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Charities can lead from the front on Living Wage
Friday February 24, 2017Lynn Anderson is a Living Wage accreditation officer for the Scottish Living Wage Accreditation Initiative. Her work includes a specific focus on Third Sector.
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Social Investment - A Good Investment?
Monday February 20, 2017Pauline Hinchion, Director of the Scottish Community Re: Investment Trust (SCRT), continues to talk about Social Investment in her 2nd blog for OSCR.
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Is social media in your charity’s DNA?
Friday November 11, 2016OSCR's Communications Manager, Ian Grieve, highlights the importance of charities having a social media channel
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Targeting Trust
Wednesday September 14, 2016Louise Meikleham, OSCR's Engagement Manager for Policy & Research, talks about the latest results of our Scottish Charity Survey and how we can learn from the research to help us understand the sector and shape our approach to regulating charities.
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Targeted Regulation - five months on
Wednesday August 24, 2016Jude Turbyne, OSCR's Head of Engagement, gives an update on Targeted Regulation
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Brexit: are you a meerkat or an ostrich?
Wednesday August 10, 2016David Robb, CEO of OSCR, talks about the Brexit referendum and how this has generated very challenging times for those entrusted with running charities.
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How to prepare for appointing a charity investment manager
Wednesday July 13, 2016Julie Hutchison, Charities Specialist from Standard Life Wealth, talks about the kind of process a charity should follow when getting ready to appoint an investment manager.
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Fundraising regulation, bringing in the changes
Thursday July 7, 2016Jude Turbyne, OSCR's Head of Engagement, talks about the new system of fundraising complaints in Scotland.
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Remember the ombudsman
Monday June 27, 2016Ian Woodman, from the Financial Ombudsman Service, talks about the help charities can receive from the Financial Ombudsman Service if there are problems with the bank that can't be resolved by the charity.
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Measuring your risk maturity - specifically for charities
Wednesday May 25, 2016Alyson Pepperill, Chair of The Charities Sector Interest group at the Institute of Risk Management, talks about a new risk maturity framework and accompanying guide.
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