Tag: charities

Triratna Safeguarding
Triratna Safeguarding

New Charity governance code: England and Wales

By ECA Safeguarding on Tue, 8 Dec, 2020 - 14:08

New Charity governance code: England and Wales

By ECA Safeguarding on Tue, 8 Dec, 2020 - 14:08

A new, refreshed Charity Governance Code launched today in England and Wales.

The Code was first published in 2017. It is not legally binding, but aims to express ‘best practice’ core principles and governance goals for charity trustees, and has been widely adopted across the sector, with the backing of the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The Code is reviewed every three years.

With regard to Safeguarding, the Code recommends

3.7 Ensuring the right to be safe

  • Trustees understand their safeguarding responsibilities and meet the legal minimum
    • ...
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Risk Assessment Policy and Risk Register

By gunabhadri on Tue, 14 May, 2019 - 19:15

In the UK it is regarded as good practice for charities to have a Risk Assessment Policy in place and useful to have a Risk Register, listing risks and mitigating factors.

Here  are some resources with information, templates and examples from various sources:

1. Charities and Risk Management CC26 - Gov UK - 32 page document which explains everything
2. Project risk register template and guide - Tasmania Gov - 9 page document
3. Websites with templates for risk registers and related - 1 page with links to useful websites
4. Risk management review...

File NameSize
1.charities_and_risk_management_cc26_-_gov_uk.pdf1.03 MB
2.project_risk_register_template_and_guide.docx_tasmania_gov.docx1.63 MB
3.websites_with_templates_for_risk_registers_and_related.pdf29.17 KB
4.example-risk_management_review_feb_2019_bristol_centre.xls49 KB
5.example-risk-register-sample.xlsx11.44 KB
6.template_example-risk-register-template.docx_-_mypm.docx23.1 KB
7.template_example-risk-register.xls51.5 KB
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Employers’ Responsibilities (UK, 2013)

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 00:08

All Triratna employers have a responsibility to ensure proper taxes are paid to their national government.  There has been an important recent change to the UK Govt’s PAYE reporting: 6 April 2013 sees an important change to the Government’s PAYE system. From then all employers will have to start reporting PAYE information to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in real time, a system known as RTI. If you use payroll software you’ll...

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General advice (updated 2019)70.55 KB
Draft contract for hourly paid staff (needs checking)118.77 KB
Draft contract for salaried staff (needs checking)86 KB
Draft form/letter for casual worker (needs checking)67.5 KB
Draft equal opportunities policy48.09 KB
Draft ethos statement (Windhorse)28.19 KB
Draft ethos statement (LBC)20.5 KB
Draft job advert for employing Buddhist only20.5 KB