In its latest business plan, the Charity Commission has stated that they intend to have a more personalised relationship with individual trustees, to drive up compliance and increase transparency. They said “Over the next three years, we will fundamentally shift how we communicate with charities. We will aim to move away from communicating solely with […]
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New cyber security toolkit for Boards
Some Boards understand the importance of cyber security and make plans accordingly. However, for some, there is still a disconnect between understanding what needs to happen to improve their cyber security and committing the time and money to actually make improvements. The National Cyber Security Centre (“NCSC”) has produced a useful free toolkit of guidance […]
Best wishes for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
As this week includes 2 bank holidays, and it’s half term for many people, our normal insight newsletters will resume next week. In the meantime, we hope that any events you are organising or attending to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, go well. If you would like to find out about events near you, you […]
Google issued with 10 million euro EU GDPR fine in Spain
The Spanish Agency for Data Protection (their equivalent of our ICO) has issued Google with as 10 million euro fine, for 2 alleged infractions of the EU GDPR. It relates to Google sharing personal data with third parties without the ability to opt out, and the lack of a way of a data subject’s right […]
CIoF and Child Poverty Action Group help make school fundraising more inclusive
In a guest blog on the Chartered Institute of Fundraising website, the Child Poverty Action Group have shared some of their findings from a larger report ‘The Cost of Having Fun at School’ which you can download for free at https://cpag.org.uk/policy-and-campaigns/report/cost-having-fun-school (there is the full version and also an abridged version for charities who fundraise […]