Tag Archives: Charity Commission for England and Wales

A predictable end to a sad tale

Posted on December 9, 2016 by ianchisnall

A few months ago I wrote about the abject failure by William Shawcross, Chair of the Charity Commission and Rob Wilson, Minister for Civil Society to offer Claire Dove, at that time a board member of the Charity Commission a … Continue reading →

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Regulator lacking peripheral vision

Posted on August 21, 2016 by ianchisnall

The potential impact of the outcome of the EU referendum on charities appears to have passed the Charity Commission by. The Commission did deliberate over the position that Charities could take when it came to campaigning ahead of the referendum … Continue reading →

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A regulator, desperately out of touch

Posted on June 5, 2016 by ianchisnall

The name Claire Dove will probably not be familiar to most people reading this piece. She is described on one website as a key player in the social enterprise movement and since the early 1980’s has led the Blackburne House … Continue reading →

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Many charities need a strategy

Posted on March 11, 2016 by ianchisnall

I wrote at the beginning of February about plans by Matthew Hancock MP, Minister in the Cabinet Office to gag all charities that receive public funding. This will put many charities into a very difficult position. The Government has begun … Continue reading →

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Be seen and not heard

Posted on March 3, 2016 by ianchisnall

Its disturbing how ill prepared the Politicians who ostensibly run our nation are for the real world around them. They have got used to bullying and controlling the public sector to do as they are told and stay quiet until … Continue reading →

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A statement fit for Katy

Posted on November 28, 2015 by ianchisnall

This weeks Autumn Statement appears to have surprised a number of commentators for its appearance as being a ‘popular’ one that protects areas which were otherwise considered as under threat. Had we been approaching a General Election, such a statement … Continue reading →

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William makes it up

Posted on September 23, 2015 by ianchisnall

The news this morning of the Etherington review of charity fundraising is a disturbing reminder that the charitable sector needs to ensure it has clean hands and it can demonstrate them. This review is into the fundraising activities of around 30-50 of some of the largest … Continue reading →

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Closing down a charity

Posted on August 6, 2015 by ianchisnall

The closure of Kids Company has been written about by others much more erudite than I, in particular my friend Andy Winter wrote a very good piece yesterday. However the tragic story has reminded me of an earlier time when … Continue reading →

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Dear Conor and friends

Posted on June 14, 2014 by ianchisnall

Yesterday I wrote about the rather sorry tale of an MP complaining to the Charity Commission about the work of a charity, on the grounds that it was behaving too politically. This is of course in the context of a … Continue reading →

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Charities know our limits!

Posted on May 5, 2014 by ianchisnall

One of my frustrations is the disconnect between our lawmakers and the world into which their laws are intended to work. We are all entitled to have opinions that are out of touch with reality, to think out loud and perhaps … Continue reading →

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