Do you wish to volunteer ... The Royal Voluntary Service has launched a new advertising and recruitment campaign to increase volunteering by older people in local communities. The campaign will encourage people to
Charities Aid Foundation ... Charities have been helped to process over £70m of donations since the launch of CAF Donate. Figures released by CAF show that: £71.8m has now been raised
Charity Digital Tech Conf... Charity Digital News ran a Charity Digital Tech Conference 2019 and you will find useful videos of the speakers here https://bit.ly/2JxrmgR covering website design, social media
Trading Subsidiaries – ... The purpose of trading subsidiaries of charities is simple. The wholly owned trading subsidiary undertakes the commercial trading activities that do not fall within the objects of
Issues for trustees consi... Marie Stopes International has been warned by the Charity Commission that its work faced being “undermined” over the decision to award its CEO a bonus equivalent to
Charities in Scotland are... The Scottish Government has launched a grants scheme to help Scottish charities boost their cyber security. Managed by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), the scheme
New rules disqualifying f... From 1 August 2018, new rules extend the criteria disqualifying certain individuals from acting as trustees or holding senior management positions in charities. The Charity Commission has
Changes to annual return ... The Charity Commission has made a number of amendments to the content of the annual return for 2018 (AR18), after an extensive consultation with charities throughout the
Charities using social me... The Charity Commission advises that if your charity uses social media, you are responsible for: agreeing and putting in place a social media policy so that you
Charity accounts – ... The main reasons why charity accounts submissions do not meet the basic benchmark are: failure to evidence that accounts had been subject to independent scrutiny by an
