Blog: New members join the stakeholder forum

As the Interim Chair of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, I am delighted to welcome 12 new members to our stakeholder forum. They will join the current 14 members to take the forum membership to 26.

The stakeholder forum provides a means by which the charity sector can engage directly with the Commission on issues and priorities important to them and to charity regulation. The forum is also an ongoing means through which the views of the sector can be considered in the development of our work as an enabling charity regulator.

To ensure a diversity of voices, members of the forum have been drawn from a cross section of the sector in terms of size, income, location and the beneficiaries they work with.

After responding to the open call for new members at the end of last year, 12 new charity representatives have now been appointed to the forum. Both the new and current representatives bring a wealth of charity experience and perspective to the table, as well as being committed to representing views from across the charity world.

The newly expanded forum held its first meeting, online, in February and, with that initial induction now complete, I introduce you to the new members of the forum, as well as welcoming each and everyone on board:

Updates about the work of the forum will be published on the Commission’s website.

Gerry McCurdy

Interim Chair

Charity Commission for Northern Ireland