The Regulator for Charities in England and Wales

The Review of the Register of Charities

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Promotion of Religious Harmony

  This guidance explains the extent to which the promotion of religious harmony for the benefit of the public is a charitable purpose. It explains the Commission's recent decision to recognise as charitable the promotion of religious harmony for the benefit of the public. It will be of interest to any such organisation that may be thinking of registering as a charity..
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The Promotion Of Equality And Diversity For The Benefit Of The Public

  The Charity Commissioners have been considering whether the promotion of equality and diversity is a charitable purpose. They have concluded that it is and have published new guidance on the website. The guidance explains the basis for this conclusion and gives examples of the ways in which a charity can promote equality and diversity and charities that have already been registered as promoting this purpose.
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RR1- The Review of the Register of Charities

  This publication gives the background to the Review of the Register of Charities. It sets out those characteristics that determine the charitable status of an organisation and which will inform the decisions made as part of the Review.
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RR1a - Recognising New Charitable Purposes
  This publication sets out briefly the legal principles that govern charitable status and the scope which the Commission has for recognising new charitable purposes.
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RR2 - Promotion of Urban and Rural Regeneration

  This is new guidance on determining the charitable status of organisations working in the field of promotion of urban and rural regeneration.
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RR3 - Charities for the Relief of Unemployment

  This is new guidance on determining the charitable status of organisations working in the field of relief of unemployment
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RR4 - The Recreational Charities Act 1958

  This publication summarises the Charity Commission's views on the scope of s.1 of the Recreational Charities Act 1958.
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RR5 - The Promotion of Community Capacity Building

  This publication provides guidance on the promotion of community capacity building as a charitable purpose.
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RR6 - Maintenance of an Accurate Register of Charities

  This publication summarises the steps the Commission will take, and the reasons for those steps, when it becomes clear that the Register of Charities is not an accurate record of those institutions which have charitable status and which ought to be on the Register.
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RR7 - The Independence of Charities from the State

  This publication summarises the Charity Commission’s views about the extent to which charities are required by law to be independent of the State.
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RR8 - The Public Character of Charity

  This publication sets out the Charity Commission's understanding of the general requirement that all charities must be of a public character.
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RR9 - Preservation and Conservation

  This publication summarises the Charity Commission’s views on the scope of organisations set up for the charitable purposes of preservation and/or conservation.
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RR10 - Museums and Art Galleries

  This publication sets out new guidance on their charitable status and how their collections and exhibits can satisfy a criterion of merit.
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RR11 - Charitable Status and Sport

  This guidance is concerned with the Commission's decision to recognise as charitable the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing particular sports.
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RR12 - The Promotion of Human Rights

  This guidance explains why the promotion of human rights is recognised as a charitable purpose. It also considers the various ways (including political campaigning) in which a charity may promote human rights.
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RR13 - Promotion of the Voluntary Sector for the Benefit of the Public

  This guidance explains the basis on which the Charity Commissioners have concluded that the promotion of the voluntary sector for the benefit of the public is charitable.
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RR14 - Promoting the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Charities and the Effective Use of Charitable Resources for the Benefit of the Public

  This guidance provides criteria for determining when organisations concerned with Promoting the efficiency and effectiveness of charities and the effective use of charitable resources for the benefit of the public can themselves be regarded as charitable.
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