When looked at in context of their income, which 3 London Wall Buildings, London EC2M 5PD all goes to help their beneficiaries in some way, and compared to the public and www.perspectivepublishing.com private sectors, these are not excessive salaries. It should be kept in mind that the average salary for a charity boss is £58,000. Managing Director The map for going forward though, may have been set-out by NCVO, who have John Woods suggested it and the Charity Commission work together to produce guidance Publishing Director for charity trustees on how to go about determining senior staff remuneration. A Mark Evans sound and sensible suggestion. It would be even sounder if it could involve ACEVO, CFG and other sector bodies, ensuring the sector could speak with one voice on this very important issue. Andrew Holt, Editor Average net circulation of 10,373 copies for July 11 – June 12 www.charitytimes.com 03 SESSIONS INCLUDE: LEGACY FUNDRAISING Legacy market outlook - living CONFERENCE with the ‘new normal’ Prospect RE-ENERGISE YOUR LEGACY Thursday 19th segmentation CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE MAXIMUM September 2013 RESULTS FOR YOUR CHARITY Insight into will Cavendish writing from the Is your legacy strategy as innovative as Conference Centre, Co-op it could be to secure future support for London W1G 9DT your organisation? 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Changing giving behaviour BOOK NOW Media Partner: Innovation www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/ in legacy legacy-fundraising-2013 fundraising Excellent fundraising for a better world Charity Times ad_Legacy.indd 1 06/08/2013 17:00 CONTENTS 34 38 27 COVER STORY: THE BIG SOCIETY Andrew Holt searches through the maze that is the Big Society for meaning 48 News In Depth 19 Charity Commission Accounts Features Reviewed by Nick Sladden 09 ACEVO chief hits out CHARITY FraUD Anger over CEO pay comments Columns 34 Time for action on fraud 10 Oxfam’s challenging year There are several reasons charities make Oxfam sees income fall by £17.6m 20 Politics & influence attractive targets for fraudsters, notes Stephen Bubb on political parties Maurice Mcleod, but some important sector Analysis and Profile 21 Youth Volunteering initiatives are helping charities to fight back Matthew Bennett & Meenakshi Sponsored by 14 Sector Analysis Parameshwarant on participation Cian Murphy analyses 22 Corporate participation Commercial PropertY research on charity trust Jeremy Bliss on giving 38 Concrete investment 24 Profile 23 Social Investment The projected returns on offer Andrew Holt met Tony Armstrong, Abigail Rotheroe on the SI market to charities through commercial chief executive of Living Streets property investment are highly attractive, says Andrew Holt The Review Charity Services SOCIAL INVESTMENT 16 The Company Giving Almanac 54 Suppliers Directory 48 Social engineering Reviewed by Tom Levitt Comprehensive listings of products David Cameron has described social 17 The People’s Business and services for the sector investment as “a great force for social Reviewed by John Chesters change” and has boosted the market with 18 The State of the Service Nation some significant changes. 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