Governance + Management News

More than half of the public think there are too many charities and want the sector to be rationalised, research carried out for the Charities Act review has shown.

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CFG is launching two guides on the subject of fraud, in an effort to both educate charities on the potential risks and ultimately cut instances of fraud in the sector.

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Funders with an interest in governance should pay for research to establish whether paying trustees does help to improve charity governance, an influential group of charity law experts have recommended.

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Recommendation comes in the submission to the review of the Charities Act 2006 of the umbrella body's charity law advisory group, chaired by by Baroness Howe

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James Hughes-Hallett has been appointed as the next chairman of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, coinciding with the release of the charity’s annual report this week.

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The Charities Act has largely proved to be a good piece of legislation, and the Charity Commission is doing a respectable job of supporting the sector despite its limited resources, according to an independent review being published today.

Charity law should clarify that it is a charitable purpose to measure social impact, and also provide a statutory power of social investment, say lawyers Bates Wells and Braithwaite in a submission to the Charities Act Review.

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The Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health has been shut down after its finance director was jailed for stealing from the organisation

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Margaret Lynch has been confirmed as the new Chief Executive of Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). She will formally take up the post on 1st July 2012. Currently director of the Scottish Mediation Network, Lynch’s CV includes extensive experience of the voluntary sector, including prominent roles at the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), War on Want, and the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF).

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OSCR confirms Highland charity application.