# New advisory group on terrorism and the voluntary sector

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/10/20/new-advisory-group-terrorism-and-voluntary-sector/
- Published: 2006-10-20T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

In the wake of allegations from the government of connections between charities 
and terrorism, The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has set up
the first advisory group on terrorism and the voluntary sector.
The group has been
set up to help safeguard the good reputation of all charities in the face of attempts
to deal with the actions of a handful of organisations, and to help ensure that 
all action taken by government is based on solid evidence.

Terrorist groups have reportedly used charities in several countries as fronts for
fundraising. The Charity Commission, however, reported earlier this year that “connections
between registered charities in England and Wales and terrorist organisations are
rare.”

Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive of NCVO said: “So far, much of government’s 
work on the ‘terrorist abuse of charities’ seems to have been carried out in a vacuum,
with little consultation with the voluntary sector We want to ensure that charities’
voices are heard in these discussions, and that all measures are proportionate and
based on evidence of that misuse.”

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Lord Plant will chair the advisory group which will discuss how it can work with
the sector’s regulator, The Charity Commission, which publishes operational guidance
for charities on how it handle

cases where it suspects a terrorist organisation is involved.

The advisory group will produce a report which will set out its findings and respond
publicly to the Home Office/Treasury report, expected at the end of 2006.

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