How charities can respond to the current hostile environment
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This guidance aims to provide clarity, practical steps, and reassurance to help charities navigate difficult circumstances.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
This guidance aims to provide clarity, practical steps, and reassurance to help charities navigate difficult circumstances. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Responding to safeguarding concerns
- Further advice and support
- Other areas for consideration
Source and licence
The Charity Commission
AttributionThe Charity Commission, ‘How charities can respond to the current hostile environment’ (updated 9 December 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026