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Guidance for excepted churches, schools, Scout and Guide groups, and armed forces charities.
Information about fraud and cyber crime, how to spot it and what you can do to protect against it.
This page provides more information about the Know Your Neighbourhood Fund.
This guidance aims to help organisations and groups understand how to safely and effectively involve volunteers.
Regulations prescribing the information to be included in charities’ annual returns from 1 January 2023 onwards.
£76 million Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund being delivered.
Protect your charity against financial difficulties and know what to do if the worst happens.
How charities can improve their impact on the environment and be energy efficient.
Get help from the ‘Revitalising Trusts’ programme to either close or revitalise your charity.
Details the eligibility criteria for the medal, allocations across the UK and Crown Dependencies, and guidance on the nomination process for England.
On 9 March 2024, the Government announced the introduction of The Elizabeth Emblem. This commemorative emblem is awarded as a mark of recognition to the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the course of undertaking …
This plan explains how the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will implement the Charities Act 2022.
How a church hall may be used for other charitable purposes if it is no longer needed exclusively for church purposes.
There are currently 38 national exemption order holders relating to house-to-house collections.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
Million Hours Fund application guidance.
UK citizens must have The King's permission to accept and wear a foreign award. Permission will only be given if the award meets these UK rules.
You can get a veterans badge if you were a munitions worker during World War 2.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you send an annual return to the Charity Commission.
DCMS invites applications from grant makers to administer up to £1.7m funding on volunteering projects in 2021/22 and welcomes additional match funding to 2023.
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