Charity law is 'opportunity for transparency' in Northern Ireland

By Ben Cook, Third Sector Online, 6 December 2007

The Northern Irish Assembly should use new charities legislation to ensure greater transparency in the voluntary sector, according to the province's representative body for charity leaders.

According to Chief Officers 3rd Sector, known as CO3, the introduction of a charity commission for Northern Ireland – which forms part of the legislative proposals to be debated by the assembly later this month – would also mean the third sector could be quantified. “A register of charities would...