Celebrating local charities and trustees
...of tweets using the hashtag #TrusteesWeek which also trended in the UK. Trustees’ Week next year will be on 13-17 November, so mark the date in your diary now! Local...
Learning the lessons from reported charity frauds
The impact fraud can have on a charity’s good work, beneficiaries, and reputation can be immense. The National Crime Agency tell us that charities, along with individuals and the private sector, “lose billions of pounds each year to fraud”. Clearly …
What to do if your charity is facing financial difficulties?
The Commission is only too aware, through our casework and conversations with charities, of the financial difficulties that many are facing. Over the past year we’ve seen a number of charities, some high profile, get into financial difficulties – the …
Who can charities work with internationally?
Over the past few years, the Commission’s Outreach team has run a number of workshops for charities working internationally, including those operating in high-risk areas. These include countries affected by...
Our work in 2016-17 towards our Strategic Plan
...the quality of trusteeship. We will work with Cass Business School Centre for Charity Effectiveness and Cranfield Trust on a major piece of research in 2016 looking at trustee awareness...
Campaign for all trustees to read The Essential Trustee: one year and 114,000 clicks later
It’s a year since we launched the new edition of the Essential Trustee (CC3) and kicked off a campaign to get every trustee to read it. And I wanted to share some reflections on this campaign and our results so …
Public Trust 4: our action plan on Governance
...in direct contact with trustees, so that trustees get our updated guidance as it comes out. While we continue to offer speakers and training wherever possible, we will be looking...
Public Trust 3: How do charities tell the public what they want to know?
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...for the year that they’re donating as well (public targets)– so that they can check back next year and see whether you’ve achieved what you set out to do. Whether...
Public Trust 2: How do you choose which charity to support?
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...the Charity Commission has recently or is currently investigating the charity. This is a big step for us to take in response to concerns about the charity and so does...
Ramadan – making a real difference
...round with my family, we all really enjoyed it”. That really is making a difference. Delivering chocolate fudge cakes in Bradford during Ramadan The Charity Commission has produced safer giving...