Introduction There is a lot of talk about paying trustees. This blog is a thought experiment about what would happen if the Charity Commission (for England and Wales), or any of the other charity regulators in the UK, removed the restrictions on paying trustees. In other words, it's as easy to pay a trustee as a member of staff. What would happen, and what would the issues be? Here are some knotty questions if there were a free market in paying trustees 1. Who would be attracted to a...

Introduction This is the tenth in the Heyheyjoe briefing series, looking at external social, economic, and demographic changes and their impact on charities and non-profit organisations. This one focuses on immigration and how changing migration levels and the politics of migration affect charities and non-profits. Migration into the UK has two sides to it: the pull or recruitment of people into the UK, and the push of people who wish to leave their home country. The changing levels of...