Charities should consider ditching the word 'charity' in favour of social enterprise and must begin to view themselves "more as product developers and less as campaigners", RNIB chair Kevin Carey told the CFDG conference this morning.

A new Acevo taskforce that is drawing up proposals for a less stringent regulatory framework for the sector, has lined up a meeting with Charity Commission chair Dame Suzi Leather later this month to discuss its ideas.

RNIB chair Kevin Carey is eliciting support from charities for a new model of charity self-regulation that focuses on performance instead of process.