Does Health & Safety prevent your organisation from running events?

We all know that the work of voluntary organisations and individual volunteers makes a valuable contribtuion to our everyday lives.   

Health & Safety is often wrongly blamed for preventing organisations from running events and people from volunteering.   It should not be a barrier to volunteering activities.  Taking a sensible approach is the key

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has launched new online resources designed to help voluntary organisations understand when they have duties under health and safety law.

Visit the website   http://bit.ly/hGGwxs

We've been waiting for this new legal structure for the Sector for ages now. A CIO is a new legal form for charities enabling them to become incorporated organisations which are not companies and will involve them registering with the Charity Commission – not Companies House.  The CIO was created in response to charities requesting a new structure that could provide benefits of being a company without having to feel some of the burdens.

This structure has not yet been agreed by Parliament, but some guidance is available on the Charity Commission website.

CIO GUIDANCE http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Start_up_a_charity/Do_I_need_to_register/CIOs/default.aspx