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Civil Society Covenant

18 July 2025

The Civil Society Covenant was published on 17 July 2025.

The Civil Society Covenant was officially launched by Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on 17 July 2025, the result of various consultations with key sector bodies and stakeholders.

The key themes of the Civil Society Covenant (the Covenant) are:

  • recognition and value
  • partnership and collaboration
  • participation and inclusion
  • transparency and data development

For more details, please follow this link to the Civil Society Covenant.

The Covenant has been described as a “reset”, a “refresh” and “a new chapter” in the relationship between the third sector and national and regional government, including some public sector bodies. Earlier this year, Wrigleys Solicitors ran a series of forums to facilitate discussion around how the Covenant might work in practice. Our summary of the points discussed at those forums can be found in the article A Civil Society Covenant – here we go again?

We look forward to working with existing and new clients as we all navigate the new Covenant.


If you would like to discuss any aspect of this article further, please contact the charities and social economy team on 0113 244 6100.

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The information in this article is necessarily of a general nature.  The law stated is correct at the date (stated above) this article was first posted to our website.

Specific advice should be sought for specific situations. If you have any queries or need any legal advice please feel free to contact Wrigleys Solicitors.

How Wrigleys can help 

Wrigleys Solicitors is a specialist charity and private client law firm with a dedicated charities and social economy team that advises hundreds of charities and not-for-profit organisations.

As one of the leading charity law practices in the UK, and one of the few firms with lawyers working exclusively for charity and social enterprise clients, we are recognised as experts in our field. We provide practical, common-sense, and technically excellent advice, forming valued long-term relationships with our clients.

If you or your organisation require advice on this topic, get in touch.

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