Lancashire charities making a difference
Lancashire charities making a difference
This week, Mark Simms OBE, spent time in Lancashire, meeting with trustees, volunteers and staff from a wide range of local charities.
The new Charity Governance Code – Essential reading for all trustees
I am delighted that the charity sector’s governance code is now in its 12th year and its 3rd edition. The Commission has supported and endorsed the code since its inception. The latest edition has raised the bar in response to …
The Charity Commission – trusted, valued and in great demand!
The results of our 2017 Trust and Confidence in the Charity Commission survey are good news for the Commission. Against a backdrop of falling trust in institutions of all kinds, public trust in the Commission has held steady since 2015 …
Apply to Register a Charity – one year on
...Commission’s completely digital ‘Apply to Register a Charity’ service (ARC). As the service reaches its first anniversary, it is perhaps fitting that we blog about the three big questions we...
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...