Community and society

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Services

1. Sure Start Maternity Grant claim form

   Use this form to claim Sure Start Maternity Grant by post.

2. Charity trustee: declaration of eligibility and responsibility

   Trustees of charities in England and Wales should complete and sign this form to confirm their eligibility to be a trustee.

3. Nominate someone for a UK national honour

   Use this form to nominate a UK resident for a national honour by post or email.

4. Charity accounting templates: receipts and payments accounts

   Accounting templates (PDF and MS Excel) for non-company charities with gross income of £250,000 or less which can prepare receipts and payments accounts.

5. CIC36: application to form a community interest company

   The Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies (CIC Regulator)'s form for applying to form a community interest company.

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Guidance and regulation

1. Prepare a charity annual return
   • Detailed guide
   • 18 April 2019
   • The Charity Commission
2. Charity types: how to choose a structure (CC22a)
   • Detailed guide
   • 4 November 2014
   • The Charity Commission
3. The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do (CC3)
   • Guidance
   • 3 May 2018
   • The Charity Commission
4. Setting up a charity: model governing documents
   • Guidance
   • 1 January 2012
   • The Charity Commission
5. How to set up a charity (CC21a)
   • Detailed guide
   • 4 November 2014
   • The Charity Commission

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News and communications

17 June 2019 — Press release

‘Let’s Talk Loneliness’ campaign launched to tackle stigma of feeling alone

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Office for Civil Society

1. Charity Inquiry: Busoga Association (UK)
   • 14 June 2019
   • The Charity Commission
   • Decision
2. Charity Inquiry: Oxfam GB
   • 11 June 2019
   • The Charity Commission
   • Decision
3. Scots recognised by Queen's Birthday Honours 2019
   • 7 June 2019
   • Cabinet Office and Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
   • News story
4. The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2019
   • 7 June 2019
   • Cabinet Office
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. Infant mortality (birth cohort) in England and Wales: 2016
   • 17 June 2019
   • Office for National Statistics
   • National statistics
2. Child and infant mortality in England and Wales: 2017
   • 17 June 2019
   • Office for National Statistics
   • National statistics
3. DCMS Community Life Survey: Ad-hoc statistical releases
   • 13 June 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Statistical data set
4. High streets in Great Britain
   • 6 June 2019
   • Office for National Statistics
   • Official statistics
5. Persistent poverty in the UK and EU: 2017
   • 6 June 2019
   • Office for National Statistics
   • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Review of crematoria provision and facilities: discussion paper
   • 8 April 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 26 May 2016
2. Establishing common measures of socio-economic background
   • 19 March 2019
   • Cabinet Office and Civil Service
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 25 June 2016
3. Integrated Communities Strategy green paper
   • 9 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 05 June 2018
4. Integrated Communities Action Plan
   • 9 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Policy paper
5. How the Charity Commission appoints Interim Managers
   • 17 January 2019
   • The Charity Commission
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Birthday Honours lists 2019
   • 11 June 2019
   • Cabinet Office, Department of Health and Social Care, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Home Office, and Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
   • Transparency
2. Register of merged charities
   • 7 June 2019
   • The Charity Commission
   • Transparency
3. Charities SORP governance review 2018 to 2019
   • 6 June 2019
   • The Charity Commission
   • Corporate report
4. Libraries Taskforce: terms of reference
   • 18 April 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Corporate report
5. UK Voluntary National Review Engagement Events
   • 21 February 2019
   • Department for International Development
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
2. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
3. Cabinet Office
4. Department for Work & Pensions
5. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

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1. Ministry of Defence
2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
3. Department for Education
4. Office for Civil Society
5. Ministry of Justice
6. Home Office
7. HM Treasury
8. Department of Health & Social Care
9. Social Mobility Commission
10. UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation
11. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
12. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
13. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
14. Government Equalities Office
15. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
16. Department for International Development
17. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
18. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
19. HM Revenue & Customs
20. Civil Service
21. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
22. Central Arbitration Committee
23. Public Health England
24. HM Passport Office
25. Office for Disability Issues
26. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
27. Independent Dormant Assets Commission
28. Northern Ireland Office
29. Civil Service Fast Stream
30. Department for Transport
31. Crown Commercial Service
32. Government Digital Service
33. Government Office for Science
34. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
35. Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
36. Valuation Office Agency
37. Bona Vacantia
38. Companies House
39. Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
40. Defence Safety Authority
41. Department for International Trade
42. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
43. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
44. Government Legal Department
45. Homes England
46. National security and intelligence
47. Office for Product Safety & Standards
48. Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
49. Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
50. Open Public Services
51. Race Disparity Unit
52. Stabilisation Unit
53. UK Visas and Immigration

1. The Charity Commission
2. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
3. Veterans UK
4. Sellafield Ltd
5. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
6. Environment Agency
7. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
8. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
9. Ofsted
10. Military Aviation Authority
11. Innovate UK
12. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
13. Magnox Ltd
14. HM Land Registry
15. Defence Equipment and Support
16. Dounreay
17. HM Nautical Almanac Office
18. British Hallmarking Council
19. Commission for Countering Extremism
20. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
21. Forestry Commission
22. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
23. Highways England
24. HM Prison Service
25. Joint Forces Command
26. Low Pay Commission
27. Natural England
28. Radioactive Waste Management
29. Social Security Advisory Committee
30. UK Hydrographic Office
31. Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees

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