The Charity Commission has announced the publication of draft supplementary guidance on public benefit for six sub-sectors: 

Sub Sector	Date of Publication	End of Consultation Period
Advancement of religion	29 February 2008	30 June 2008
Advancement of non religious beliefs	To be announced	To be announced
Relief of poverty	29 February 2008	30 June 2008
Promotion of social inclusion	29 February 2008	30 June 2008
Education	12 March 2008	11 July 2008
Fee-charging	12 March 2008	11 July 2008

Copies of those published already can be downloaded from the Commission website at www.charitycommission.gov.uk

The supplementary guidance is intended to help charities in these sub-sectors understand how the principles set out in the Commission’s general guidance on public benefit will be applied to them.

BWB will be examining these on behalf of clients and responding to the consultations. We will also be discussing them at the series of seminars on public benefit we have organised for clients. Please visit Free Public Benefit Seminars for details of the seminars and how to book. Please note that as the guidance for fee charging and education charities is being published later than expected (and after our seminars for fee charging and education charities were due to take place) we will be changing the dates of these seminars – our apologies if this causes you any inconvenience. If you have already booked to attend, we will contact you with the new dates.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact Christine Rigby (c.rigby@bwbllp.com), or speak to your usual contact at BWB.

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