We would like to thank the wide range of individuals and organisations who gave up their time to help us develop this draft Bill and consultation paper.
We held seven meetings of the reference group while drafting the Bill. The group was made up of:
Between December 2003 and May 2004, we held around 40 specialist meetings dealing with particular sections of the bill:
Issue | Stakeholders |
accounting provisions | Reference group representatives |
appeals process | reference group |
Charitable Incorporated Organisation | SCVO; Dundee University Charity Law Research Unit |
Charitable Incorporated Organisation | Law Society, ICAS, OSCR, SCVO, MDNS, Dundee
University, Institute of Fundraising |
charity governance | reference group |
Charity regulation - jurisdiction issues | Reference group members |
consultation process | Scottish Civic Forum |
co-operatives | Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, Association of British Credit Unions Ltd |
co-operatives | Co-operation and Mutuality Scotland |
definition of charity | Varied delegates invited by SCVO |
definition of charity | reference group |
dual regulation | reference group |
dual regulation | SFHA, Scottish Environment Link, reference group representatives |
dual regulation | Charity Commission |
form of OSCR | Varied delegates invited by SCVO |
form of OSCR | reference group |
functions of OSCR | reference group |
fundraising | Institute of Fundraising, Public Fundraising Regulatory Association |
fundraising | Institute of Fundraising Public Affairs Committee |
fundraising | Reference group representatives |
fundraising | Buse Commission representatives |
fundraising | reference group |
fundraising/trading | Association of Charity Shops |
general | voluntary sector intermediaries network |
general | Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland |
general | Law Society of Scotland |
general | Scottish Council for Independent Schools |
general | Third Sector Policy Officers' Network |
general | Scottish Interfaith Council |
general | Scottish Council of Jewish Communities |
general | Debate among delegates at Momentum Charity Law Seminar, The Gathering |
general | CoSLA and local authority representatives |
general | Learning Link members |
general | Members of Scottish Environment Link |
general/charity governance | Management Development Network Scotland |
OSCR powers - governance and re-organisations | reference group |
OSCR powers - mismanagement and misconduct | reference group |
outline of bill | reference group |
principles of public benefit | reference group |
public charitable collections | SOLAR, Dundee University Charity Law Research Unit, reference group representatives |
public charitable collections | Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland |
Public charitable collections | Follow-up, including CoSLA representatives and reference group members |
registration | reference group |
regulation of fundraising | Varied delegates invited by SCVO |
religious organisations | Church of Scotland Trust/Scottish Churches Committee |
trading and campaigning issues | Oxfam GB |
trading and campaigning issues | Cancer Research UK Scotland |