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Guide on trustee liabilities
A new Governance Hub publication provides guidance on assessing and minimising the risks associated with trustee liabilities.
Reducing the Risks - A Guide to Trustee Liabilities:
Tax on Lottery tickets should meet cost of Olympics
The Treasury should forgo its 12 per cent tax on the Lottery and redirect this to meet the increased costs of the Olympics, according to NCVO.
Succession funding toolkit
The Readiness Assessment Tool, originally produced in 2005 for Government Office London to help projects to manage an effective succession or exit strategy when Europe
Charities Act timetable
The provisional timetable for the implemetation of the Charities Act 2006 (click here for detailed summary) has been published by the Office of the Third Sector.
Report says new fund is needed to offset SRB wind-down
Measures to help community organisations deal with the end of the Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) and avert a funding crisis may have come too late, a Government adviser has warned.
New support resource for people managing volunteers
Information and resources on volunteer management have been brought together in a new portal launched by Volunteering England in the summer.
Consultation on policing reforms
Proposals to make the police in England and Wales more responsive, more accountable and more effective were published at the end of July.
Governance guidance for faith groups
New resources for faith-based charities have been published online by the Charity Commission's Faith and Social Cohesion Unit.
Equality Act guidance
A series of guides to the Equality Act has been produced by the Government Equalities Office in partnership with Citizens Advice and other bodies.
Volunteer managers 'lack training'
More than four out of 10 people who manage volunteers have not received any training, according to a report released at the end of August.
