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What we need

 The Wheel believes that community and voluntary organisations will require independent advice and guidance...

The community and voluntary sector requires an infrastructure-of-support to provide training, advice, information, mentoring and support-services that address needs in the areas of:

  • board development, governance, and leadership
  • strategy development
  • general management: human resources, operations, financial and accounting, information and communications technologies, and other management areas
  • regulation
  • fundraising and funding.

The infrastructure-of-support should also provide:

People

 

Message of hope Croke Park

Statement of Principles for Fundraising

 ...a series of free resources that are designed to assist in the implementation of the Statement of Guiding Principles for Fundraising.

Fundraising by charities in Ireland is to be regulated according to a voluntary scheme to develop and implement Codes of Good Practice on the operational and administrative aspects of fundraising by charities.

 ...a series of free resources that are designed to assist in the implementation of the Statement of Guiding Principles for Fundraising.

Tax and Charities

Where a charitable organisation wishes to apply for exemption, it must submit a completed application form, CHY 1.

The Revenue Commissioners are responsible for the administration of charitable tax exemptions and for this purpose determine whether a body of persons or a trust claiming the benefit of any exemption is established for charitable purposes only.

Following establishment of the Charities Regulatory Authority, the Revenue Commissioners will remain responsible for the administration of the charitable tax exemption system.

Where a charitable organisation wishes to apply for exemption, it must submit a completed application form, CHY 1.

The Taskforce on Active Citizenship

The Taskforce conducted a nationwide consultation process to hear your views on what it means to be an active citizen in 21st century Ireland.

The Taskforce on Active Citizenship was established to advise the Government on the steps that could be taken to ensure that the wealth of civic spirit and active participation already present in I

The Wheels View Of Active Citizenship and Community & Voluntary Organisations

Achieving social inclusion depends on our commitment to ensure that active citizenship embraces principles of community development.

Community and voluntary organisations play a vital part in the life of communities, enabling people to come together for their own purposes and take part in community activity by engaging in social or leisure pursuits, helping themselves and others, or promoting a cause they feel strongly about. Voluntary and community organizations are, as a result, very important facilitators of community involvement.

Achieving social inclusion depends on our commitment to ensure that active citizenship embraces principles of community development.

The Charities Act

Charities will be permitted to promote a political cause if it relates directly to their charitable purpose.

The Charities Act, enacted on Saturday 28 February, 2009, represents a very significant milestone for community and voluntary activity in Ireland.

You and Your Organisation

Here you can find out all sorts of information about how to govern and manage your group, be it a charity, community, voluntary or nonprofit organisation. It's designed to be a one-top-shop for the typical challenges and issues faced by people working in such organisations. It all comes from our series of Good Practice Guides for working in community and voluntary organisations which can be odered in our 'publications' section. 

Click on any of the following topics to learn more:

Sector Big Picture

Community, voluntary and charitable organizations form an important part of the fabric of society. Every year over two-thirds of Irish adults – that’s over two million people - participate in the myriad of social, sporting, cultural and humanitarian activities offered by our 19,000 community and voluntary organisations.

Community and voluntary organisations employed over 40,000 full-time and 23,000 part-time staff in 2004.

These organisations face similar challenges – they all have to raise funds to survive, they need support and advice, and they have to attract committed volunteers if they are to thrive.

Community and voluntary organisations employed over 40,000 full-time and 23,000 part-time staff in 2004.
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