A thank you to all trustees
A thank you to all trustees
As we begin Trustees’ Week 2024, David Holdsworth thanks the hundreds of thousands of trustees in England and Wales who take on this role for the good of others.
Refining our regulatory approach
...of an Effective Charity and instead endorse and promote the code as the go-to good governance guide. We’re also conducting research with Cass Business School and the Cranfield Trust to...
Charities, good governance, and International Women’s Day
...by many charitable schools. No doubt there is room for improvement here as in any other group of charities, but many schools are shining examples of good processes, well executed....
The changing face of the Governance Code
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People become charity trustees because they believe in something and want to make a difference. They don’t want to waste their time on bureaucracy. But nor do they want their efforts wasted by ineffectiveness or undermined by the behaviour or …
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...