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Latest Governance Good Practice
'The tribunal provides an important window into charities'
A decade after the launch of the charity tribunal, Judge Alison McKenna tells Stephen Cook why she believes it continues to prove its worth
Peter Stanford: We risk putting trustees through too much anguish
These are testing times for trustees, but do we expect too much of them?
Six ways to tackle your gender pay gap
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has a small gender pay gap, but research suggests that charities tend to pay men about 12 per cent more than women. So how do you bridge the gap?
Peter Cardy: Collaboration is hard and rarely works
Sector veteran Peter Cardy offers answers to your workplace dilemmas
Craig Dearden-Phillips: Charity governance is broken - and here's how to fix it
The independent leadership adviser says we have to admit there are problems, then change our ways, including allowing charities to pay trustees
Chair and chief: a delicate balance
The chair of the board and the chief executive of a charity must neither get too close nor too far apart for their relationship to work successfully, writes Peter Stanford
In the interim...
Third Sector has found that £2.5m was spent on interim manager fees in cases that concluded between 2011 and 2016. Liam Kay asks if this is too much
Don Bawtree: Law Commission report highlights the complex world of charities
Plus: Charity Commission's review of accounts; an illuminating paper from the Institute of Business Ethics; and how legacies help
Good Governance Resources
Latest Governance Jobs
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Trustee (3 positions, Scotland, Ireland, Income generation)
Samaritans United Kingdom
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Board Members and Chair of Audit (Unremunerated)
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Trustee - Armed Forces Education Trust
Armed Forces Education Trust Communting distance to London
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Group Finance Manager
Tree Aid Bristol
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Campaigns Officer
Versus Arthritis London
Expert Hub
Insurance advice from Markel
Managing risk at outdoor events
Voluntary and community events are increasingly popular, especially around this time of year.
Latest From The Blogs
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The Whitehall insiders leading charities are partly to blame for the fundraising crisis
Earlier this year, William Shawcross, chair of the...
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Let’s get a sense of proportion about senior salaries
The bandwagon about the salaries of senior staff in...
Charity Law
Legal Diary: Don't drop this guide to charity law on your foot
The Charities Acts Handbook is a hefty tome for the sector to digest
Legal Diary: Grant-giving guidance expected later this year
Plus: Charity tribunal fees and quotes for William Shawcross
Legal Diary: The risk of challenging the regulator
Plus: Flouting the hunting ban
Analysis: When charities start taking the law into their own hands
Charities bringing private prosecutions is nothing new but could cuts to government budgets lead to more of them taking action, asks Rebecca Cooney
Rob Posgate: Fundraising report has put trustees on the spot
Sir Stuart Etherington's review means trustees should consider reviewing their fundraising strategies straight away, our legal commentator concludes
Peter Stanford
On being a trustee
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Peter Stanford: I had to eat my words on mass-participation events
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Peter Stanford: Reacting to nonsensical funding decisions
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Peter Stanford: Beware the PR offensive if you get bad publicity
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Peter Stanford: We need more Rockefellers
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Peter Stanford: Advice for the new chair of the Charity Commission
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Peter Stanford: What time of day is best for trustee meetings?
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Third Sector Insight
Sponsored webcasts, surveys and expert reports from Third Sector partners
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How charities can make the right impact
For charities today the challenge is that...
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How charities’ workplace culture can prevent controversies
The third sector has never been under such...
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Cyber and data security - how prepared is your charity?
This report provides an overview of the current...