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How to manage and review your charity's connection to a non-charity.
Read guidance about raising funds if you are thinking of setting up a new charity.
Information and application forms for organisations seeking to deliver community-based and/or consumer-focused product safety awareness and education projects.
Acceptable UK passport photograph standards.
This guidance explains how to pay child maintenance using Collect & Pay arrangements and what happens if you do not make a payment.
Guidance on what purposes can be charitable.
Designated days when the Union Flag must be flown on UK government buildings. UK government buildings are also encouraged to fly the Union Flag all year round.
Information about the Dormant Assets Scheme, including its impact to date and expansion
Recreational organisations like caravan clubs or the Scouts can apply for an exemption to camp without a licence or planning permission.
Guidance on how digital identity providers can become certified to complete digital identity checks for the 'Right to Work', 'Right to Rent' and DBS schemes.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Trustees must carry out due diligence checks on donors, beneficiaries and local partners and can also monitor end use of funds.
Read about the sorts of concerns and complaints about charities to raise with the charity regulator. This guidance is now the Commission’s Regulatory and Risk Framework.
Find out about the rules you must follow for spending, borrowing from, or transferring your charity’s permanent endowment.
How to use the General Register Office to find birth certificates when researching your family tree and family history.
Find out about the role of a charity trustee, what they do and the benefits of getting involved.
How to use the General Register Office to find death certificates when researching your family tree and family history.
Use this guide to help you apply for a British National Overseas (BNO) passport from Hong Kong.
Mapping resources, interactive tools and Open Data facilities to aid user’s exploration of the English indices of deprivation 2019.
Statement setting out the next steps in developing a registration scheme for short-term lets in England.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on their duties relating to the participation of young people in education, employment or training.
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