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Charity trustees, staff and volunteers

Find out what being a charity trustee involves and how to employ, manage and keep people at your charity safe from harm.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Published: 27 September 2023

This collection of documents is also available in Welsh(Cymraeg).

Trustee role and responsibilities

Our suite of 5-minute guides offers a quick introduction to the key responsibilities of being a charity trustee.

• Charity trustee: what’s involved (CC3a)
  • 3 May 2018
  • Guidance
• Why some individuals can't act as charity trustees
  • 1 April 2013
  • Guidance
• Charities paying a trustee or a connected person: understand the rules (CC11)
  • 25 April 2025
  • Guidance

Keeping people safe from harm

Charities have a responsibility to safeguard their staff, volunteers and everyone who comes into contact with their charity.

• Safeguarding for charities and trustees
  • 17 November 2021
  • Guidance
• Display of trustee legal names on the charity register
  • 9 February 2024
  • Guidance
• How charities can respond to the current hostile environment
  • 9 December 2025
  • Guidance

Trustee resignation and removal

• Charity trustees: resignation and removal
  • 23 May 2013
  • Guidance

Staff and volunteers

• Charity staff: how to employ paid workers
  • 10 May 2013
  • Guidance
• How to manage your charity's volunteers
  • 23 May 2013
  • Guidance

Published 27 September 2023