Charity commission equality impact assessment for online services Source: Equality impact assessment for online services – introduction to consultation. The Charity Commission: Webpage, accessed 17 August 2010. The Charity Commission for England and Wales is aiming to move the bulk of its interactions with its customers online, meaning that some traditional hard copy methods of doing business will ...

Widening access through nurse leadership grants programme Grants are available through Help the Hospices, funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing, to help nurses put into practice their ideas to help a wider range of people access their hospice and end of of life care. The grants aim to help develop and enhance the leadership abilities ...

New taskforce to reduce bureaucratic burdens on the voluntary sector Source: Big Society red tape purge. Cabinet Office: Press release, 17 August 2010. A new taskforce has been announced which aims to make it easier to run charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises by reducing bureaucratic burdens. The taskforce will make recommendations about how redtape should be reduced, ...

NICE to develop quality standard for end of life care Source: NICE announces development of further quality standards. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: Press release, 12 August 2010. NICE has announced that it is to develop nine new quality standards during 2010-2011. The NICE quality standards are markers of excellent care; they set out the ...