The Charity Commission has today re-launched its quarterly newsletter to charity trustees, CC News.

CC News is the Commission’s main channel of communication with trustees, and helps trustees run their charities in line with charity law by providing updates on guidance and advice available from the Commission and other sources.

From today, CC News is published as an HTML email newsletter, meaning that trustees can read updates straight from their inbox, as well as being able to click through to find further information available online.

The new-look newsletter also features new types of content, including summaries of investigations conducted by the Commission.

The Commission’s chief executive, Sam Younger, says the new format and style will help busy trustees access guidance and information quickly: “CC News is a vital source of information and guidance for charity trustees and the new format will make it even easier for trustees to access the information they need to run their charity well.

"The relaunch of CC News comes as part of the Commission’s wider strategic commitment to providing quality online guidance to trustees, helping ensure trustees understand their duties and run their charities in line with charity law. I urge all charity boards to ensure they receive and consider CC News.”

The newsletter goes all charities for which the regulator holds a contact email address – around 137,000 – as well as all those who have signed up to receive regular email alerts from the Commission. In 2010, the newsletter moved to an online-only format, as part of the Commission’s online strategy.

The spring 2012 edition of CC News is available to read here. It provides updates on how to protect charities against fraud, information about the Commission’s upcoming public meeting in Birmingham, and a reminder about filing annual documents online and on time.

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