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  • Tickets for trustees

    Few perks of trusteeship feel as natural as a seat at your own charity’s opening night. You give your time for nothing, you care…

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  • Stewards of the money: the trustee and funder lessons from Coventry City of Culture Trust

    Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture brought a remarkable programme to the city. On 4th September 2026 the Charity Commission published its conclusions…

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  • Stretched on every side: what the 2026 charity risk assessment means for cultural organisations

    The Charity Commission’s new Charity sector risk assessment, published this month, sets out the risks facing charities across England and Wales, and much of…

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  • Data protection update 2026

    Data protection has moved on over the past year, and a few developments are worth the attention of cultural organisations in particular.

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  • Regulated activity checks for children: what cultural organisations should do before 1 September 2026

    From 1 September 2026 the DBS supervision exemption for regulated activity with children ends. What cultural organisations should check before the autumn.

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  • The EHRC’s new code of practice: what it means for cultural venues (updated November 2026)

    Our briefing note on the EHRC’s Code of Practice for services, updated for November 2026: toilets, changing rooms, events, membership schemes and charities.

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  • What’s changing: data protection complaints

    The UK’s data protection landscape is undergoing another change! All organisations acting as data controllers are legally required to maintain and follow a publicly…

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  • Hillsborough law: duty of candour shifts corporate culture

    We are currently witnessing a profound shift in the expectations placed on organisations. For decades, the standard corporate response to a crisis or serious…

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  • EDI benchmark for boards: measuring diversity in cultural governance

    For too long, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) have been treated as an optional extra at the end of a board meeting. But as…

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  • Understanding the supreme court ruling on “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 for cultural organisations

    The Supreme Court’s Interpretation: Biological Sex as the Definition of “Sex” The Supreme Court unanimously held that, for the purposes of the Equality Act…

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