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Following the announcement by Buckingham Palace of the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the cabinet office published on 10 April 2021 guidance for the Period of National Mourning.

The consultation closes at 11:45pm on 20 May 2021

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On 8 April 2021, the northern half of St Vincent and the Grenadines was evacuated to the south due to the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano. Desrie Hadley, a member of VAL staff from St Vincent, is looking for donations to help people on her home island.

We’ve been working behind the scenes over the last year to improve our VAL Volunteering system. On 12 April we’ll finally be able to launch the new update.

On 1 April 2021 Companies House updated their “using software to file your company's information” guidance. 

The Samworth Foundation has become the newest shareholder of Charity Bank with an investment of £500k. In addition, existing Charity Bank shareholder, Barrow Cadbury Trust, has increased their total investment in the bank by £500k to £750k.

The next application deadline is 4 May 2021

On 31 March 2021 the Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street and the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities published a news story explaining that the report was launched to conduct a detailed, data-led examination of inequality across the entire population, and to set out a positive agenda for change.