scholarly journals What Regulation, Who Pays? Public Attitudes to Charity Regulation in England and Wales

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eddy Hogg
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Charity Commission ◽  
Regulatory Functions ◽  
Charity Regulation

Funding for England and Wales’ Charity Commission has been cut by 48% between 2007 and 2016, affecting its ability to deliver its core regulatory functions. Conversations around what charity regulation should look like and how it should be funded have, therefore, gained momentum. These debates, however, are not limited to England and Wales, and in this article, we contribute to them by exploring public attitudes to these questions, presenting the findings of four focus groups. We find that although public knowledge of charity regulation is low, people are, nonetheless, clear that charities should be regulated. There is no clear preferred method of funding a charity regulator and a significant amount of complexity and nuance in public attitudes. People trust charities, but this can be eroded if they do not have confidence in how they operate. A visibly effective regulator supporting and supported by charities is central to maintaining trust.

June–September 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
Frank Cranmer
Keyword(s):  
Annual Income ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Church Congregations ◽  
Charity Commission ◽  
On Line ◽  
Mail Address ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Do So

The Charity Commission for England and Wales published an updated list of the questions to be included in the 2018 Annual Return for registered charities. The trustees of charities excepted from registration with the Commission – which include a considerable number of church congregations – are not required to submit an annual return; but an increasing number find that they must do so because when an excepted charity's annual income exceeds £100,000 it loses its excepted status. The previously expressed intention to require every charity trustee to provide an e-mail address has been abandoned; instead, the Commission intends to ask all trustees either to supply an e-mail address or to confirm that they do not have one – which looks very like a welcome climbdown. The Commission's on-line Annual Return Service opened for submissions on 20 August.

scholarly journals Fit for public consumption? An exploratory study of the reporting of nutrition research in UK tabloids with regard to its accuracy, and a preliminary investigation of public attitudes towards it

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1124-1131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea J Basu ◽  
Elaine Hogard
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Nutrition Research ◽  
Public Consumption ◽  
Significant Research

AbstractObjectiveTo explore the quality (accuracy, balance, practical context) of tabloid articles reporting on nutrition research, and public attitudes towards it.DesignA qualitative multi-method study consisting of a systematic analysis of tabloid articles and a series of focus groups with members of the public.SettingTabloid newspapers (nationwide). Focus groups were conducted at a UK university.SubjectsAll UK tabloid newspapers were collated for a full calendar month. Members of the local Women’s Institute and non-teaching staff within the University College Chester were recruited as focus group participants.ResultsTwenty-nine tabloid articles were included. A standardised TAT (Tabloid Analysis Tool) was used a total of thirty-nine times (once for each research study cited). Twenty-six failed to accurately report research results, thirty-six failed to mention significant research limitations, and only five quoted a third-party expert source. Two focus groups, each with eight participants, were conducted. Attitudes expressed were largely negative, highlighting elements of confusion and scepticism. Articles were more likely to be disregarded than acted upon, although some value was attached to newspapers providing nutrition information.ConclusionsTabloid reporting on nutrition research is not sufficiently accurate, balanced or contextualised, and public attitudes towards the reporting are not wholly favourable. Guidance for journalists via registered dietitians and a strengthening of present links could serve to utilise this form of mass media more effectively.

Three challenges in charity regulation: the case of England and Wales

2014 ◽  
pp. 314-335
Author(s):  
Christopher Decker ◽  
Matthew Harding ◽  
Matthew Harding ◽  
Ann O'Connell ◽  
Miranda Stewart
Keyword(s):  
England And Wales ◽  
Charity Regulation

10. Public opinion, crime, and criminal justice

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Hough ◽  
Julian V. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Crime Trends ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Criminal Justice Response ◽  
Crime And Criminal Justice

This chapter summarizes research on public opinion about crime and criminal justice in developed industrialized societies. It starts with an assessment of what can be said about public knowledge about crime, documenting widespread misperceptions about the nature of crime, about crime trends, and about the criminal justice response to crime. It then considers public attitudes towards crime and justice, which tend to be largely negative. The chapter presents evidence of the links between levels of knowledge and attitudes to justice, suggesting that misinformation about crime and justice is the likely source of negative public ratings of the justice system. Penal populism and populist punitiveness are considered. The chapter ends by exploring issues of public trust in justice, confidence, and legitimacy.

R (Independent Schools Council) v Charity Commission for England and Wales [2011] UKUT 421 (TCC), Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Whayman
Keyword(s):  
Independent Schools ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Charity Commission

Essential Cases: Equity & Trusts provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R (Independent Schools Council) v Charity Commission for England and Wales [2011] UKUT 421 (TCC), Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber). The document also includes supporting commentary from author Derek Whayman.

R (Independent Schools Council) v Charity Commission for England and Wales [2012] Ch 214, Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Whayman
Keyword(s):  
Independent Schools ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Charity Commission

Essential Cases: Equity & Trusts provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R (Independent Schools Council) v Charity Commission for England and Wales [2012] Ch 214, Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber). The document also includes supporting commentary from author Derek Whayman.

scholarly journals On the factors influencing public knowledge and acceptance of reclaimed water from a survey of three cities in northern China

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongfan Zhu ◽  
Hongrui Wang ◽  
Aihua Li
Keyword(s):  
Water Reuse ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Water Shortages ◽  
Educational Backgrounds ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Knowledge And Acceptance

Abstract In this study, we analysed the survey results regarding the level of public knowledge about, and general attitudes towards, reclaimed water in Jinan, Weifang, and Yantai, three cities in northern China that experience serious water shortages. The objective is to identify the factors influencing public knowledge and acceptance of reclaimed water and determine the hurdles of water reuse applications. The results showed that: (1) educational background was moderately correlated, and age and monthly income were weakly correlated, with the respondents' knowledge about water resources and use; (2) gender, occupation, and economic income were not related to public attitudes toward reclaimed water, and older people and those with higher educational backgrounds were more willing to accept the use of reclaimed water than were other respondents. This study could provide a valuable reference in other regions of China and developing countries facing similar issues of reclaimed water. The knowledge of this study will help to overcome public acceptance hurdles in other projects.

scholarly journals Explaining the visible and the invisible: Public knowledge of genetics, ancestry, physical appearance and race in Colombia

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 886-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Schwartz-Marín ◽  
Peter Wade
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Genetic Ancestry ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Authoritative Knowledge ◽  
Mechanistic Explanations ◽  
Genetic Essentialism ◽  
Genetic Science ◽  
Using Data

Using data from focus groups conducted in Colombia, we explore how educated lay audiences faced with scenarios about ancestry and genetics draw on widespread and dominant notions of nation, race and belonging in Colombia to ascribe ancestry to collectivities and to themselves as individuals. People from a life sciences background tend to deploy idioms of race and genetics more readily than people from a humanities and race-critical background. When they considered individuals, people tempered or domesticated the more mechanistic explanations about racialized physical appearance, ancestry and genetics that were apparent at the collective level. Ideas of the latency and manifestation of invisible traits were an aspect of this domestication. People ceded ultimate authority to genetic science, but deployed it to work alongside what they already knew. Notions of genetic essentialism co-exist with the strategic use of genetic ancestry in ways that both fix and unfix race. Our data indicate the importance of attending to the different epistemological stances through which people define authoritative knowledge and to the importance of distinguishing the scale of resolution at which the question of diversity is being posed.

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