Posts Tagged: charity tribunal

Local authorities still failing to serve effectively as charity trustees

This week has brought another example of just how bad local authorities are at serving as trustees of charities. In Shetland, island councillors have buried their heads firmly in the sand and refused to reform the board of a £200m charitable trust where they make up 21 of 23 trustees, despite being told to do… Read more »

Let the charity tribunal deal with disgruntled volunteers

Hardly a week seems to go by at Third Sector  without us being contacted by some disgruntled volunteer or trustee. The story always runs along similar lines: the volunteers feel they have been badly treated by their charities but have been unable to find any redress other than going to the media. Invariably they have… Read more »

Was this the Charity Tribunal’s last hurrah?

The final outcome of the Kidd Legacy case, announced by the charity tribunal  on Wednesday, looks like a very satisfying one – but you can’t help fearing that there might not be many more where that came from. In many ways the Kidd Legacy appeal is a shining example of what the tribunal was set… Read more »