Charity Commission

The regulator for charities in England and Wales

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Further support for small charities

ACRE
www.acre.org.uk

Almshouse Association
http://www.almshouses.org/

Bassac
www.bassac.org.uk

Charities Safety Group
http://www.csg.org.uk/

Community Matters
www.communitymatters.org.uk

Charity Trustee Network
www.trusteenet.org.uk

Directory of Social Change
www.dsc.org.uk

Find a solicitor (an online search provided by the Law Society)
 http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/choosingandusing/findasolicitor.law

Find a surveyor (an online search provided by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
 http://www.rics.org/findasurveyor

Foundation for Social Improvement
 http://www.thefsi.org/

NAVCA
www.navca.org.uk/smallcharities

NCVO
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk

Small charities coalition
www.smallcharities.org.uk

Wales Council for Voluntary Action
www.wcva.org.uk

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