21st May 2024
It is accepted that the Charity Commission exists to ensure that charities, operate in accordance with their statutory obligations. However, in the increasingly complex world in which we as charity/ch...
18th November 2022
On 31 October 2022, the first set of changes introduced by the Charities Act 2022 came into force, introducing a range of provisions, including new powers for trustees. These provisions include: Other...
6th April 2022
THE Charity Commission has issued new guidance for churches and their trustees regarding the Ukraine humanitarian crisis. The commission states that: “Many charities are already raising funds an...
17th January 2022
ACAT has changed our banking provider… We now bank with Triodos Bank, which specialises in “sustainable financial products”. Triodos was established specifically to enable individuals and organi...
17th November 2021
The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility – ECCR – has launched its new ‘Ethical Buying Guide for Churches’ resource. ECCR’s vision is to see money used in a way th...
29th September 2021
ACAT is delighted to be welcoming Andrew Robinson MBE, CCLA’s Executive Director of Market Development, as one of the keynote speakers at our 2021 virtual conference. Andrew’s webinar enti...
28th September 2021
With the onset of autumn, many Churches are entering the season of light nights and firework events – and many of us might even be starting to think about Christmas… Whilst these events ma...
29th August 2020
ACAT is urging church treasurers to book places for our 2020 Virtual Conference “at the earliest opportunity” to avoid disappointment following the great success of our first online courses. These...
12th August 2020
ACAT is delighted to announce that places can now be booked on our first ever online training sessions. Our popular Being a Treasurer: The Basics will become the first course to be available via webin...
3rd April 2020
THE data protection chapter of ACAT’s handbook has been revised – and is now available for members to read on our website. Chapter 21 now examines both the GDPR (General Data Protection Regula...
5th August 2019
Due to overwhelming demand, ACAT have filmed the teaching sessions from the GDPR seminar we presented in Durham. These were presented by experts from Stone King our longstanding partner in minist...
