I provide advice to charities and health and social care organisations, with a focus on fundraising regulation and advice, commercial/contractual partnerships and green projects. I have over ten years of experience working in company/commercial, corporate and litigation specialisms.
My passion is for environmental and animal-welfare based charities, as well as children’s charities.
Prior to joining Anthony Collins Solicitors, I was the legal counsel at Barnardo’s - who, as well as being the UK’s leading children’s charity, are also a major provider of children and young adult services to local authorities and central government. I am also the vice-chair and trustee of Animal Free Research UK.
My support to charity clients includes dealing with matters such as fundraising law and regulation, charity partnerships, local authority tenders and service provision, contractual joint ventures and consortia, grants, data protection, general commercial matters and the development of in-house policies and procedures such as due diligence.
I also help lead Anthony Collins Solicitors’ work in the green sector, assisting clients with matters such as: achieving their sustainability goals, greening their procurement processes and working to improve biodiversity. I lead Anthony Collins Solicitors’ involvement with The Chancery Lane Project, a collaborative effort of UK lawyers using the law and contractual clauses to address the climate and ecological crisis.
'Natalie Barbosa’s advice is always well thought through, compelling and reliable.' Legal 500, 2020
'Natalie is an “eminent member of the team.”' Legal 500, 2021
The monthly round-up from the Anthony Collins Solicitors charities team.
In this ebriefing, we focus on the response regarding cy-pres schemes and the proceeds of fundraising appeals.
Climate change and biodiversity is an area where significantly faster changes are needed on a global and local basis.
Finally, there is a glimmer of hope that perhaps the Covid-19 pandemic could be reaching its end.
Catch up with all the latest charity updates in this fortnight’s news roundup.
On 25 June 2020, the Charity Commission issued a regulatory alert to all leaders of large or complex service-providing charities.
Whilst last week saw some children returning to school and groups of people from different households finally being able to meet again, life in the UK is still far from “back to normal”.
Natalie Barbosa looks at how charities can reflect their values in their investment strategy.
Natalie Barbosa summarises some of the legal challenges facing fundraisers in the charity sector.
In 2017, the NCVO commissioned a review of the tax reliefs available to charities. The brainchild of this review was published on 17 July 2019 in the form of the Charity Tax Commission report.
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