Ms Madeleine Delaney:

The Deputy is correct that attendance is voluntary. We have quite good attendance but we are concerned that we are not reaching the volunteer-only very local charities that we really need to reach if we are to help them put in place governance and oversight measures, which is where charities can ultimately be exposed. We are doing a particular campaign or initiative in that regard. We have been working on a project to organise a seminar for those charities that have just registered. A charity may have been registered for three weeks or three months but we will capture that cohort and bring them through some of the basics, particularly pointing them to the guidance they can find on our website. We cannot force them to do it but we will be strongly encouraging them. It is interesting that there is a provision in the amending Act that has not been commenced but that will allow us to impose conditions as part of registration. As the Deputy has said, we can certainly look at imposing a condition requiring a certain amount of attendance at webinars. There is no doubt that charities need help with the mechanisms they need to put in place. They need to have things explained to them and to be given practical examples, which is what we try to provide in these webinars.