Charity law is changing: how your trustees and senior management may be affected

Tracey Bird

Date

10:00-11:00, 5 December 2024

Attendance

Online

Contact

Tracey Bird
0131 474 6168

Topics

Governance and leadership Running your organisation

Overview

The implementation of important new measures in charity law is currently under way. One important change is that The Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023 will extend the range of criteria that result in automatic disqualification. This could affect both your trustees and senior management.

Currently, individuals are automatically disqualified from being a charity trustee if they:

• have an unspent conviction for an offence involving dishonesty or an offence under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005
• are an undischarged bankrupt or have a Protected Trust Deed
• have been removed under either Scottish or English Law or the courts from being a charity trustee

The new charity law measures will extend this criteria to include, for example, those convicted of terrorism, or who are on the sexual offenders register.

In addition, these criteria for disqualification, which have previously only applied to trustees, are being extended to include staff or volunteers who undertake a senior management function for a charity.

Overall aim

This interactive webinar offers the opportunity for you to hear more about the changes and explore how this may affect your charity. We will hear from both OSCR and charity and employment law experts from Morton Fraser MacRoberts on the possible repercussions of the key aspects of the changes, which are expected to be introduced in mid-2025. 

We would really like to hear from you about your concerns and issues and how you think this could affect the running of your charity. Please submit your questions beforehand in the Questions or comments? (optional) section of the booking form.

Who is the event aimed at?

Charity trustees, senior managers, and those who advise Scottish charities

Cost

Free