Lexis®Library update: The update highlights that although COVID-19 restrictions are easing, trustees may still need to continue to consider how and if they can hold meetings.
The Charity Commission has taken a proportionate approach if trustees have chosen to hold meetings on a remote or hybrid basis; or postpone or cancel a required meeting, dependent on a number of factors, and will continue to take this approach in the short term as restrictions ease. It will take this approach if the trustees can show their decision is in the best interests of the charity, having taken all circumstances into account.
However, the Charity Commission advises that a charity should take advice and fully understand the implications of any decision it makes in the event that others affected by its decisions take a different approach.
The guidance will be reviewed on 30 September 2021.
Source: Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for the charity sector
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