VoluntaryNews

WRVS has published a study which finds that older people who volunteer are less depressed, have a better quality of life and are happier.

WRVS news item or download 'The impact of volunteering on well-being in later life' (pdf 869KB).

The Charity Law Review Advisory Group set up by NCVO has issued its final report and recommendations in connection with a review of the operation of the Charities Act 2006.

WomenCount is a new organisation which is benchmarking women's leadership across charitable, academic and public bodies.

It has produced the 'Women Count: Charity leaders 2012' report, setting out the number of female chief executives, chairs and trustees in the top 100 charities (separately by assets and income). Available from http://women-count.org in online version or pdf (1.68MB).

Scotland's charity regulator OSCR has approved the first conversion of an existing charitable company to the new legal form of Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Available for new organisations from April 2011, SCIO conversions became available from January.

The new SCIO, the Glen Urquhart Childcare Centre, provides affordable childcare to children aged from three to 14 years. OSCR news item.

The fourth issue of VIEW, the new independent voice for the community/voluntary sector in Northern Ireland, is out with a  cover feature on homelessness, at http://viewdigital.org. This has pdf (No. 4 is 10.45MB) and Flash versions, and other formats are available.

(Source: NICVA eNews)

A recent post on New Philanthropy Capital's discussion pages is 'The ideology of impact'.

A 'Volunteer Practice Toolkit' for volunteer managers who are working with volunteers in family support has been produced by Family Lives, http://familylives.org.uk/volunteer-practice-toolkit/.

Scotland's Third Force News is reporting that the new Community Membership being offered by Britain's biggest trade union, Unite, will focus on volunteer rights in the Edinburgh pilot.