Guidance

Charities and terrorism

• From: The Charity Commission
• Part of: Protecting charities from harm: compliance toolkit, Your charity's work, and Managing your charity
• Published: 1 December 2012
• Applies to: England and Wales (see publications for Northern Ireland and Scotland)

Advice and information on key aspects of the UK’s counter-terrorism legislation and how it may affect charities and their work.

Documents

Compliance toolkit chapter 1: Summary

PDF, 364KB, 6 pages

Chapter 1 Module 1: What this chapter is about and how to use it

PDF, 625KB, 3 pages

Chapter 1 Module 2: Background information on the commission's and UK Government's counter-terrorism strategies

PDF, 628KB, 4 pages

Chapter 1 Module 3: How might a charity be abused for terrorist purposes?

PDF, 160KB, 4 pages

Chapter 1 Module 4: Counter-terrorism legislation - an overview

PDF, 620KB, 3 pages

Chapter 1 Module 5: Proscribed organisations

PDF, 207KB, 8 pages

Chapter 1 Module 6: Designated individuals and entities

PDF, 229KB, 12 pages

Chapter 1 Module 7: Terrorist financing

PDF, 181KB, 4 pages

Chapter 1 Module 8: Charity law duties and responsibilities

PDF, 157KB, 4 pages

Chapter 1 Module 9: Reporting requirements

PDF, 165KB, 2 pages

Chapter 1 Module 10: The international dimension

PDF, 192KB, 5 pages

Chapter 1 Module 11: External sources of further information and guidance

PDF, 295KB, 16 pages

Details

Chapter 1 of the commission’s compliance toolkit, this guidance:

• provides advice and information on key aspects of the UK’s counter-terrorism legislation
• highlights how particular provisions are likely to affect charities and their work
• explains the various ‘terrorism lists’ that exist
• advises trustees what to do if they discover their charity may be working with or connected to people or organisations on terrorism lists

Document information

Published: 1 December 2012

From: The Charity Commission

Part of: Protecting charities from harm: compliance toolkit Your charity's work Managing your charity