It’s Blue Monday, when the post-Christmas credit card bills arrive. Not great for anyone, but for some that’s a crisis. Here are a list of trusts that fund individuals and families to help you, hel...
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We've just found out that our domain host will no longer offer hosting services from the end of May (😖), so I need to find a new one asap. Does anyone have any recommendations, which web domain host...
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Hello, How mature is your organisation's risk and governance framework? I recently completed a pro-bono project for the CEO of a charity I connected with on this forum, and I would be happy to share...
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I am thinking of joining an organisation as a new Director, but the organisation has a financial history in deficit before covid. They have some partnerships, but these are not well developed. What w...
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Hi We are a national charity UCIO. We have many branches and we manage our own branch money. Some branches have assets as well as a large pot of money in the bank. As a Cambridge branch we have ver...
Hello everyone, We are a new charity concerned with girls’ rights, women’s empowerment, and community assistance. Because our budget is small, we want to give this position to a volunteer executive...
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I have recently taken over a charity with new trustees that was established 28 years ago. Over the years, this charity has helped thousands of people with their mental and physical wellbeing. It has...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a small team of staff and have over 100 volunteers across our projects, 3 of which gives food to the local com...
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I am a Trustee of a small mental heath charity, based in Warwickshire. We have an fundraising event coming up that we have 8 brave young people swimming the channel. We are trying to get some corpora...
Does anyone know any online training providers that offer a range of induction type training for charity staff and volunteers free or for low cost? Would cover such areas as Health and safety, Fire s...
Hi all Can someone advise me on where we can find grants for first aid training for our volunteers and purchase defibrillators. We are children and young people charity Many thanks Nick
Can you recommend a training provider that will give online training on Health & Hygine, Safety and other general courses required by staff and volunteers working in a foodbank
Does anyone have any suggestions about new Individual Giving products that have been successful for your charity? We currently offer a Lottery scheme, Payroll Giving, Regular Giving, In memory giving...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Does anyone remember seeing the insightful ACEVO report In Plain Sight back in 2019. Yep, a million years ago. It rea...
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I need help, I have been a CEO for a disability charity for 5 years, the charity and work are thriving. We recruited new board members and my life at work is now unbearable, only when I deal with th...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I work for a charity trust and have been observing and listening to staff members concerns about the chair person wor...
Hello, does anyone know if the above has implications for our insurance? We are not keen to continue with volunteers delivering services outside the UK but some have said they have their own insuranc...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi all, I work at a CIC sport club the owner/operator has got a start up loan in her name for equipment and has drawn...
Hiya, I'm looking for some help and advise on income generation for a CIC. Can anyone recommend any Trusts and Foundations who would fund a CIC?
Hi, does anyone have a membership policy and procedures template they can share with me?
Hey everyone, I'd love to attend more networking events, ideally online as I travel a lot. So if you have any recommendations, please let me know! Thank you in advance. 😊
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: A charitable trust that I’m working with has received consent from the Commission to alter its governing document in...
We are a recently, Feb 24, registered cat charity and we wish to claim gift aid. We have registered with HMRC and sent out gift aid declarations. I believe that we are able to claim gift aid for the...
We are seeking new premises from November 2024. Respond is a national charity supporting autistic people, people with learning disabilities and their families. We provide psychotherapy and advocacy s...
Hi, Can a charity that is an Unincorporated Members Association change to a foundation CIO (as opposed to an association CIO)? Regards, Farasat
Hi everyone, Was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for UK charity bank account providers that may be more 'risk-averse' in the sense that my CIO aims to serve an overseas community. Having...
Hi all We are starting to look at how we store the institutional knowledge in the organisation. This is so that anyone can access information on any previous policy, research papers or understand the...
Hi, could anyone advise what a typical notice period for a charity CEO is? Many thanks
Hi there, I was just wondering whether anyone had any advice as to the best way to start fundraising for a small charity. We cannot afford to take on a fundraising specialist and yet it is obviously...
Hi, I'm CEO of a CIC, due to become a Charity this year. We've been run voluntarily for the last 5 years, but now have 2 5 year projects we are a part of with a substantial budgeting level and I am...