Trust in charities surveyed around the UK
The Charity Commission (England and Wales) has published its latest research into trust and confidence in charities. This finds a fall to the lowest recorded level since monitoring began in 2005.
Category: Wales
Reviewing sector support in Wales
Third Sector Support Wales – WCVA and the County Voluntary Councils – has begun a strategic review which will set a new vision and priorities for third sector support services in Wales. While the focus is on setting a new common strategic framework for their network of organisations, they want the exercise to be useful to the wider third sector too.
New Welsh ministerial line-up
Welsh umbrella body WCVA has published a briefing on the results of the recent Welsh Assembly elections, identifying the Assembly Members having interests and expertise that may be of relevance to the sector. In pdf, 247KB via WCVA web page, which also has links through to analysis of the party manifestos.
Charity Commission meeting in mid-Wales
The Charity Commission (England and Wales) is holding its next public meeting in mid-Wales, at Llandrindod Wells on 7th June.
Trustees, charities and charity advisers are invited to attend. The meeting will focus on how charities can improve their financial resilience. Sessions will include:
Thumbs up for Scottish regulator, concerns south of the border
Tenth birthday celebrations for Scottish regulator
Scotland’s charity regulator has just celebrated its tenth birthday, with the Scottish public seeing it as playing an essential and important role in society. Regulator OSCR also enjoys high trust and support from the organisations it oversees.
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Updates on new online charity registration services
The Charity Commission (England and Wales) has now stated that any online applications to register that have been started using its old system need to be completed and submitted before 14th July.
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