Updated : April 2024
ANTI-FRAUD POLICYThe Trustees and staff of the James Percy Foundation (the “Charity”) are committed to fulfilling their responsibility to protect the Charity against fraud, theft and corruption.
The Charity will continually strive to ensure that its financial, contractual and administrative processes are conducted and reported honestly, accurately, and transparently and that all decisions are taken objectively and free from personal interest. The Charity will not condone any behaviour that falls short of these principles. The Trustees and staff are expected to adhere to the Charity’s policies, procedures and practices (including the Charity’s Expenses Policy, the Code of Conduct, the Budget and Treasury Policy and the Conflict of Interests Policy). Equally, members of the public and external organisations, such as grantees, suppliers and contractors, are expected to act with integrity and without intent to commit fraud against the Charity. Trustees’ responsibilities In order to prevent fraud, theft and corruption the Trustees are responsible for:
Applicants/Grantees In all matters relating to grant awards, payments and grant management, the Charity expects that all information provided by applicants/grantees is given in good faith, with due care and attention and, that it is, to the best of the applicant’s/grantee’s knowledge, accurate. This applies to information given in writing, over the telephone or during a field visit (including in grant proposals, in response to the due diligence questionnaire, progress reports, by email and in all other correspondence with us). Grantees are required to notify the Charity immediately of all incidences of fraud or attempted fraud relating to the grant awarded by the Charity. The discovery that any information has been provided fraudulently or not in good faith is likely to result in a grant not being awarded, or a grant which has been awarded being cancelled and the appropriate disclosures made. Where payments have already been made it is likely that the Charity will require the return of funds. Staff Every member of staff is responsible for :
Publication and review This policy will be published on the Charity’s website and reviewed on an annual basis. |