Charities' quality standards approved
Howard Lake | 2 February 2007 | News
Three charities have had their quality standards endorsed by the Charity Commission.
Age Concern, YMCA England and the Commmunity Foundation Network are the first charities to have their standards endorsed. These include areas such as managing conflicts of interest, acountable governance structures, managing staff and volunteers and dealing with risk. The endorsement procedure is part of the Commission’s wider strategy for partnership working, designed to improve effectiveness in the sector in partnership with charities.
Chair of the Commissoin, Dame Suzi Leather said: Charities that champion best practice in their quality standards should be applauded. By endorsign these policies we hope to encourage more charites to adopt the principles in our ./guidance Hallmarks of an Effective Charity for the benefit of their beneficiaries, to improve effectiveness and to enhance their reputation.
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The Commission recently conducted a takeholder survey which showed strong support in the sector for partnership working to share knowledge and ./guidance and spread best practice.
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