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Charity trustees have wide-ranging legal responsibilities and carry overall accountability for their charity. It is essential that they are prepared and equipped with the appropriate information to fulfill this demanding role.

Written in a clear no-nonsense style, the second edition of The ICSA Charity Trustee's Guide provides quick and easy access to essential information on regulation and best practice in, for example, trustee recruitment and responsibilities, governance, board structure and functions, financial issues (including fundraising) and trustee-staff relations. Sources of further help and advice such as the relevant press and websites are listed in a comprehensive Directory section.

Key features:

• Clear explanation of regulation and best practice
• Written for trustees and staff of small and medium groups
• Comprehensive and up to date

Up-to-date to include coverage of:

• The Charities Act 2006
• Companies Act 2006
• The role of the new Office of the Third Sector
• Changes to the rules relating to trustee remuneration and political activities
• The impact of money laundering rules and the measures introduced by the Charity Commission to counter terrorist financing
• SORP 2005 and accounts thresholds
• Charities Act and the development of the Fundraising Standards Board
• Regulatory changes to lotteries and also introduction of the new regulator – the Gambling Commission
• New Community Interest Company.

Highly practical, this handy guide will enable readers to cope with most common situations. Useful tips and real world examples, sample documents that can be adapted for use in your own organisation, and summary checklists are included throughout. Proposals put forward in the Strategy Unit's Private Action, Public Benefit report are highlighted where relevant so that readers are aware of the potential changes.

This title will be invaluable for newly appointed trustees as well as an excellent quick reference for those with more experience and senior staff.

Paperback •  ISBN: 9781860724053 •   Published November 2008 • £29.95

Contents
1 - Starting point
2 - Responsibilities, risk and regulation
3 - Recruitment, appointment and induction of trainees
4 - Governance structure
5 - Running the board
6 - Trustee-Staff relations: roles and responsibilities
7 - Accounting, financial management and control
8 - Taxation and other financial issues
9 - Fundraising
10 - Monitoring, evaluation and quality

About the author
Chris Priestley: