Preventing Charity Fraud

25 September 2025

An online training course to help charities prevent fraud.

Combining 25 years’ expertise as a charity lawyer and governance trainer with frontline experience from various voluntary leadership sector roles, Claris D’cruz will lead this half-day training course to help your charity prevent and deal with fraud or suspected fraud. 

This training is relevant to charity trustees, CEOs, finance directors, finance managers, charity advisors and anyone with responsibility for dealing with fraud in their charity. 

Throughout the morning we will explore the types of fraud and financial crime to be aware of, the controls and procedures to prevent fraud and how to handle a fraudulent incident. 

This course will take place online via Zoom.

A £40 discount is available to Governance & Leadership subscribers. 

Speakers

  • Claris D'cruz

    Governance consultant and trainer

    Claris D'cruz is a governance consultant and trainer. She has over 25 years' experience as a charity lawyer advising charities and not-for-profit organisations on governance matters. She has experience of successfully supporting boards and committees to recruit for skills, diversity, and knowledge, as well as for professional and lived experience. She also has over 15 years experience in a range of voluntary sector leadership roles including as a charity trustee and NED. As an EDI lead director on a board which is exceeding its (and its funder's) EDI goals on board diversity, she has frontline understanding of the challenges and opportunities this presents. She is a regular conference speaker and delivers trustee training as well as CPD training on charity law, regulation and best practice for charity lawyers and other professionals.

     

Programme

10.00

    

Course introduction

10.05

 

Why your charity may be susceptible to fraud

  • What is charity fraud?
  • Exploring factors that make charities vulnerable
  • Who may defraud your charity and why
  • Why charities and experts are predicting a rise in charity fraud

10.35

 

Charity frauds and financial crimes to be aware of

  • Internal fraud risks
  • External fraud risks
  • Breakout room exercise
  • Whole group discussion

11.00

 

BREAK

11.15

 

Fraud prevention measures

  • Six practical actions
  • Risk management
  • Controls, procedures, policies and reviews
  • The golden thread
  • Where to find support and guidance

11.45

 

Dealing with a fraud or suspected fraud

  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Handling the incident
  • When to report a fraud to the Charity Commission
  • Other regulators and agencies to consider informing
  • Understanding the impact of fraud
  • Learning lessons and preventing recurrences

12.15

 

BREAK

12.30

 

Case study

12.50

 

Conclusions & Q&A

13.00

 

End

Prices

(prices exc VAT)

Governance & Leadership subscriber - £119

Standard charity rate - £159

Corporate Governance & Leadership subscriber - £300

Corporate delegate - £400

For group bookings email [email protected] 

FAQs

When will I receive course materials and Zoom link to access the course?

After booking you will receive the following correspondence:

1 week before the course – an e-mail with your joining information, this includes the course programme and any other relevant materials.

1 day before the course – an e-mail with your final information, this includes the Zoom link, course programme any other relevant materials.

When will I be invoiced for my booking?

Invoices are manually processed so this will be sent to you by our events team shortly after your booking.

Will presentation slides be provided?

Presentations are provided in advance for the majority of our courses but this can vary and is down to the course leader’s discretion.

Will the sessions be recorded?

We do not record our courses as we feel this gives delegates the opportunity to have more open discussions and freely ask questions around the running of their charities.

Will I get a reminder prior to my course?

Yes, you will get e-mails one week and one day before your course with all of the information you need. You won’t receive a calendar invite so do make sure you put the date in your diary.

What if I can no longer attend the course?

Up to and including 14 days prior to the event, a refund (less a 15% administration fee), a substitution of a colleague, or one complimentary transfer to another training date can be issued. Only one complimentary transfer can be issued, no refund will be issued for a cancelled transfer. Once a transfer has been processed, refund for the original booking will not be issued. Refunds or transfers are not available less than 14 days before the event date. Confirmation of cancellations MUST be in writing and sent to [email protected]

For any other queries, please get in touch at [email protected].

Terms & Conditions

Substitution and cancellation policy: On receipt of your booking form, your place is confirmed. Delegate substitutions are allowed. Up to and including 14 days prior to the event, a refund (less a 15% administration fee), or one complimentary transfer to another training date can be issued. Only one complimentary transfer can be issued, no refund will be issued for a cancelled transfer.  Once a transfer has been processed, refund for the original booking will not be issued. Refunds or transfers are not available less than 14 days before the event date. Confirmation of cancellations MUST be in writing via [email protected]