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Regulator launches inquiry into disability charity
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The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into the Organisation of Blind Africans and Caribbeans (OBAC).
The Charity Commission is consulting with charities, sector organisations and the public to develop new guidance for charities when they use social media.
Homelessness charity was seriously mismanaged, and spent thousands on trustees’ own properties and luxuries for the CEO
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Charity Commission statutory inquiry into The Ashley Foundation finds serious financial wrongdoing, including private benefit, prompting the regulator to disqualify key trustees and the former CEO.
Guidance about cost of living related financial difficulties in charities.
Speaking at the Beacon Philanthropy Forum, Orlando Fraser calls on the well-off to dig deeper in support of charity during these difficult economic times.
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- Draft guidance: charities use of social media
- Charity Commission: revisions to the Annual Return 2023-25
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Charity Commission spending over £25,000: December 2022
- Charity Commission spending over £25,000: November 2022
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https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-report-a-serious-incident-in-your-charity
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https://www.gov.uk/guidance/report-serious-wrongdoing-at-a-charity-as-a-worker-or-volunteer
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