Thursday 30 April 2020

What's in a name, or myths about charities (Part 1)

Sadly some people lose all sense of reason when it comes to charities.  After all, isn't charity all about volunteering to do good works for the benefit of the poorer sections of our society?  No!! is the short answer.

A dose of reality:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charity-inquiry-the-public-safety-charitable-trust-limited/charity-inquiry-the-public-safety-charitable-trust-limited

The Charity Commission doing its job.  Health warning: don't be fooled by the word 'charity'.  Quite apart from examples of .charities not being charities in law  there is a list of the types of activity deemed to be charitable. including the advancement of education which covers private schools:-as we know, well-trodden haunts of the poor.  The legal framework needs wholesale change.







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