We are beginning the discovery phase of creating a Case for Change for a new Volunteer Management Solution. With 1,400 amazing volunteers working remotely across the British Isles, we want to make su...
Hi, I am looking for recommendations for reputable recruitment firms that specialise in nonprofit hiring within the public health sector in Rwanda, Malawi, and Tanzania. Any leads or referrals would...
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How does the Charity Commission keep track of trusteeships? I have three, but on all their Trustee lists, my field for "Other trusteeships" is "None on record".
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm wanting some help as the current treasurer of an unregistered charity how do you leave and trust someone else who...
Hi All. I'm trying to get a handle on what MS charges for their Dynamics CRM suite. They make publish standard pricing for commercial organisations, but its hard to find what their special pricing...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I wonder if anyone can offer any advise. We are unfortunately insolvent. All of our board have also just resigned. Th...
Hello Everyone, I'm new on here, so forgive me if I'm asking something already covered. We are looking to recruit Trustees for our Council and are particularly mindful of the need for a diverse mix...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am about to takeover a charity with which I was formerly involved as a director some years ago. I wish to appoint n...
Hi All, We're looking to hosta a daytime event and are currently searching for a suitable venue. Ideally we'd like to rent 2 rooms for approx 3-4 hours with good access to public transport in London....
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are currently undertaking a Target Operating Model for our large charity. As part of this we are looking to undert...
Hello all, I am the Ops Director for a small charity and have been asked to produce a fund raising strategy for 2026. I have never been involved in fundraising before so any pointers, dos and don’ts,...
Can anyone recommend or suggest a suitable meeting room or training facility in London? In commemoration of International Women's Day, and by popular demand, we shall be conducting our first-ever UK...
I took over as Operations Manager for a charity last November and need to have a better understanding of what the role of the Trustees actually is so that I know what I should be doing vs what I shou...
Hi, we're looking to find funding for a project, but have seen that some funders expect to part fund a project. How do other charities go about applying to multiple funders for one project? We only h...
I would appreciate comments and thoughts, please. A charity I support has been discovered to have been operating for years with inquorate AGMs, by mistake and in good faith. This has created serious...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Just wondering if anyone has used an external company to send out voting papers and count the votes? Any recommendati...
Hello everyone and happy new year 😊. I run a foodbank and I wanted to get a preloaded charity card so that my team could purchase top up stock when needed, freeing up my time, as I am the bankcard h...
I’d really appreciate some insights on this. I’ve spoken to a few small and mid-sized charities struggle to access occupational health support- mostly because of cost, minimum contracts, long waits,...
Hi all - as we work with potentially vulnerable women, our team has decided that absolutely everyone must have safeguarding training. Being a new charity we don't have a huge budget for this yet. Can...
Just looking at Local Giving again. It says that the average amount gained through the platform is £4000/yr. You pay £150 to join. What are people's experiences like? How much have you raised? Intere...
I'm a co-founder and director of a CIC which is looking to change legal structure to a SCIO (we're in Scotland). Myself and my co-founder are paid for some of the work we do for the organisation. I k...
Hello, we are a counselling charity. We provide therapy for whatever people say they can afford to pay. We send invoices out and the clients pay these (or not!) for their session. I have come acros...
Hi all, I'm looking to purchase 2 tap to donate machines for a large corporate partnership I'm running. We'd like to trial having one in a podium in the office lobby, and one we can take to smaller e...
If you could design the ideal volunteer management system, what would it include? I’d love to know: Your top 5 essential features Some nice-to-have features What system or tools you use at the...
I'm involved in a not for profit local carnival (not a registered charity) and we use a text to donate platform - however, they have introduced an annual fee as well as the usual percentage per trans...
Hello, I work for a small charity with a limited budget. We are currently using Mailchimp, but we are curious as to what alternatives there are as we are migrating to a new CRM this year (from Etapes...
Respected members of the group , I have a query regarding an issue which a charity is facing . The charity where I freelance with holds a domain name example (xx.org.uk) and a charity which gets £ 40...
Hi all - I work at a charity with an established Meta/Facebook/Instagram account, which was mysteriously registered as a business, rather than a charity (this pre-dated me!) We're trying to convert o...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Can a charity which has 3 trustees obtain a bank account while registering it as a private limited company at compani...