{"id":19188,"date":"2018-06-06T18:08:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T17:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=19188"},"modified":"2018-06-06T18:08:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T17:08:29","slug":"charities-commission-publishes-new-guidance-for-trustees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=19188","title":{"rendered":"Charities Commission publishes new guidance for trustees\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trustee_Guidance_doc_060618.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19189\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trustee_Guidance_doc_060618.png\" alt=\"publication cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a>The Charities Commission has published two new guidance documents covering what is required of a charity trustee, including responsibilities to the charity: <em>The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do<\/em>, and <em>The essential trustee: 6 main duties.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Charities Commission writes:<\/p>\n<p>Charity trustees are the people who share ultimate responsibility for governing a charity and directing how it is managed and run. They may be called trustees, the board, the management committee, governors, directors or something else.<\/p>\n<p>This guidance explains what being a trustee involves, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>what trustees do<\/li>\n<li>who can be a trustee and how trustees are appointed<\/li>\n<li>their legal responsibilities<\/li>\n<li>specific trustee roles of chair and treasurer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2026 You should read this guidance if you are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a trustee of any charity based in England or Wales<\/li>\n<li>thinking about setting up a charity or becoming a trustee in England or Wales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/new-welcome-pack-for-charity-trustees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Background and links<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Charities Commission has published two new guidance documents covering what is required of a charity trustee, including responsibilities to the charity: The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do, and The essential trustee: 6 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=19188\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19190,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19188\/revisions\/19190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}