Legal issues

See below for resources from government and other organisations in the children's and voluntary and community sectors.

Getting it right legally: status and structure for play and childcare organisations

Playwork Partnerships, 2005

This handbook provides guidance on legal status and structures for childcare and play providers. It offers guidance on the different legal structures and forms of governance in order to select the most appropriate legal form for your organisation. It is also available in hard copy with a DVD from the Playwork website.

Handbook [pdf 617kb]

Empowering the voluntary sector

NAVCA, PLP

This project brings together NAVCA and the Public Law Project (PLP) to support the voluntary and community sector to understand the principles and framework of public law.

Link to the NAVCA website

Legal issues in charity mergers

Debra Morris, Charity Law Unit, January 2001

This reports a year-long research project, funded by the ESRC to identify the legal issues arising in charity mergers and the different responses to them, and to consider the most appropriate solutions to commonly experienced problems.

Full report [pdf 208kb]

Mergers: a legal good practice guide

Jean Warburton, Charity Law Unit, January 2001

An accompanying document to "Legal issues in charity mergers" (above), this guide is intended to help charities to anticipate and deal with the legal problems that can arise when a merger takes place. It also includes some practical advice.

Full report [pdf 52kb]

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