Select Committee on Charities
Stronger charities for a stronger society
Report of Session 2016-17 - published 26 March 2017 - HL Paper 133
Contents
The changing role of charities
Figure 1: Voluntary organisations by area of activity (2013/14)
Chapter 2: The history and shape of the charity sector
Regulation and the role of government
Box 1: Exempt and excepted charities
The shape and funding of the charity sector
Chapter 3: Improving governance and accountability
Diversity of the Charity Commission’s board
Transparency, accountability and impact
Evaluation and impact reporting
Chapter 4: Funding: grants, contracts and commissioning
The decline of public sector grants
Commissioning skills and co-operative development of contracts
Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
Financial and planning challenges
Chapter 5: Supporting sustainability
Support within the charity sector
Chapter 6: Charities and digital technology
The potential of digital technology
The challenges of digital for the charity sector
Helping charities to embrace digital technology
Chapter 7: Alternative forms of charity finance
Social investment: potential and barriers
Social investment and small charities
Investment capacity and skills
Chapter 8: Regulation and the role of government
Office for Civil Society: priorities, initiatives and sector engagement
Impact on charities of the UK’s departure from the European Union
Regulation of the charity sector
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Appendix 4: Note of Committee visit to Body & Soul
Appendix 5: Note of Committee visit to the Charity Commission
Appendix 6: Note of Committee visit to Manchester
Appendix 7: Note of roundtable discussion in Westminster
Appendix 8: Note of roundtable discussion in Cardiff
Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/charities-adhoc and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.