# CFDG welcomes announcement of Charities Bill

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/11/26/cfdg-welcomes-announcement-charities-bill/
- Published: 2003-11-26T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Charity Finance Directors’ Group today warmly welcomed the announcement of a
draft Charities Bill in the Queen’s speech.
As a member of the Charities Bill Coalition,
CFDG has been campaigning for the implementation of Home Office recommendations 
on charity reform published earlier this year.

 

 

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The CFDG expressed disappointment however that some sections of the media had used
the announcement to focus on perceived negative aspects of the Bill, most notably
those relating to the regulation of public fundraising. The CFDG expressed its sadness
that the inclusion of a Charities Bill had been used as an excuse to attack charities.
The CFDG says that charity finance directors fear that this will lead to a decline
in confidence in a sector that performs a significant public good, and plays a major
part in bringing about change in society.

 

 

Shirley Scott, Chief Executive of CFDG, said: “We are pleased that the Government
have recognised the huge importance of charities, and the need for regulatory reform,
by placing a draft Bill in the Queen’s speech. We are looking forward to seeing 
the definitions of charitable purposes being set out in a modern statute, instead
of being based on case law and analogy going back 400 years.”

 

 

For a snapshot of what various voluntary sector leaders were hoping for from the
Queen’s speech, read “Queen’s speech: public services and voluntary sector wish 
list” at SocietyGuardian.

 

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