News and snippets

Introduction

On this page there's an informal miscellany of short items (snippets) :

Some of the items are information that we've only just come across. So far they haven't been incorporated into the website, but we feel people may find them useful in the meantime - even if the item below is just a link to their website.
Where items have a date (eg 'news' items), generally they're in reverse-date order (ie the latest items are at the top).
In due course, some items will be moved to an appropriate page on the website and expanded.
Some smaller items will stay on this page permanently.

There are no red double-arrows next to the web addresses on this page.

(See also the What's new page - this gives news of changes to the CharityBags website.)

www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/1003525/High-Court-rule-whether-taking-bags-left-outside-charity-shops-theft/

Article dated 18 May 2010

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2009-10-28c.271.2

On oral answers to questions in Parliament on 28 October 2009 about bogus clothing collections - eg Jeff Ennis and Angela Smith.

See our new page on this: Charity clothing collections: Parliament and politicians.

www.plainlanguage.gov - US government site

'Improving communication from the Federal government to the public'

http://www.llrx.com/features/plainlanguage.htm - 'Plain language in law' - with lots of references

'LLRX' stands for 'Law Library Resource Xchange'

http://cms.naleo.org.uk/

National Association of Licensing and Enforcement Officers (NALEO)

Consumer Focus

A new government consumer-protection body, launched 1 October 2008

Wandsworth Oasis Trading Company Ltd

News at 28 September 2008 :

Apparently, the Company runs a chain of four shops in SW London. A notice above at least one of the shops states "Raising funds for people affected by HIV / AIDS".

In August and early September 2008, articles appeared in two newspapers which raised 'concerns' about the Company and their shops - including the following issues :

whether the shops were 'charity shops' or not
whether the Company was charitable
how many pence-in-the-pound went to good causes - ie the net proceeds raised.

We understand the matter was referred to the Borough's trading standards department and the Charity Commission for investigation.

On 25 September, the Commission registered the Company as a charity (register number 1126061) - see the Commission's website.

See Google etc for further information on this story.

www.guidestar.org.uk

'GuideStar UK' is a registered charity.
"Comprehensive information about every charity".
An online database on every charity.
(See also the Charity Commission's online database.)

www.charityfinance.co.uk

'Charity Finance': A magazine, 10 issues per year. Launched around 1990.
Aimed at charity sector professionals.
Also carries out six annual surveys, including one on charity shops.