Comment: Guidance for an active civil society

By John Knight, Third Sector, 20 February 2008

Last month the Charity Commission published its guidance on public benefit. It has received much attention and I am about to add my penny's worth.

Debate has surrounded the redefinition of the term 'people living on low incomes' to 'people living in poverty', when it refers to people living in poverty not being excluded from opportunities that a charity such as a fee-charging school might offer. My interest in this is about the issues the...

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