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  • Charity Commission would be prepared to regulate fundraising, William Shawcross says

    • August 4, 2015
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Blog, Charity
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    William Shawcross, chair of the Charity Commission, has said that the regulator would be prepared to regulate fundraising if it was concluded that a system of self-regulation cannot work. In an interview with The Times newspaper, Shawcross said if the government-appointed inquiry into charity fundraising by Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary

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  • National living wage might cost sector £500m by 2020, study claims

    • July 27, 2015
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Blog, Charity
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    The government’s decision to introduce a national living wage could cost the charity sector an additional £500m by 2020, according to a studies. During the summer Budget earlier this month, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that the national minimum wage, which is currently £6.50 an hour for those aged 21 and over, would

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  • Charity leaders provide mixed response to the Budget.

    • July 8, 2015
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Blog, Charity
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    The Chancellor’s summer Budget, which contained few measures directed specifically at the charity sector, has provoked a mixed reaction among charity sector leaders. They welcomed the announcement of one off give-ways to Military charities, but expressed disappointment that there were no measures addressing Gift Aid or irrecoverable VAT for charities. They said they would keep

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  • George Osborne should raise awareness of Gift Aid in Budget

    • July 7, 2015
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Blog, Charity
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    Eight sector leaders have urged George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to use his summer Budget to raise public awareness of Gift Aid, give charities 100 per cent mandatory rate relief and introduce a more favourable VAT regime. On Wednesday, Osborne will present the first Budget statement read to a majority Conservative government since

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  • Charity Commission research finds support for proposed extensions to the regulator’s powers

    • June 25, 2015
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Blog, Charity
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    Research I found that significant backing for widening the Commission’s powers to ban people from trusteeship and shit down mismanaged charities. Research commissioned by the Charity Commission shows significant public support for two of the new powers that are due to be given to the commission by the new charities bill and for the idea that

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  • Mosque Iftar 2015

    • June 10, 2015
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Interfaith, Environment, Leadership, Blog, Charity
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    MOSQUE IFTAR 2015 (www.mosqueiftar.com) Mosque Iftar will bring the community together during one of the main religious observances of Ramadan. The Mosque, especially during Ramadan, should be more than a place people come to just pray. It should be the center point for all Muslims. Having an Iftar at the Mosque inviting people of all

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  • Charity Commission says proposed power to disqualify people from being trustees would be used only in a handful of cases

    • June 3, 2015
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Blog, Charity
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    In it’s policy paper on the proposal, the regulator says the power would be ‘targeted at the serious end of the spectrum’ and that safeguards were built into the process. The Charity Commission has emphasised that a proposed new power for it to disqualify people from acting as charity trustees would be used only in a

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  • Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill announced in Queen’s Speech

    • May 27, 2015
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Politics, Blog, Charity
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    Measures proposed include wider powers for the Charity Commission to disqualify people from senior roles at Charities and powers for voluntary sector organisations to make social investments. Legislation to give more powers to the Charity Commission has been widened to include measures to disqualify people from working in senior management positions at charities and to

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  • Social Media being used for fundraising

    • May 26, 2015
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Blog, Charity
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    JustGiving users can now share donations using WhatsApp. People using JustGiving to raise money for good causes can now share a fundraising page or the fact they have made a donation with friends and family using WhatsApp. JustGiving allow users to share a fundraising page via WhatsApp and allow people donating via its mobile website to

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  • How to protect vulnerable groups including children

    • May 21, 2015
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Blog, Charity
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    How to get checks and assessments on volunteers, employees and trustees if your charity works with vulnerable groups. People who need protection Charities working with vulnerable groups including children have to make sure their users are safe and protected from harm. Charities may be set up to help children or people who could be vulnerable

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