Articles

• May 22

  Have Your Say - Consultation on Draft Serious Incident Reporting Guidance

  The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland has opened a public consultation on draft Serious Incident Reporting guidance for Northern Ireland charities.

• Apr 05

  Select Committee on Charities Report

  The House of Lords has recently released a Select Committee on Charities Report which provides some interesting reading, in particular in relation to governance.  Please see the link below for a summary prepared by NCVO with more information. http://blogs.ncvo.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/170326-HoL-recommendations-2.pdf  

• Jan 31

  Rainbow Project Wins Leadership and Good Governance Award

  The Leadership and Good Governance Award, organised by the VSB Foundation in partnership with CO3 and Volunteer Now, recognises voluntary organisations, which are working hard to improve their governance. The Rainbow Project has won the award in this inaugural year.

• Jan 31

  Thematic Reports and Case Studies

  The Charity Commission releases information about how it has dealt with concerns about charities.  This helps the public to understand the work undertaken by the Commissio as a publicly funded body.

• Jan 31

  Help Restore Good Governance to a Charity

  The Charity Commission NI is creating a list of approved trustees who can be called on to provide assistance in a charity either on a short or long term basis - and is looking for interested parties to apply.

• Sep 20

  Good Governance and Charity Reporting

  Over 5,000 charities are now registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and there's a few thousand more waiting to be registered.

• Aug 16

  Good Governance Awards Launched

  The VSB Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the first Good Governance Awards for Northern Ireland.

• Jun 20

  Consultation opens on the reporting of matters of material significance by auditors and independent examiners

  The Charity Commission for England and Wales (CCEW) and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) previously published a single list of matters to be reported to the regulators by Auditors and Independent Examiners which was consistent for England, Wales and Scotland.

• Mar 02

  New Code of Governance Launched

  The revised Code of Good Governance and its accompanying resources was officially launched on 29 January 2016 in NICVA by Frances McCandless, CEO, Charity Commission for Northern Ireland on behalf of the Developing Governance Group.

• Mar 02

  Using the Code of Governance

  How do you show your organisation is using the new Code of Governance?