# OSCR – Meet the Scottish Charity Regulator on 6 October in Glasgow.

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/09/04/oscr-meet-scottish-charity-regulator-6-october-glasgow/
- Published: 2009-09-04T08:56:53+01:00
- Author: Finbar Cullen

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has announced details of its
annual open meeting. It will be held at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Tuesday
6 October, 2009, and will be opened with a keynote address from Fergus Ewing MSP,
Minister for Community Safety. The OSCR will report to the sector on its work over
the past year and its priorities for the future. There will be a session on OSCR’s
major Integrated Reporting project, which aims to streamline reporting procedures
and to enhance the information about charities made available to the public. Jane
Ryder, OSCR Chief Executive, is due to speak on the Review of 2009 and Future Plans,
and there is due to be a presentation form a charity trustee.

 

The agenda (subject to change), map with directions, and a form to apply for a place
available from the OSCR website homepage, www.oscr.org.uk. Places are free, but 
they are limited to 200, so are expected to be taken up quickly.

## Advertisement

 

If you are able to attend, you might want to suggest how the OSCR and/or its website
can be more useful to fundraisers and prospect researchers. Where the address is
listed as a home address, the correspondent name should be given. Where it is listed
as a business address, the name of the business and the correspondent name should
be given. It would be very helpful to include the names of trustees. It would probably
be more expensive to include a copy of the latest charity accounts. However, if 
they baulk at such expense, they could probably negotiate with Guidestar UK to make
the information available to them. It might be slightly cheaper that way.

 

I wonder if the Institute of Fundraising has any plans to make such suggestions 
to OSCR? It might be worth dropping them a line.

 

All the best

 

Finbar Cullen

Research**Plus**

 

 * **[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator website improvements](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/09/25/office-scottish-charity-regulator-website-improvements/)**(
   25 September 2009)
 * **[Guidestar](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/11/10/guidestar-801/)** (10 November
   2009)
 * **[GuideStar International now has a blog](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/11/30/guidestar-international-now-has-blog/)**(
   30 November 2009)