Advice & Information
CRB checks and new Vetting and Barring Scheme
Article explaining the new system
Charity Commission Compliance – friend or foe?
In September 2008 the Charity Commission published ‘ Charities back on track’. The report followed assessments of 799 concerns raised about charities. The lessons learned include being aware of and minimising risks in the following areas: protection of charity assets; dealing with conflict of interests; guidance to improve governance; protecting vulnerable beneficiaries; the threat of terrorism and disputes within charities.
Guidance on best practice is available through DCA – don’t be worried about asking us for help if you need information or advice.
Ruth Morgan has written a short summary of some of the issues raised by the Charity Commission in a briefing paper.
To access this information go to BRIEFING
(you can find the full version at http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Library/investigations/pdfs/track.pdf)
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For Funding opportunities and information (Updated throughout the month) go to FUNDING
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Corporate Manslaughter
Does the new offence apply to sub-contractors?
• The new offence applies to all companies and employing partnerships, including those in a contracting chain. However, whether a particular contractor might be liable for the new offence will depend in the first instance on whether they owed a relevant duty of care to the victim. The Act does not impose new duties of care but the new offence will apply in respect of existing obligations on the main contractor and sub-contractors for the safety of worksites, employees and other workers which they supervise.
Does the new offence apply to charities and voluntary organisations?
• As with the law of manslaughter/culpable homicide at present, the new offence will apply where a charity or voluntary organisation has been incorporated (for example, as a company or as a charitable incorporated organisation under the Charities Act 2006). A charity or voluntary organisation that operates as any other form of organisation to which the offence applies, such as a partnership with employees, will also be liable to the new offence.
