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Spring Charities Newsletter 19 May 2016 In This Issue: Introduction ..................................................1 Buy Social Corporate Challenge ............1 OSCR’S New Guidance ............................2 ICO - New Direct Marketing Guidance ..2 Introduction Welcome to the MacRoberts Third Sector newsletter. “Disruption” seems to be the word of the moment and we see plenty of evidence of this in the Third Sector. I attended a recent SCDI event to discuss Innovation, and as I listened to Oracle Corporation’s Director for Scotland, Caroline Stuart, it became clear that “Disruption” can mean many things to many people; however my main takeaway from this discussion was that “Digital Disruption” was (and is) a force for good presenting so many opportunities not only for the main stream commercial sector but also the highly innovative Third Sector. As the Third Sector continues to adopt and embrace (….. and for some embark upon) the digital age we are seeing the impact digital technology can have and is having on society and how we can deliver services and deliver them in a more interactive and personalised manner, and giving us, the delivery vehicles of those services, an opportunity to rethink the way we work. As we move off the cusp and fall head first into this Fourth Industrial Revolution “We don’t want technology simply because it’s In this Spring newsletter we see evidence of this, whether it be with forthcoming changes to data protection rules and what we can and cannot do with the information we gather, guidance to trustees on incident reporting for when matters go wrong or when can you (and when can you not) “snoop” on employees emails. Plenty to think about yet the opportunities to transform and accomplish amazing things are boundless. I hope that you find our Spring Newsletter useful and should you have suggestions for future topics then please get in touch. Val Surgenor Partner IPTC and Third Sector dazzling. We want it, create it and support it because it improves people’s lives” [Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Davos 2016]. And whilst we get to grips with what is “Digital Disruption” and the “Internet of Things”, we see the output of governments and regulators as they re-examine and create new guidance and rules around technology to support and protect users and developers of technology alike. Key Contacts: Insolvency ....................................................2 Fundraising Review ...................................3 Data Protection ...........................................4 New Procurement Legislation .................4 Pensions .......................................................5 Employment ................................................6 About MacRoberts .....................................5 Valerie Surgenor Partner 0141 303 1100 valerie.surgenor@macroberts.com Robin Fallas Senior Associate 0131 229 5046 robin.fallas@macroberts.com Buy Social Corporate Challenge Last month the Cabinet Office, in partnership with Social Enterprise UK, introduced the “Buy Social Corporate Challenge” which aims to connect businesses with social enterprises. As part of the challenge high profile businesses have promised to spend £1 billion with UK social enterprises by 2020 (through purchase of their goods and services). To date seven businesses have signed up to the challenge including PwC, Zurich and Santander. The Cabinet Office have promoted this initiative as an exciting opportunity for social enterprises to showcase their ability to deliver comparable or better services at fair costs to corporate clients. At the same time making a difference to communities across the UK. Our experienced commercial contracts team can assist any social enterprises contracting with business for the provisions of goods or services. 1 www.macroberts.com