# Essential guidance on being a trustee

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/06/10/essential-guidance-being-trustee/
- Published: 2005-06-10T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Charity Commission has published a new free guide on the duties and responsibilities
of being a trustee.
“The Essential Trustee: What You Need To Know” is the first 
in a new series of publications from the Charity Commission. It replaces the previous
document CC3, Responsibilities of Charity Trustees.

 

 

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Working with the Commission’s recently established Customer Network, this new publication
has been developed using plain language and bright colours which highlight both 
legal requirements and recommended best practice. It is written in everyday language
and has received the Plain Language Commission’s Clear English Standard.

 

 

Rosie Chapman, Director of Policy and Strategy, said: “The Essential Trustee is 
a valuable ‘can do’ guide for trustees. It is fitting that we should be publishing
this guidance today when the Charities Bill receives its second reading in the House
of Lords.”

 

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