IN BRIEF

• from a medical and social perspective

NCVO published The Road Ahead – the goal is to grow their infuence 2023: The ongoing impact of cost of and impact. The new organisation will living , which examines the key trends be led by Fight for Sight CEO Keith that will affect charities this year. This Valentine and a new name will be includes adapting to political change decided after the merger. and responding to new laws and regulations, in particular annual return

• The Sylvia Adams Charitable Trust has changes and forthcoming investment closed after completing their planned guidance. spend out – they gave grants totalling

• nearly £20m over a 25-year period. Comic Relief launched a new strategy After initially supporting causes for and revealed their focus funding areas children, poverty and disability, the for the next fve years: alleviating the trust concentrated more recently consequences of poverty and its grip on preventative work for the most on people’s daily lives; tackling the disadvantaged children aged three injustices that keep people in poverty; and under in England and Wales. They and standing with those in poverty commissioned a short legacy flm to who are most harmed by climate mark its closure, covering the story change. of Sylvia Adams and six organisations

• it has supported. Watch the flm at Fight for Sight and Vision Foundation sylvia-adams.org.uk are merging from the beginning of April. Together they’ll tackle sight loss BOOK