Tag: The Charity Commission

The Charity Commission refreshes meetings guidance for the Zoom era

Stuart Mitchell

The Charity Commission is calling on charities that hold online meetings to review their governing document to ensure it is up to date. The call comes in the regulator’s redesigned guidance on charities and meetings (known as CC48), published recently. The refreshed guidance emphasises the importance of complying with a charity’s governing document when holding meetings. The guidance stresses that trustees should make sure any rules around holding meetings are up to date and practical. This has become particularly important now that many charity meetings are held online. This includes…

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Duke of Cambridge to speak at Charity Commission annual public meeting

Stuart Mitchell

The Charity Commission has announced that its annual public meeting will take place on 23 January 2018. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will speak at the event at the Royal Institution in London. The meeting will be chaired by William Shawcross, Chairman of the Commission, who will open the meeting before inviting His Royal Highness to deliver the keynote speech. Attendees will also hear from the regulator’s new Chief Executive, Helen Stephenson, about the Commission’s work over the last year and plans for the coming months. This will…

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