What should charities be doing during the COVID-19 pandemic?

As the impact of the coronavirus continues to put a strain on many charities, the Charity Commission has been publishing and updating their advice regarding the pandemic in relation to:

• changing objects to assist with the crisis;
• using reserves and restricted funds;
• cancellation or postponement of AGMs and other key meetings;
• use of video, teleconferencing and the internet in place of face-to-face meetings;
• paying staff;
• serious incident reporting;
• safeguarding; and
• signposting.

Sarah Williams, Legal Director and Harriet Ainsworth, Associate in BDB Pitmans’ charities team, examine this guidance in their article for Charities Management.

The full article is available here.