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The government is considering charging volunteers to use the portable criminal records checking system, due to come into force in 2013.

Under the system, laid out in the Protection of Freedoms Bill, which is currently before parliament, there would be two types of criminal records check, a one-off check and a portable one based on a continuously updated criminal records database, allowing an individual to work or volunteer for a number of organisations.

Following her presentation on community organisers at the NAVCA Annual Conference in London on 22 November and the public sector strikes on 30 November, Rachel Quinn, Chief Executive of One East Midlands, has published her latest two blog posts presenting her thoughts on the subjects.

To read both of Rachel's blog posts, entitled Don't blame my dad and Community Organisers - Opportunity or Threat? click here.

You can also now follow Rachel on Twitter at @RachelQ_OneEM.

Following her presentation on community organisers at the NAVCA Annual Conference in London on Tuesday 22 November, Rachel Quinn, Chief Executive of One East Midlands, has published her latest blog post presenting her thoughts on the subject.

To read Rachel's blog post, entitled Community Organisers - Opportunity or Threat? click here.

Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, has announced that Conservative peer Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts will lead a wide-ranging review of the Charities Act 2006. The review will consider issues including the role of the Charity Commission, the effectiveness of the charity tribunal, the success of the Fundraising Standards Board and the licensing regime for public charitable collections. Hodgson, president of the NCVO, has previously led the Big Society Deregulation Taskforce, the government-commissioned review of red tape in the voluntary sector.