Blog: Charities, pension schemes and the judgement of Solomon 1

Governance | David Davison | 11 Mar 2010

Topics: Pensions | Trustee liability | Trustee roles and responsibilities

I read with some dismay the story of the 72 year old charity volunteer facing ruin as a result of being pursued for nearly £20,000 by the trustee of the pension scheme he was associated with as chairman of a branch of the charity

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Blog: Oscar winners and the differences between the sexes 0

Governance | Tesse Akpeki
10 Mar 2010

Topics: Ethics

After 81 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named Kathryn Bigelow as the best director for The Hurt Locker. It was the first time a woman had been given the honour.

Blog: Unexpected consequences for your charity pension scheme after a merger 0

Governance | David Davison
4 Mar 2010

Topics: Mergers | Pensions

New mergers can bring great benefits, but it can also bring up money tangles in creating new pension schemes.

Blog: Governance isn't working? Examine your motives for saying so 0

Governance | James Thompson
3 Mar 2010

Topics: Trustee boards

James Thompson doesn't buy the argument that the existing governance model is bust, and even suggests that those that say it is have a self-serving agenda

Blog: National Bullying Helpline row highlights dangers of celebrities 0

Governance | Vibeka Mair
3 Mar 2010

Topics: Ethics | Communications

This year, the anti-bullying sector has inadvertently shone a spotlight on the issue of celebrity patrons.

The fact that even if charities have paid staff they are governed by volunteers is a crucial principle of what charities are all about, which we abandon at our peril.

» Paid trustees and unitary boards are wholly inappropriate

Blog: The Charity Commission's online register needs a review 1

Governance | Dorothy Dalton
2 Mar 2010

Topics: Charity Commission | Regulation

The Charity Commission's implicit approval of charity accounts by virtue of posting them on its website without checking them first, is a threat to public trust in charities, says Dorothy Dalton

Lessons for the sector after the election - by Diana Aviv 0

Governance | Tania Mason
1 Mar 2010

Topics: Umbrella bodies | Statutory funding

This is the full text of Diana Aviv's speech to the NCVO 2010 Annual Conference

Episode one of charity soap opera: Trouble at mill 0

Governance | Shirley Otto
19 Feb 2010

Topics: Trustee boards | Trustee roles and responsibilities

A charity ‘soap’ written by Shirley Otto, governance specialist...

Blog: Staying focused - The insights of the Alchemist 0

Governance | Tesse Akpeki
17 Feb 2010

Topics: Leadership and strategy

Inspired by Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, Tesse Akpeki offers some insights into why we don't always chase our dreams

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