Articles

• Jul 04

  Fundraising Regulator to Oversee Charity Fundraising in Northern Ireland

  NICVA has invited the Fundraising Regulator to oversee and regulate fundraising in Northern Ireland.

• Jun 19

  Serious Incident Reporting

  The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland has statutory objectives to ensure charity trustees comply with their legal obligations in managing charities and to increase public trust and confidence in charities.

• Jun 12

  Launch of Leadership and Good Governance Awards 2017

  The Leadership  and Good Governance Awards 2017, organised by the VSB Foundation in partnership with Volunteer Now and CO3, have been launched.

• 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.