Charities need to stop slide in public trust warns regulator

‘To inspire trust, a charity must be more than an organisation with laudable aims, it must be a living example of charitable purpose,’ says Lady Stowell.Registered charities may not survive unless they behave with greater selflessness and stop the slide in public trust, Tina Stowell, chair of the Charity Commission is warning.Lady Stowell, a former Conservative minister, is to set out a tougher stance over the regulation of the £74bn-a-year sector after a string of scandals, in