Charity and Voluntary Sector

AUK: 150 Age Concerns look set to have become local Age UKs by 31 March 2011.  The number of local Age Concerns who have already agreed to become local Age UKs has now reached 122, with more still to come.  Following the merger of Help the Aged and Age Concern England in 2009, Age UK has spent 2 years working with local Age Concerns to design the best way to combine the national with the local to best help older people, wherever they live.
 
The vast majority are expected to choose to become local Age UKs or Friends of Age UK depending on the range of activities they undertake in their area. 
Press release and related links
 
ScotGov: Charities will be able to own property and enter into contracts without having to rely on charity trustees, or become a company, after regulations to allow charities to be formed as Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (SCIO) have been approved by the Scottish ParliamentFrom 1 April 2011, new charities will be able to be formed as a SCIO, with existing charitable companies and industrial & provident societies able to convert to SCIO status from January 1, 2012.
Press release ~ Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (SCIO) ~ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
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