As announced by the government in last year’s March budget, we are delighted to confirm the launch of a new Charity Authorised Investment Fund structure following a number of years of work by the Charity Investors Group, the Charity Law Association, the Investment Association, the Charity Commission and the Financial Conduct Authority. This structure will [...]
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Bloomsbury Link to Hubert Picarda QC first FREE Charity Law Bulletin (January 2016) http://www.bloomsburylawonline.com/charity-law/charity-law-bulletin/
We have received an update on the transitional arrangements for the use of old and new forms of application for registration from the Charity Commission. The updated timetable is as follows: The new form has been available for use since 14 March and the expectation is that all new applications will now be made using [...]
2016 Spring News Effective Media Relations for Charities by Becky Slack https://www.spmfundessentials.org/titles/effective-media-relations-for-charities-what-journalists-want-and-how-to-deliver-it/
Hubert Picarda QC has recently started writing a free Charity Law Bulletin, which he would like to offer to members of the CLA to read and benefit from. First issue: http://www.bloomsburylawonline.com/charity-law/charity-law-bulletin/
On Tuesday 1 December 2015, representatives of the CLA working party on the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill and the working party on social investment were pleased to attend an NCVO Briefing Session for MPs on the Bill ahead of the Second Reading. Whilst the CLA working party continues to have serious concerns about [...]
Dear friends and colleagues, 'Dealing With Risk by Avoiding it: How the Approach of Banks and Financial Institutions to their Counter-Terrorist Financing Obligations is Harming the Non-Profit Sector.’ 25th November 2015, 6pm-7pm I am pleased to invite you to attend the first seminar of this academic year, at which Matt Shillito will be building on [...]
E-petition to reinstate the old Charity Commission website As you may be aware, following the Government's phasing out of the Direct.gov webpages, much of the Charity Commission's helpful guidance and information that used to be there is no longer readily available. This is much to the detriment of the charity sector. CLA Executive Committee member, [...]