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Jon Benjamin
Jul 8, 20243 min read
An offer you can refuse: Understanding the Charity Commission's recent guidance on accepting donations.
Understanding the Charity Commission's recent guidance on accepting donations.
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Jon Benjamin
Oct 18, 20224 min read
Trick or Treat? Changes in the Charities Act 2022 are designed to empower trustees.
The new Charities Act 2022 implements the majority of recommendations in the Law Commission’s rather dryly entitled 2017 report,...
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Jon Benjamin
Oct 15, 20221 min read
When the cost of seeking funding is prohibitive, something's wrong.
A new study has highlighted the often prohibitive cost for charities, especially smaller ones, of applying to grant makers for funding....
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jonbe3
Oct 11, 20213 min read
Being prepared should be your #1 policy
The nights are drawing in. The squirrels are gathering acorns for the winter and birds are feathering their nests in preparation for the...
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Jon Benjamin
Aug 5, 20204 min read
US companies scramble for data sharing solution, but is there one?
It may have started with WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, but the fallout from the world of international espionage is now about to have a...
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Jon Benjamin
May 8, 20202 min read
What did you do during the great lockdown?
Perhaps you’ve learned to play the guitar, speak Spanish or bake the perfect Victoria Sponge? Chances are you’ve had to deal with more...
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Jon Benjamin
Jul 8, 20192 min read
Sky High Fine for British Airways Data Breach
The record sanction imposed by the Information Commissioner on British Airways is remarkable not only because of the eyewatering size of...
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Jon Benjamin
Jul 5, 20182 min read
Is a new charity sector Code of Ethics just what the sector needs?
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations has just launched a consultation on a new Code of Ethics for charities. The working...
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Jon Benjamin
Jun 8, 20182 min read
Charity fined £100,000 for failing to protect personal data from hackers.
Charity deemed at fault for not taking adequate steps to protect data from criminal hackers. When more than a dozen major charities...
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Jon Benjamin
Jun 1, 20183 min read
"GDPRen't you sick of it" or "Why 25 May wasn't the end of the world."
Like everyone else’s, my inbox has been full of GDPR emails pleading with me to opt-in, telling me I don’t need to do anything … and...
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Jon Benjamin
Mar 25, 20182 min read
Facebook's turmoil, Data Protection and you
The high drama of recent events engulfing Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and the billions wiped off share values may seem a world away...
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Jon Benjamin
Feb 5, 20182 min read
Use your Soft Opt-In while there's still time!
Ensuring compliance with the new General Data Protection Regulation by 25 May 2018 is the hot topic of the moment, but there are many...
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Jon Benjamin
Jan 15, 20183 min read
When was the last time you saw your Governing Documents? (and why it matters)
Governing documents for charities are like opinions, everyone has one. But you’d be surprised at how many charity trustees and senior...
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Jon Benjamin
Dec 13, 20172 min read
You don't write, you don't phone ... why is that?
The long awaited and dreaded (although it needn’t be) arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation is now just a little over five...
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Jon Benjamin
Sep 6, 20172 min read
The Fundraising Regulator gets heavy with the levy
A week after publishing a list to 'name and shame' non-payers of the Fundraising Regulator's annual levy, the body established in 2016 to...
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Jon Benjamin
Jul 17, 20172 min read
Charity Commission backs new Charity Governance Code
A new Charity Governance Code published on 14 July 2017, has stressed the standards expected of charities and trustees and recommended...
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Jon Benjamin
Jul 6, 20172 min read
The Fundraising Preference Service went live today. Are you ready?
The Fundraising Preference Service (FPS), a new service designed to help donors opt out of fundraising communications, goes live today....
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Jon Benjamin
Jun 15, 20172 min read
Pay for the Charity Commission? Are you kidding?
The Charity Commission is viewed by many in the charity sector the way tax payers view Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs; a necessary...
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Jon Benjamin
May 13, 20172 min read
Speak to the Hand - or what all charities should know about the new Fundraising Preference Service
The new Fundraising Preference Service (FPS) will be launched sometime in the summer of 2017, and it’s something of which all charities...
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Jon Benjamin
Apr 19, 20172 min read
Poll Positions - a Challenge for Charities
On the day Parliament voted to trigger June’s general election, the Electoral Commission announced that it had fined Friends of the Earth...
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