Out of interest, are you sure the "CRB" wasn't a third party helpline selling CRBs? Personally I would not rely on advice from any government agency over the phone, but if you send a written request the written answer is quite likely to be reliable.
Anyway for reference as recently as three weeks ago there was another report of people abusing these checks, see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7548467.stm but there are plenty of better summaries around. Perhaps Nacros would offer us free advice since they seem to be expert at it.
It isn't a big deal unless we have a good candidate objecting on principle.
Andrew ========================================= On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
2008/9/10 joseph seddon life_is_bitter_sweet@hotmail.co.uk:
I just got off the phone with the charities commission (should probably have done that sooner and saved all this discussion!), and the woman I spoke to didn't think CRB checks would be required just for handling the details of children, they'd only be required if the trustees are actually going to be in contact with the children (AGMs and things don't count, since those are all in groups). Anyone that is going to be going into schools, or similar, would need to be checked, of course. She did recommend that the charity have a specific policy saying that trustees wouldn't have any contract with children (without being checked).
I have just come off the phone with CRB. They said that it is recommended in legislation (they didnt say what one though) that adults handling the details of children have checks done on them, however it is left to the discretion of the organisation they work for. All in all, it is down to the board.
I had a feeling the woman from the charities commission wasn't entirely sure about what she was saying... Perhaps this is a matter for the board to talk to their solicitor about.
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