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Does anybody know how to start communications with local universities to see if their graphic design students might be able to help design our logo as part of their volunteering endeavours at uni? W...
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Do any charities here have under-16 volunteers? Do you have additional safeguarding considerations or do you simply encourage their enthusiasm in other ways? Any help, advice and guidance would be mu...
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Why care? No one else does. After an episode when I caught my committee attempting to make changes to our constitution without following the process outlined in the constitution it left me thinking....
One of our directors runs a business where they rent out marquees and stages to festivals and has offered to lend our organisation use of their marquee for a community day we're planning next summer....
Start-up Charity
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Hi, I work for a CIO which has its area of operations (activities) in the England and Wales. We intend to extend our operations to other countries in EU and Asia. I want to know: 1. What changes in t...
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Hello, I'm a Trustee at a charity and we need to recruit an interim CEO. Can anyone suggest the best way forward with this? We don't have a lot of money to spend on recruitment so any suggestions gra...
Hi all! I came across this problem: to register on some sites and applications you need to enter a phone number, but you don’t want to indicate your personal one. I understand that there are now many...
Hi everyone, We're looking to test tap to give for donations at our events. Can anyone recommend an option that doesn't tie us in to monthly payments, but can capture Gift Aid opt-in/details? We're...
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Hi there! can we chat gift aid? A retired colleague has recently received a tax bill for gift aid - they had continued to financially support the charity post-retirement and appears their tax status...
Can I know how do I get the funding for workshop, if the foundation is under a church and the foundation it has its own name but we are not yet registered as a charity? We want to know more informati...
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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...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Has anyone ever been a CEO for an organisation where all the trustees have the same background? There is no diversity...
We are getting elderly people online and giving them a SIM loaded phone. We have no phones left, any ideas where we might source them? They do not have to be new. Tony
Hi all. We recently received a grant and are expected to complete an evaluation report regarding the project we undertook (therapeutic group work). I've personally never done one before - does anyone...
I have been asked to help set up a local small charity that will raise around £20k per year through selling and fundraising etc so it is very small and the trustees are all family members, not open t...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We have recently been asked to return funds for activities we completed. We have asked for the reasons of breach - th...
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Does anyone have experience with Donation devices? I am looking at DonarBox: https://donorbox.org/ and would value comparisons
We've recently run an event where attendees have purchased tickets through Eventbrite. Eventbrite have not released the funds to our charity yet, and although it's not clear why, I am wondering if it...
Several websites focus on spreading good stories and inspiring journalism. Are there any other positive news websites or platforms you enjoy? I'm looking to expand my list beyond the usual ones like...
Hi all Do you use a text messaging app or programme - like how GPs and dentists send you a text message with reminders and information? I am looking into this as a way to send reminders to clients/ca...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: If you have started to develop a CRM to support small charities, but are being let down repeatedly by the dev team in...
Hi all We're a small charity needing to upgrade our IT support - can anyone recommend anyone? We're in Watford. Thanks
The Leathersellers’ Small Grants Programme reopens at 10am on 2 Sep for UK charities with an income up to £200,000 pa supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged people. Up to £5k. It will close when 40...
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We've all seen it at this point, and we know it isn't the best news for charities. Here's my key takeaways from it: ➡️ Employer National Insurance set to raise to 15% next year. ➡️ No plans of debt...
Hi I am new to the charity sector and was hoping anyone could share a sample or a resource that can guide on necessary charity compliance in financial statements and tax filing. Any tips and resourc...
Can anyone recommend a free online booking system that could replace our manual taxi-ing system? We have volunteer drivers taxi local people to hospital,doctors,shops, etc. I envisage it being a 2 s...
Hi all, hoping someone out there may have done an excepted charity to CIO transition. We are a baptist church (excepted charity) moving to a new CIO model (association). The current body has trustees...
I am looking for recommendations for accountants that specialise in charities. We are based in London, but would consider accountants UK wide. Thanks for your suggestions.
What is good practice for approving spends that meet the charity's aims? (Apologies if the terminology is incorrect) We are all volunteers and have committee meetings every 6 weeks or so and often t...