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Our charity was registered in July 2026, when is the end of the financial year and when should we file our reports to CIO?
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could anyone suggest a good legal provider who could support us by reviewing updated our updated Governing documents to confirm they legally compliant and serve the needs of the benefierices we serve...
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We're looking at creating a webpage for Grants & Trusts, has anyone had any feedback/know what funders are looking for on a charity's website? What information would they like readily available?
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Hi, We have a couple of part-time independent contractors who work with us. One of them also volunteers at times. Would it be acceptable to pay for a counselling course for this person? Many thanks...
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Hi everyone! Excited to join Charity Connect and connect with fellow charity professionals, founders, and volunteers across the UK. I run Westminster Digital Bridge C.I.C. , where we focus on bridgin...
Hi everyone, I'd love to learn how other charities are using AI in their day-to-day work. I'm especially interested in practical examples from frontline teams (especially caseworkers), fundraising, a...
We use excel spreadsheet for our charity receipts and expenses. We would like guidance on creating some auto reports to make it easier for us, saving time. Someone with advance use of Pivot Table...
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Has anyone got any thoughts on the new Rights to Work legislation and how it might affect fundraising. From my reading, "a worker engaged as an individual sub-contractor" could include DJs, floris...
I've just set up a new CIC and a lot of what I do in terms of training, etc, is online, but I have been advised to look into insurances. Can anyone guide me? Thanks.
Hi We are looking for a charity lawyer in the UK,. The area we need reviewed will be to look at our charity trust deed & its interplay with our Indian sister charity proposed trust deed and an MOU be...
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Please can anyone recommend reasonably priced office/desk space for a small charity based in London? Not sure where to start looking and how much we should be paying!
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In the last couple of years, both CAF and Charities Trust have ended their voucher schemes. They both argue that the use of vouchers has declined. But I like to be able to use vouchers. Especially at...
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Good afternoon all. Can anyone recommend a free or reasonably priced training content creator package? Im looking to create bespoke training to help with induction and quality consistency for our sm...
Hello, everyone, I'm currently working on a rather large project and I'm under a deadline. I've decided to proofread and use the help of AI, but I don't have time to proofread all the texts. I need a...
Hi we set up the cic 18 months ago and demand and the amount of services and service users grown . We are now over the threshold of income for a lot of the funding bids but don't meet criteria for c...
Hi I volunteer for a Hospital Radio Service, we are only small with a turnover less that £5k a year, volunteer run. Luckily get support from the hospital with s studio and facilities but that’s where...
Hi everyone, I wondered if anyone could point me towards any funding opportunities or grants that could help support the development of a new website and the purchase and implementation of a new CRM...
79% of UK charities now use AI in some way. Only 7% review its use and risks at board meetings. That gap is where trustees are exposed. Staff and volunteers are drafting bids, minutes and newsletters...
Hi all I'm the Senior Content Manager at CharityJob (which is the sister site to CharityConnect), and I'd love for you to get involved in our recruiter and candidate blogs. Real experience is such...
After 33 years working within the VCSFE sector, I've spent the past 2 years within a local authority - not a good move at all! I just resigned as the toxic environment was wearing me down too much a...
What is a body corporate in this context? We have received a donation from a CIO, which I assume is a body corporate and therefore a reportable donation. ------- This is from the Charity Commission...
Does anyone know of anywhere where volunteers can access mental health support, I am thinking of a volunteer who has reported a safeguarding incident, there volunteering manager has spoken with them...
We are a small charity and our Board has decided to explore Digital Lottery as a way to raise funds for the charity. As I understand it will require permission from the local council costing a fee of...
79% of UK charities now use AI in some way. Only 7% review its use and risks at board meetings. That gap is where trustees are exposed. Staff and volunteers are drafting bids, minutes and newslette...
Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice on finding paid part-time data work in the charity sector, ideally around 4 to 15 hours a week or an equivalent monthly allocation. I work in data and analytics, w...
Hi there, we're interested in running a free online event for charities. We'd like to cover marketing, specifically aspects of Digital Marketing. It would be recorded so attendees that can't watch li...
🎉🎉 This is our first community-led Q&A! Keep scrolling for a list of thank you’s 👇 Join our panel on Thursday 13th September, 1-2pm GMT, to discuss mental health in the workplace and the...
Health Monitors - Free tool available for everyone. - Based on Agile and improving your teams productivity and the measures used! I have been use the free tool with NFP for the last 3 years! The Heal...