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
   • 10 January 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 write your charity's governing document (CC22b)
   • Detailed guide
   • 11 December 2014
   • The Charity Commission

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News and communications

17 February 2019 — Press release

Brokenshire champions parks with over £13 million new funding

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

1. Millions invested to help people get active in their communities
   • 14 February 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Office for Civil Society
   • Press release
2. Helping Hands for the Needy: inquiry report
   • 13 February 2019
   • The Charity Commission
   • Decision
3. LLWR donation will help save lives in country areas
   • 12 February 2019
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • News story
4. New Charity Inquiry: Birmingham Diocesan Trust
   • 12 February 2019
   • The Charity Commission
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. Milestones: journeying into adulthood
   • 18 February 2019
   • Office for National Statistics
   • Official statistics
2. Personal and economic well-being, UK: July to September 2018
   • 4 February 2019
   • Office for National Statistics
   • Official statistics
3. Community Interest Companies registered in January 2019
   • 1 February 2019
   • Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
   • Official statistics
4. Research Outputs: Subnational dwelling stock by tenure estimates, England, 2012 to 2017
   • 30 January 2019
   • Office for National Statistics
   • Official statistics
5. Update on our population and migration statistics transformation journey: a research engagement report
   • 30 January 2019
   • Office for National Statistics
   • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Integrated Communities Strategy green paper
   • 9 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 05 June 2018
2. Running free: consultation on preserving the free use of public parks
   • 14 December 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 05 July 2017
3. Integrated Communities Action Plan
   • 9 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Policy paper
4. How the Charity Commission appoints Interim Managers
   • 17 January 2019
   • The Charity Commission
   • Policy paper
5. Charity Commission regulations: charities total return
   • 20 December 2018
   • The Charity Commission
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. UK Voluntary National Review Engagement Events
   • 18 February 2019
   • Department for International Development
   • Corporate report
2. Register of merged charities
   • 12 February 2019
   • The Charity Commission
   • Transparency
3. Grenfell Tower fire: charitable funds raised and distributed
   • 29 January 2019
   • The Charity Commission
   • Transparency
4. New Year Honours list 2019
   • 31 December 2018
   • Cabinet Office, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and Home Office
   • Transparency
5. Accounts monitoring review: public benefit reporting by charities
   • 20 December 2018
   • The Charity Commission
   • Transparency

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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. Ministry of Defence

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1. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
12. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
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. Public Health England
22. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
23. Central Arbitration Committee
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. Academy for Social Justice Commissioning
32. Crown Commercial Service
33. Government Digital Service
34. Government Office for Science
35. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
36. Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
37. Valuation Office Agency
38. Bona Vacantia
39. Companies House
40. Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
41. Defence Safety Authority
42. Department for International Trade
43. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
44. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
45. Government Legal Department
46. Homes England
47. National security and intelligence
48. Office for Product Safety & Standards
49. Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
50. Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
51. Open Public Services
52. Race Disparity Unit
53. Stabilisation Unit
54. UK Visas and Immigration

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

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