The Campaign for Voluntary Sector Archives launches new publication of draft guidance for voluntary organisations. Primarily aimed at smaller organisations, this guidance is designed to help manage, store and use archival material.

New link to Scottish Environment Protection Agency website added to the links library on the Community Toolkit.

HMRC launches Charities Online and Charities For Agents online services from the 22 April 2013.

HMRC launches new Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme for registered charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs.

If you are a Trustee of a charitable company within a group of connected companies, OSCR is advising careful consideration of your duties as Trustee and suggesting that you seek professional advice before claiming eligiblity for audit exemption.  

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has anounced that it will be making changes to their charity compliance monitoring processes. This will affect how your charity interacts with the Regulator and retention of your charitable status.

Claiming gift aid repayments will be quicker and easier for charities and sports clubs from 22 April when HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) launches their new Charities Online service.

Is your charity making the most of online promotion and fundraising? Google have teamed up with the Media Trust and the Charity Technology Trust to launch 'Grow Your Charity Online' - a resource aimed at helping small charities maximise their online potential.

The Charity Tax Group have released a second edition of their popular 'Charity Tax Map' which includes a detailed and comprehensive review of the taxes, exemptions and reliefs applicable to charities in the UK.

HM Revenue and Customs has developed some simple guides to help charities complete some of the most common tax relief forms.

The Charities Restricted Funds Reorganisation (Scotland) Regulations 2012 comes into effect on 1 November 2012, making it possible for charities to apply to OSCR for consent to free up restricted assets that they have been unable to access because of outdated restrictions. New guidance explaining the legislation and process has been prepared by OSCR.

'About that First Tweet ' is a new practical guide aimed at helping charities and community groups to take the first steps into making use of social media. With permission from the authors Unity Trust Bank (in partnership with Social Misfits Media) this new guide is now available as a download from the Community Toolkit.

Good news for incorporated organisations:- from 1st October 2012, statutory filing will cost a little bit less, with reduced fees for annual returns to Companies House.

Need some help with measuring the more  intangible outcomes relating to 'well-being'? The Centre for Well-being at the new economics foundation (nef) has produced a short handbook for voluntary organisations and community groups to help with this aspect of monitoring and evaluating projects and services.

The information on statutory filing for charities on the Community Toolkit has been updated to include reference and a link to the OSCR online service.

Inspiring Impact is a new ten year project which will help community groups measure the social impact of their services and activities.   

The Scottish Information Commissioner has launched a new online resource to help voluntary organisations and campaigners to get the most out of Scotland’s Freedom of Information (FOI) laws. 

OSCR's new online service, 'OSCR Online' was launched to charities on 11 June.

OSCR online enables charities to submit their Annual Returns and accounts as well as update their details, such as adding a website address to their entry in the Scottish Charity Register.

‘Can you Plan It’ is a free accessible resource to assist voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations staff in the business planning process.

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has launched a new fund to support organisations in the early phases of thinking about a merger.

A new website 'Grow Your Own Scotland' has been developed by the Federation of City Farms and Gardens. 

Grow Your Own Scotland is an initiative which seeks to create a single resource for all grow your own & greenspace organisations throughout Scotland.