With the end of the free software 365 service offer for voluntary organisations, what does the future look like for small charities? Paul
Hi, working for a small charity with 8 part timers and a board. We are looking for a low cost or even free option if anyone can recommend? Same for payroll!
I confess to having under-utilised all that Charity Connect offers, so I feel a bit guilty coming along now, cap in hand. Today is my last day after 7 years working for a national youth work charity....
Hello all, Our Chair has indicated that they would like us to switch from Teams to Zoom for our hybrid Board and Committee meetings. We currently use Teams and all our systems are integrated with Tea...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm thinking of taking on a CEO post the current CEO leaves in December. For 2024 show zero pounding and zero pound o...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: The landlord of our property would like to become a trustee as they value our charity. Has anyone else had any experi...
We are looking for insurance for the laptops that our 3 part time employees use. They work from home. We don't have premises but a registered address. How can we insure the laptops? Do we give our re...
Hello! I'm looking for a comprehensive intro to trust and grant fundraising course, ideally for free or low cost. I came across this course - How to Fundraise: A Guide to Fundraising for Non-Fundrai...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: STRESSED !!!!!!!!!! How do you deal with a Trustee who disses your suggestions and gets every other Trustee to agree...
The legislation concerning working with vulnerable groups in Scotland is changing at the end of this month. The scope of who needs to be checked is expanding to cover those "with power or influence"....
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Hi everyone! We are a swing dance organisation that is a Community Interest Company, which means we are not for profit, but not a charity either. We've recently had to deal with VAT registration and...
Hi all, My charity is applying for the Big Give Christmas Challenge this year, and facing a challenge ourselves. We run an annual Christmas appeal that launches late November and has a reminder maili...
Let’s see if we can discover some useful AI tools aside from the big & famous ones (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, etc.). Maybe also more ethical, private or secure alternatives? Looking forward to your rec...
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Hello, our small team have been through a challenging few months and as we are spread throughout the country we don't get together much at all. So I am kindly asking for some ideas about a location/v...
Does anyone on here know if when charities employ international students they are able to help with their UK visas?
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I have been tasked with contacting corporates to explore sponsorship opportunities for a project we are going to be r...
Just to let everyone on this fab community know that I'm now on leave till almost month-end. Didn't want anyone to think I ws ignoring you! Please bear with me and I'll get back to you ASAP when I'm...
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Just wanted to share this with the world. Since a few months ago Ad Grants has expanded beyond just showing on search results. If you create a Performance Max campaign in your charity's Google Ad Gra...
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We're in the process of updating our Salary Policy and it has been suggested by some of our Trustees that we look at linking pay and performance (so good performance leads to a salary increase). It'...
Looking for some advice or anyone else's experience of joining their local chamber of commerce. We are a very small international development charity and we want to try and utilise local businesses a...
Hi I'm looking for any recommendations for consultants or experts in this field who would be able quote for a short term piece of work to analyse our policy review and sign off process. One of my ma...
Hey CC! 👋 Just a quick reminder to sign up to our Leadership networking session , taking place tomorrow morning at 10am. It's our first event back, and we promise it's going to be a good one. We'll...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hello, This is a sensitive request as negotiations are ongoing. I'm a charity trustee involved in taking over (all wi...
Hi, I have recently joined a tiny charitable trust as Treasurer and soon to be trustee. However the governing document that sits with the charity commission is really outdated and requires additiona...
Hi everyone, Does anyone currently procure remote ad-hoc IT support? I'm looking for recommendations - this could be a freelancer or a company, as long as they're happy to provide occasional support...
Hi everyone, What expenses tracking systems do you use? We're exploring our options for a reliable (and ideally free!) travel-friendly option for relatively infrequent use. Thanks so much!
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Our CIC received Lottery funding for two years. Currently, all the Directors of the company are volunteers and have n...
We are a small charity set up to support research collaboration between biomedical researchers based in the Indian subcontinent and those based in the UK/EU. We have been advised to seek help from a...
Hello, we have started having a lot more negative comments on our facebook page when we advertise our events. Some are criticising our funders, others are outright racist and misogynistic or have lea...
We are reviewing our process for probation periods. Currently we have a 3 month probation period, regardless of role and grade. There are no formal checks in prior to this to specifically discuss the...