8th edition of Voluntary But Not Amateur highlights significant changes in law and best practice
Guest Blogger | 27 May 2009 | News
Officially launched on the 20th May, the 8th edition of the best-selling book Voluntary but not Amateur highlighted exactly how much has changed in the NFP sector from a legal perspective.
Positioned as a guide aimed particularly at smaller charities, the book’s authors Ruth Hayes and Jacki Reason explained that their focus was on providing the best advice around the plethora of legal, best practice and other regulatory issues faced by NFP organisations.
Plethora is the right word.
Since 1985 there have been changes across practically every aspect of the law relating to running organisations and significant sections are now included covering:
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– Employment law
– Obligations under The charities Act (2006)
– Data protection
– Criminal Records checking
– And so on…
Both Jacki and Ruth were involved in the first edition, launched in 1985, and Ruth put the raft of legislative changes into context by explaining that the first edition comprised 68 pages which included a section on best practices for fundraising. The newest edition is 310 pages and, whilst there is a section covering the legal aspects of fundraising, there is no longer an in-depth focus on best practices.
Jacki commented that they had taken the decision to remove a detailed fundraising section part way through the project simply because it would have been so large it might have detracted form the core focus of the book. Ruth added that in order to give readers the best support, they had decided to focus on just the legal aspects of operating a NFP organisation, including some core best practice advice to augment the legal coverage.
Specific fundraising aspects covered do include:
– Payroll giving
– Door to door and street Collections
– Gifts and legacies
– Trading
– Gift Aid
– Sponsorship
– Lotteries, raffles and bingo
– Confidentiality
– Financial procedures for managing funds raised
The 8th Edition was compiled by the authors with the support of many experienced third sector practitioners and the law firm Bates Wells and Braithwaite. The publisher is the Directory for Social Change (DSC).
ISBN 978 1 906294 07 6
Review by Sandy Adirondack.
- Voluntary but not Amateur (8th edition)
- New edition of Voluntary but not Amateur published (13 March 2009)
- New edition of Voluntary but not Amateur published (26 October 2000)
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