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SMN NEWS: Call to Scottish Government - Mentoring in Scotland: Rebuilding Through Relationships

15 April

NEWS: OSCR have a new consultation on their ‘Meeting the Charity Test guidance’ updates

OSCR have released a new consultation on the 'Meeting the Charity Test' guidance, as a result of the recent decision by the court of session on the New Lanark Hotels Limited and New Lanark Trading Ltd.  The Court directed that both of these companies should be registered as charities on the basis of the facts in the case, and emphasised the unusual nature of the activities undertaken on the New Lanark World Heritage siteOSCR’s intention in bringing the appeals was to clarify the position with respect to our guidance on public benefit in charities.  The Court’s findings made it clear that charitable status for these companies was in accordance with OSCR’s public benefit guidance. That’s why they have proposed changes to the ‘What is public benefit?’ section in their Meeting the Charity Test guidance.  They have reflected the detail of the court’s findings on how public benefit should be considered when a charity is undertaking activities, including commercial trading, that do not further its charitable purposes.  In addition, they have taken this opportunity to clarify some of the language in the private benefit section.  They are running a 6 week consultation on the changes to ensure that they are clear and easily understood. They would like to hear your views on these proposed changes.  You can respond to the consultation by filling in our short survey.  Here is the link.  The closing date for responses will be 5 May 2021.  If you have any questions on the survey, please contact info@oscr.org.uk. 9 April

 

MEMBER NEWS: Mentoring, a life line for young people looked after at home

We were delighted to read this piece featured in Holyrood Magazine from our partners at Inspiring Scotland.   7 April

NEWS: OSCR has issued updated guidance for charities campaigning on political issues

In advance of the Scottish Parliament elections on the 6th of May, OSCR have provided updated guidance on charities campaigning activities.  We are currently in the Regulated Period where the Electoral Commission will be regulating any spending on political campaigns and activities.  The Electoral Commission rules on campaigning have been modified since OSCR last released guidance, for example, all election material now requires an ‘imprint’ where previously it was only physical election material. Under Scottish charity law, your charity can campaign if: it is advancing your charitable purposes your governing document does not prevent the activity you are not advancing a political party and, you can show you are acting in the charity’s best interests. When considering whether you are acting in a charity’s best interests, this should include the reputational implications of your actions. While there are restrictions on what campaigning activities a charity can undertake, it is important to note that political campaigning in principle is not forbidden. In fact, political campaigning on particular issues can be an important way for charities to achieve their charitable purposes. Read the full article from OSCR's website below:  7 April

 

SMN NEWS: SMN to use NHS Attend Anywhere service

Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, SMN member projects have fed back to the team at SMN that choosing a secure video conferencing tool has been a challenge.  As our projects continue to run mentoring sessions online, and may continue to do so for the foreseeable future, we wish to help them do this as smoothly as possible.  The Attend Anywhere service will enable us to host 'waiting areas' for our members that they can use for their mentoring meetings.  The benefit of using this service will be that mentors will not have to share any personal details to meet with their mentee.   We would like our members to help test how this will work within your projects. If this is something that would be helpful to your project, and would like to be involved with testing, please email us and let us know!    7 April

Events

SMN: Glasgow & Surrounding Areas Network Event

21 April 2021, Zoom

SMN: Topic Based Event - Overview of Near Me Service POSTPONED

20 May 2021, Zoom

SMN: Fife & Tayside Network Event

22 June 2021, Zoom

SMN: Topic Based Event - Near Me Service

25 August 2021, Zoom

SMN: Edinburgh & Lothians Network Event

21 September 2021, Zoom

SMN: Mentoring Information Event

27 October 2021, Zoom

SMN: Online National Event

8 December 2021, Zoom

SMN: Taking Stock of the Year Event

26 January 2022, Zoom

SMN: Topic Based Event (TBC)

22 March 2022, Zoom

SMN: New Members - Welcome to the Network!

19 May 2022, Zoom

SMN: All Members Networking Event

22 September 2022, Zoom

SMN: National Event

27 October 2022, The Studio, 67 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 6AE

SMN: AGM 2022

14 December 2022, Zoom

SMN: Taking Stock Event

19 January 2023, Zoom

SMN: Networking Event

28 April 2023, Zoom

SMN: General Meeting

30 June 2023, Zoom

SMN: Networking Event

7 September 2023, Zoom

SMN: National Event

25 October 2023, The Studio, Glasgow

SMN: Taking Stock of the Year Event

19 January 2024, Zoom

SMN: Networking Event

26 March 2024, Zoom


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