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Hi, I'm Treasurer of a small charity, run entirely by volunteers, annual income less than £25,000. We are a company limited by guarantee and from April 2027 will have to submit our accounts to Compan...
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I am looking for a free venue to host an exhibition of children’s drawings on the themes of family, hope, and wishes . The exhibition would run for one week, and the aim is to celebrate children’s cr...
Leadership
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Hi, I'm trying to find training for trustees that is not too expensive but will help them to develop their skills and governance in the best way. Can anyone recommend any platforms that they have use...
Hello all, I'm writing what is essentially a problem solving procedure for my organisation. For if a volunteer isn't meeting expectations (this is for small to medium issues) for example if they were...
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Our CIC puts on free inclusive circus events for children and families who have barriers accessing live performance. Can anyone give any advice on setting up an community forum for a pilot project w...
Governance
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: For a number of years, the small charity for which I work has paid for a Christmas meal for the Trustees, staff and v...
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I want to launch a hybrid CIC to help the older adults above age 65 combat loneliness and mental health through therapeutic gardening and offer affordable gardening services to my community. I need a...
Hi all We have had a Sharepoint, Teams and OneDrive structure in place for 6-7 years and it feels a bit out of date so we are looking to update it. Probably thinking of setting a new structure, still...
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Hi everyone, I am part of the HR team at SpecialEffect in Oxfordshire. We have 30 employees and are a medium-sized charity. What kinds of benefit packages do similar-sized charities offer? We offer...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Our trustees have recently appointed a new clinical director. We are a counselling service supported 100% by grants a...
Finance
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Is anyone else having issues with the new CAF bank statements - the new ones now do not show the address that statements are sent to - or the full name of the account ( if you charity happens to ha...
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Hi All What alternative match giving platforms are there to Big Give - preferably that provide the matching pot rather than requiring the sourcing of pledgers? Your help on this would be hugely app...
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Hi everyone, I run a small charity (Walk N Talk 4 Mental Health) and I’m finding it increasingly hard to balance the time needed to manage everything with staying within the rules for Universal Credi...
Hi I'm a treasurer of a tiny Community Orchard (not FAVOR UK) , we have just set up and are doing the rounds trying to get a bank account set up. in the interim, we need to be fundraising. I wonder...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I’m exploring bringing on a co-founder (handling ops, admin, IT) for my social enterprise, which focusses on developi...
Hi there I started a charity this year with no experience whatsoever, just a lot of googling, passion and positive attitude. I do think I could benefit hearing from someone who has gone through this...
Has any one experience of an automate tool to manage minute recording, transcribing and document distribution? Primarily for use at Board of Trustee meeting - 8 attendees.
Hi, we are a small group of residents, (about 50). We have a chairperson, treasurer and secretary. How often do these people have to be re-elected? We are also having problems with the chairperson's...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am a trustee of a dog rescue charity, I am really looking for advice on difficulties the charity is facing currentl...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am the treasurer of a small scientific charity (structured as a charitable company). Our CEO has organised a tranch...
Good morning all, hope everyone is doing well. I'm working in the medical sector in the NHS and we are in a process of starting our small healthcare charity and I have some questions regarding the tr...
Hi all - as we work with potentially vulnerable women, our team has decided that absolutely everyone must have safeguarding training. Being a new charity we don't have a huge budget for this yet. Can...
Hi everyone, I’m exploring GiveMatch as a platform for matched funding and wondering if anyone here has used it for a live campaign. I’m particularly curious about: How easy it was to set up Whether...
Bit of a curve ball question. Our charity has a copy of the DSC Directory of Grant Making Trusts 2020/21. Is it worth getting the latest edition? Probably won't be a great number of new entries in th...
Hi there! Is the Directory of Grant Making Trusts (DSC) the best source of trust information or do you find free online resources like Charity Excellence do the job adequately? My trustee is quiverin...
Just looking at Local Giving again. It says that the average amount gained through the platform is £4000/yr. You pay £150 to join. What are people's experiences like? How much have you raised? Intere...
Hello Our campaign has been going for 15 years. We're run entirely by volunteers and at present only the chair has the required tech skills and does most of the work. Is there a good way to recruit v...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: The charity I work for has been one of the many impacted by the recent change in CAF Bank’s system. It’s been extreme...
We have been sent approached by fundraising platform Givematch who offer match funding to any donor who can encourage 2 further donors who can support us. While this sounds tempting as we approach t...
Hi We are a very small charity in Hackney (less than £25k income) so we are not obliged to have audited accounts and so far have managed to do our own. However, we are now getting to the stage of gra...