Independent schools 'will all pass public benefit test'
4 July 2008
All charitable private schools will pass the Charity Commission's new public benefit test, according to the chair of the Independent Schools Council.
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4 July 2008
All charitable private schools will pass the Charity Commission's new public benefit test, according to the chair of the Independent Schools Council.
4 July 2008
Former Times editor Simon Jenkins has been appointed as the next chair of the National Trust.
3 July 2008
The Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland today launches a drive to recruit a board of commissioners for the province's forthcoming Charity Commission.
1 July 2008
The Office of the Third Sector has chosen the 12 members of a new third sector panel to advise ministers on policies that affect charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprise.
2 July 2008
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