VoluntaryNews

Summer 2008 Newsletter of the Wales Voluntary Service Research Network available.

Consultation by HM Revenue and Customs on “the substantial donor regime”.

Organisations will soon be able to meet the requirement to display an employers’ liability insurance certificate by electronic means.

A decision by a London tax tribunal means that a VAT saving scheme is available to charities when renovating property.

Volunteers wanted to help in the development of pocket versions of the two recently revised National Occupational Standards, for fundraisers and managers of volunteers.

Study finds that social entrepreneurial start-ups are higher amongst the black and minority ethnic communities than the white community.

Nxt version of the Charity Commission’s online Register of Charities to provide a much greater range of information.

Applications invited for grants to hold good practice events around working with volunteers.

Disability advice and support charity DIAL UK to merge with Scope.

Over 300 organisations participated in the first survey of pay and benefits in Ireland’s voluntary sector.

A report for the Scottish Government says that initiatives that promote social enterprise start-up are “fragmented, complex, uneven and inconsistent”.

An agreement between the government, trade unions, business and the third sector aims to improve the quality of contracted services by raising workers’ skills.