What exactly is the new Charity Commission toolkit and how will it help MPs?
Sarah Atkinson: As the charity regulator, we get a huge number of letters, emails and calls from MPs and their staff asking us for advice and information about charities. Often the same queries come up time and time again, and sometimes we’re not even the right organisation to respond (queries about tax breaks for charities, for example, should go to Revenue & Customs). We’ve developed a series of simple, practical factsheets to give answers to the most common questions MPs ask the Commission, along with advice and information which we think they’ll find useful. All this is packaged in a handy toolkit which also includes key contact information – so MPs and their offices have a special resource which gives them tailored information and advice about charities, and points them in the right direction to get further assistance.
