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New governance guide for faith charities
Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009
[lang_en]The Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales has published a new guide for all faith-based charities to help them establish strong trustee bodies and good practice.
The publication, Faith in Good Governance, is aimed at the trustees, staff and volunteers of those charities established with a religious purpose whose main focus is religious worship and related activities. It brings together into one document aspects of the legal and good practice framework which are most likely to be of relevance to faith-based charities.
Faith in Good Governance has been produced as a result of ongoing work with and feedback from faith-based charities, who said that a tailored publication would be very helpful for the 30,000-plus charities on the Register that are identified as ‘faith-based’. It has been produced in an easy-to-read format and will be available in a number of languages.
Dame Suzi Leather, Chair of the Charity Commission said:
“It is important that trustees have the flexibility and freedom to decide what is the best way to achieve their charity’s aims, but at the same time they need good, useful guidance to help them in their work, which is why we have produced Faith in Good Governance. We hope trustees will find this new resource useful and that it will help faith-based charities become even more effective.”
Dr Harriet Crabtree, Director of The Inter Faith Network for the UK said:
“Faith in Good Governance will be an excellent resource for faith communities across the country. It draws on good practice examples from many different faith contexts which can help faith-based charities be even more effective in their important work.”
Faith in Good Governance uses the Commission’s experience of charities operating across many different faiths and includes the perspectives of a number of people associated with particular faith-based charities. It includes practical case studies as well as summarising the legal requirements that charities ‘must’ fulfil, and the recommended good practice that charities ‘should’ adopt.
The guidance is aimed predominantly at smaller/newer charities whose main focus is operating a place of worship, but the basic principles would be equally applicable to other faith-based charities. The document will be promoted by the Commission, including through the Faith and Social Cohesion Unit, led by Ghulam Rasool.
Faith in Good Governance is available:
- by clicking here (3oo KB pdf) or clicking the image on the right.
- from the Commission’s website at www.charitycommission.gov.uk, phone 0845 3000 218.
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Canllaw llywodraethu newydd i elusennau ffydd
Mae’r Comisiwn Elusennau, rheolydd annibynnol elusennau yng Nghymru a Lloegr, wedi cyhoeddi canllaw newydd i elusennau ffydd i’w helpu i sefydlu cyrff ymddiriedolwyr cryf ac arferion da.
Mae’r cyhoeddiad, Ffydd mewn Llywodraethu Da, wedi’i anelu at ymddiriedolwyr, staff a gwirfoddolwyr yr elusennau hynny a sefydlwyd gyda diben crefyddol a’u prif ffocws yw addoli crefyddol a gweithgareddau cysylltiedig. Mae’n dwyn ynghyd mewn un ddogfen agweddau ar y fframwaith cyfreithiol ac arferion da sy’n fwyaf tebygol o fod yn berthnasol i elusennau ffydd.
Mae Ffydd mewn Llywodraethu Da wedi cael ei gynhyrchu o ganlyniad i waith parhaus ac adborth gan elusennau ffydd, a ddywedodd y byddai cyhoeddiad pwrpasol yn ddefnyddiol iawn i’r 30,000 a mwy o elusennau ar y Gofrestr sydd wedi’u nodi fel ‘elusennau ffydd’. Cafodd ei gynhyrchu mewn fformat hawdd ei ddarllen a bydd ar gael mewn sawl iaith.
Dywedodd y Fonesig Suzi Leather, Cadeirydd y Comisiwn Elusennau:
“Mae’n bwysig bod gan ymddiriedolwyr yr hyblygrwydd a’r rhyddid i benderfynu beth yw’r ffordd orau i gyflawni nodau eu helusen, ond ar yr un pryd mae arnynt angen ganllawiau da, defnyddiol i’w helpu yn eu gwaith, a dyma pam ein bod wedi cynhyrchu Ffydd mewn Llywodraethu Da. Gobeithio y bydd yr adnodd newydd hwn yn ddefnyddiol i ymddiriedolwyr a bydd yn helpu elusennau ffydd i fod hyd yn oed yn fwy effeithiol.”
Dywedodd Dr Harriet Crabtree, Cyfarwyddwr The Inter Faith Network for the UK:
“Bydd Ffydd mewn Llywodraethu Da yn adnodd ardderchog i gymunedau ffydd ar hyd a lled y wlad. Mae’n defnyddio enghreifftiau o arferion da o sawl cyd-destun ffydd gwahanol a all helpu elusennau ffydd i fod hyd yn oed yn fwy effeithiol yn eu gwaith pwysig.”
Mae Ffydd mewn Llywodraethu Da yn defnyddio profiad y Comisiwn o elusennau yn gweithredu ar draws sawl ffydd gwahanol ac mae’n cynnwys safbwyntiau nifer o bobl sy’n gysylltiedig ag elusennau ffydd arbennig. Mae’n cynnwys astudiaethau achos ymarferol yn ogystal â chrynhoi’r gofynion cyfreithiol y mae’n ‘rhaid’ i elusennau eu cyflawni, a’r arferion da cymeradwy y ‘dylai’ elusennau eu mabwysiadu.
Mae’r canllaw wedi’i anelu’n bennaf at elusennau llai/mwy newydd a’u prif ffocws yw gweithredu lle addoli, ond byddai’r egwyddorion sylfaenol yr un mor gymwys i elusennau ffydd eraill.
Caiff y ddogfen ei hyrwyddo gan y Comisiwn, gan gynnwys trwy’r Uned Ffydd a Chydlyniant Cymdeithasol, dan arweiniad Ghulam Rasool.
Lawrlwytho dogfen yma, neu cysylltu â’r Comisiwn, www.charitycommission.gov.uk, ffôn 0845 3000 218.
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