Part 1: National Citizen Service Trust Section 7: Notification of financial difficulties and criminal conduct
Section 7 requires the NCS Trust to notify the Secretary of State promptly if: (a) anyone supplying the Trust with goods or services to support the Trust’s main functions is in serious financial difficulty or in breach of contract with serious consequences for the Trust; (b) a member of staff of the Trust or one of its suppliers commits fraud or is in breach of his or her employment contract with serious consequences for the Trust, or (c) there is a police investigation into an allegation of criminal conduct by a member of staff of the NCS Trust or one of its providers, where that investigation could have serious consequences for the NCS Trust.
	This is intended to ensure the government is kept informed of anything that poses a serious risk to delivery of the programme or the performance of the Trust. It does not require notification of, for example, minor breaches of contract or breaches of contract by suppliers providing goods or services that do not directly support the Trust’s main functions, such as cleaning or stationery providers.