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					<title><![CDATA[Sector figures loom large on safeguarding authority board]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Governance/rss/article/809994/Sector-figures-loom-large-safeguarding-authority-board/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Four voluntary sector leaders are among the 10 board members appointed today by the Independent Safeguarding Authority, which will oversee the new vetting and barring scheme for people working with children and vulnerable adults.]]></description>
					<author>Emma Maier</author>
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[YoungMinds promotes interim chief]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Governance/rss/article/809396/YoungMinds-promotes-interim-chief/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Children's mental health charity YoungMinds has appointed interim chief executive Sarah Brennan, who was drafted in after the departure of the entire senior management team, on a permanent basis.]]></description>
					<author>Andy Ricketts</author>
					<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Charities are better at lobbying than major companies, say MPs]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Governance/rss/article/808632/Charities-better-lobbying-major-companies-say-MPs/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Three in four MPs think charities lobby them more effectively than companies, according to new research.]]></description>
					<author>Rosie Walker</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Wood will sit out board decisions]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Governance/rss/article/808627/Wood-will-sit-board-decisions/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The Charity Commission's newest board member, John Wood, will sit out any decisions on fee-charging charities because his children attend public school.]]></description>
					<author>David Ainsworth</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Low: CAF structural reforms will take three years]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Governance/rss/article/808623/Low-CAF-structural-reforms-will-three-years/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[It will take three years to reorganise and refocus the Charities Aid Foundation, its chief executive has said.]]></description>
					<author>David Ainsworth</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Aid agencies assert 'critical distance' from Government]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Governance/rss/article/808620/Aid-agencies-assert-critical-distance-Government/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Two of the UK's largest aid agencies have turned down an offer to work closely with the Government on the UN's Millennium Development Goals because they fear it will threaten their independence.]]></description>
					<author>Mathew Little and Rosie Walker</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[New draft face-to-face fundraising code launched]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Governance/rss/article/808966/New-draft-face-to-face-fundraising-code-launched/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Fundraising's revised code of practice on face-to-face fundraising incorporates for the first time advice on prospecting - the practice where prospective donors are asked to give their contact details for future communication, but are not asked for money or their bank details.]]></description>
					<author>Hannah Jordan</author>
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Pensions Trust elects new board members]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Governance/rss/article/808600/Pensions-Trust-elects-new-board-members/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Two new board members have been elected to the board of the Pensions Trust, one of the biggest pension funds for the UK charity and social sector.]]></description>
					<author>David Ainsworth</author>
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Tory government 'would monitor social value of policies']]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Governance/rss/article/808550/Tory-government-would-monitor-social-value-policies/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[A Conservative government would enhance "social value" as well as economic efficiency, David Cameron said yesterday in a speech to the Campaign to Protect Rural England.]]></description>
					<author>Mathew Little</author>
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Finance conference addresses accountability]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Governance/rss/article/808342/Finance-conference-addresses-accountability/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Charities should appoint someone at board level to handle transparency, the annual Charity Finance Directors' Group conference heard.]]></description>
					<author>David Ainsworth</author>
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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