Report: Charity Income Spotlight

Updated quarterly, the Charity Income Spotlight is the most up to date snap shot of charity income. Using the latest data available the report makes year on year comparisons on charity income. Whether you are interested in charities’ overall income, or sub-streams such as voluntary or investment income, this series of reports will provide a valuable guide to the latest performance.

Sarasin & Partners, October 2013.  Charity Income Spotlight: quarterly report.  Charity Financials.

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Report: Charity audit spotlight

Updated bi-annually this new report is an analysis of the charity audit marketplace examining audit fees, number of clients and total income audited for the top 5,000 charities in the UK.

Buzzacott Chartered Accountants. January 2014. Charity Audit Spotlights.  Charity Financials.

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Guidance: Reviewing auditors: ten questions for trustees

From the Auditors and Advisors Sayer Vincent, guidance on what trustees could be asking themselves to undertake a review to ensure they're getting the most from the audit relationship.

Sayer Vincent, Reviewing auditors: ten questions for trustees.

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Report: Working towards a hospice workforce that is fit for the future

This working paper, written with Skills for Health, details some key roles and skills that will be needed in the hospice workforce in the future.  Written from the adult hospice perspective.

Help the Hospices, 2013. Working towards a hospice workforce that is fit for the future: a working paper of the Commission into the Future of Hospice Care.

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Report: The future of hospice education and training

This report, produced with the National Association of Palliative Care Educators, explores how hospices can preserve and improve upon their vital role as educators to the end of life care sector, in a future which looks markedly different.

Help the Hospices, 2013.  The future of hospice education and training: a working paper of the Commission into the future of hospice care.

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Report: The provision of education and training to HCAs.

The recent debate about the healthcare assistant workforce within the NHS has promoted discussion about the education and training of this staff group.  This article outlines the education and training opportunities available and identifies that, with such a disparate picture nationally, further work needs to be done to ensure HCAs are sufficiently supported to undertake their role.

Kelly, M. 2013.  The provision of education and training to HCAs.  British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 7 (11) p 556 - 560.

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Survey: Beyond breaking point? a survey report of RCN members of health, wellbeing and stress

Published in October 2013, This Beyond breaking point survey of 2,008 RCN members working across the NHS, GP practice, the private sector, voluntary sector, universities and other public bodies examines the factors influencing health, wellbeing and stress, including management and peer support, sickness absence policies, bullying and harassment and occupational health service provision.

Royal College of Nursing, 2014.   Beyond breaking point? a survey report of RCN members of health, wellbeing and stress.  RCN.

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Article: Model financial delegations

In order to fulfil their financial responsibilities, trustees need to ensure that they have clearly recorded and regularly reviewed a system of financial delegation.  This financial delegation guide was published online from Governance Magazine in 2013.  The documents outlines the financial responsibilities of the finance committee.

Coutinho, S. 2013.  Model financial delegations.  Governance Magazine. May 2013.

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Article: Trading subsidiaries

Published in Finance Magazine, this article outlines the key tax issues for charities with trading subsidiary companies.

Jennings, D. Trading subsidiaries.  Finance Magazine, December 2013.

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Article: VAT relief on building annexes

Published in Finance Magazine, the article looks at the issues surrounding tax relief when extending property.

Elliot, G.  VAT relief on building annexes.  Finance Magazine. February 2014.

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Guidance: The tendering process for NHS services in England: a short guide for health professionals tendering for services

This publication acts as a short guide for health professionals who are new to the process of tendering for services in the NHS. It explains the processes in each of the key stages and provides tips on what to consider at each stage.

Royal College of Nursing, 2013.  The tendering process for NHS services in England: a short guide for health professionals tendering for services.  RCN.

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Guidance: Working with interpreters in a children's hospice or a palliative care setting

This guidance provides a framework for all children's hospices and palliative care services to utilise and personalise for their individual organisation, and to help them maximise the support they can make available to a diverse range of families.

Together for Short Lives, Guidance on working with interpreters in a children's hospice or palliative care setting.

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Article: Compliance Toolkit: protecting charities from fraud and financial crime

Updated in June 2012, the guidance aims to highlight some of the types of fraud and financial crime to which charities are vulnerable and provide practical advice for trustees and senior managers on how to tackle it.

Charity Commission, 2012.  Compliance Toolkit: Protecting charities from harm: Chapter 3 - Fraud and Financial Crime.

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Guidance: The role of hospices in supporting young people in transition

Published in October 2013 by Help The Hospices, the report considers the key role that hospices have in ensuring a smooth transition for young adults who need their services, as they reach adulthood.   The report looks at the role of both children's and adult's hopsices.

Help the Hospices, 2013.  The role of hospices in supporting young people in transition.

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