Hello everyone, Two quotes I wanted to share today. They're from Dr. Beth Breeze from the University of Kent on giving during hard times: 1: "" There's never a shortage of donors, but there is a shor...
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 there, We've been actively campaigning since 2010, however we're still battling for justice. We have an awareness raising project which we'd like to create, however to make it work we need gallery...
Hello, everyone From the perspective of charity internal politics, as I understand it, part of a trustee's role is to give vital instruction when the charity employees are neglecting to either open a...
Hi, we have a new CEO starting shortly and they will need access to all our bank accounts. How do we give them access to the accounts, and is there any information I should give them regarding ID an...
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Hi, As a charity we have a salary policy which has pay bands (e.g. Assistant, Officer, Manager etc.). Those bands cover a pay range, and people typically start at the bottom of the band (but not alw...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We have our AGM coming up and are expecting it to be quite contentious. Does anyone have experience of using external...
Hi All Please can we have some assistance We are new registered CIC. We had been delivering support for free under our limited Company which is a restaurant in South London. We have been running for...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: How do you deal with an employee who used to be your best mate but now seems to hate you? I’m the Chair of the Truste...
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Morning all, I am struggling to find a bank account to suit. Any recommendations? Most seem to be business accounts and ask for Sole Traders or LTD, when obviously that is not the case. Who do you us...
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Good morning The charity I work for is having a closure event in London on 21 November. We don't want to buy new decorations or materials as that seems wasteful so I wanted to put a call out to see i...
Hello, Would anyone from a charity which has NHS contracts like to connect? We have contracts for peer support so it would be really interesting to talk to other organisations who have contracts for...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Has anyone else had negative experiences with USAID? For us, it is in terms of Comms products... we are still waiting...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am about to take over a charity (as staff) and their existing bank accounts will need to be "transferred into my na...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hello all, Hoping you can help. We're looking for a new trustee secretary for our small charity. Can anyone advise w...
Hi New to the community so apologies if this should be elsewhere...I'm in the progress of inviting a new Trustee to the board and unfortunately unable to locate and existing paperwork/digital version...
For those of you who run a Face to Face Support Networks, I wondered how you were finding the attendances? After Covid do you think the appetite for face to face meetings is slowly returning? Be inte...
Hi Adding on to my last post re website back end: What experience do people have of donations platforms like Charity Checkout? We want Donations on our own website, not on a third party website (b...
Hi all! We've recently had a supporter reach out asking if we have JustGiving so that they can fundraise on our behalf on the site. However, my manager has said that we previously held a membership t...
Individual Giving
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I was wondering if you've noticed any seasonal trends in charitable donations. Do you find that people tend to give more around Christmas, or is the frequency of donations fairly consistent throughou...
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It's World Mental Health Day so I just wanted to come on here to open up the conversation. ❤️🩹🌍 Did you know that last year, over 875,000 workers experienced work-related stress, depression, or an...
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...
If you prepare consolidated group accounts, do you need to show the consolidated group income or charity-only income figure in the CC Annual Return as it is not clear from the Notes.
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Charity registration as CIO unsuccessful after charity (an unincorporated association) received more than £5,000 inco...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am the CEO of a charity, and I'm currently facing an issue with the Chair of our organisation. Recently, they were...
I would like to reach out to CC members who are working in Uganda in any capacity. Just about to start a project in a rural village near Kampala and would be interested in building up my network of c...
When roles are tailored to the volunteer’s interests and skills I feel that volunteers are more likely to stay engaged but organising social events can help too. I would be grateful if you could shar...
Hi, I am looking at a new accounting system for a charity. We need something that can differentiate between restricted and unrestricted income and can separate out departments and different funds. W...
Hi all, just wanted to ask if anyone has had issues with finding a bank that deals with opening up a CIC bank account. Many banks have stopped doing these accounts, not sure why?
Hi all, Does anyone know of an organisation/charity, that helps set up other charities/can help with setting up financial structures and budgets etc? Thanks