As Charity Insurance Specialists, NCi Charity regularly keep up to date with issues affecting the charitable and not-for-profit sectors not just from speaking with our charity, community and youth group customers but by also attending trade shows and discussing issues such as risk management with trade bodies and regulators. The following publications and websites may therefore be of interest to anyone working in the charity or voluntary sector:

Charities are part of British life. They range from small groups meeting local needs with few resources to the well-known major charities with budgets of millions.

Whatever their size or purpose, an essential requirement of all charities is that they operate for the public benefit and independently of government or commercial interests. The Charity Commissions job is to ensure this happens.

The Charity Commission for England and Wales is established by law as the regulator and registrar of charities in England and Wales. Their aim is to provide the best possible regulation of these charities in order to increase charities’ efficiency and effectiveness and public confidence and trust in them.

Charity Times is the leading business and management magazine for UK non-profit professionals. Every eight weeks it offers a wide range of in-depth, independently-written features and news analysis.

Charity Times Online complements the printed publication, offering breaking news, a fortnightly email newsletter and in-depth features, plus jobs, factsheets, full diary listings, archives and access to the largest marketplace of services for non-profit organisations.

Marie Curie Cancer Care is one of the UK’s largest charities. It was established in 1948 – the same year as the NHS – and marks its 60th anniversary in 2008.
Employing more than 2,700 nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals, they expect to provide care to around 27,000 terminally ill patients in the community and in their hospices this year, along with support for their families.

Marie Curie Cancer Care mainly care for people with cancer but also care for people with other life limiting illnesses. Their services are always free of charge to patients and their families.

The charity is best known for its network of Marie Curie Nurses working in the community to provide end-of-life care for patients in their own homes.
 

The MS Society is the UK's largest charity for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - about 85,000 people in the UK.

Across the UK information and support is available to anyone affected by MS from their network of over 350 local branches.

The Society funds MS research, runs respite care centres, provides grants (financial assistance), education and training on MS. It produces numerous publications on MS and runs a freephone specialist Helpline.

They are committed to bringing high standards of quality health and social care within reach of everyone affected by MS and to encourage and support medical and applied research into its cause and control.

NCVO (The National Council for Voluntary Organisations) is a registered charity (number 225922), a company limited by guarantee, number 198344 England,which gives voice and support to civil society.

NCVO believes passionately in the voluntary and community sector. This is a sector with the power to transform the lives of people and communities for the better. 

NCVO has over 7,000 members. With over 280,000 staff and over 13 million volunteers working for their members, they represent and support almost half the voluntary sector workforce.

Their goal is to support members by creating an environment in which voluntary organisations can flourish and develop.