Charity boards ‘lack skills’ in key areas
Trustee boards lack legal, fundraising and digital skills, according to a major new report. Published November 2017.
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The Charity Digital Code of Practice
The Charity Digital Code of Practice is for charity professionals looking to get more strategic with digital. The Code can help you figure out the key actions that your charity needs to take to stay relevant and increase your impact, efficiency and sustainability.
Fundraising Regulator faces financial trouble as charities refuse to pay levy
The Fundraising Regulator is running on its reserves after failing to raise enough in the first round of its levy on fundraising spend to operate effectively, according to documents seen by Civil Society News.
Crisis Communications for Charities
Working with independent comms consultants Champollion and a steering group of experienced and battle-hardened comms experts, CharityComms has produced a free practical guide to creating and implementing your own crisis comms plan.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for the charity sector
Guidance to help with running your charity during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Crisis communications for charities – Best Practice Guide
This guide from Charity Comms explores how to identify a crisis and what a successful crisis comms response looks like.
When the Going Gets Tough - Governance Now 2019 Keynote
Highlights of Caroline Thomson's keynote speech at Governance Now, 8 November 2019.
Conflicts of Interest: a Guide for Charity Trustees
This guidance applies to the trustees of all charities in England and Wales, registered and unregistered. The Commission recommends that trustees read this guidance to understand the basics, and how it expects them to deal with conflicts of interest facing them or their charity. First published May 2014. Latest edition February 2017.
Alert for charities – cyber crime and how to report to the Charity Commission
This alert provides information and advice to charity trustees about cyber crime and how to report it. Published: 2 May 2019.
How VAT affects charities (VAT Notice 701/1)
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys. Published 28 October 2014. Last updated 1 May 2019.
