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Hi, thank you for welcoming me to your community. I wanted to ask if AI can be used in board meetings to take minutes? Thank you, Debbie
Debbie Hannam
Hi all Just wondering if there is shops will let charity rent for free? We are in Leicestershire. Thank you
Wai Ip
Part of running an SCIO is that trustees have collective responsibility and decisions are made by the majority. Case 1) A trustee is responsible for the running of clubs. A new coach to run a club is...
Peter Dun
Hi, Does anyone have any recommendations of a provider who could give an in person introduction to project management to all of our staff? Thanks, Nathan
Nathan Bacon
Working in London, I have found that finding affordable external rooms or venues can be an absolute nightmare and I'm sure this is a similar struggle for people in other areas. So, I thought this pos...
Clare Lucas
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a small charity with 20 staff. We are considering ditching our office and becoming fully remote working but wi...
Ocean King
Hi everyone, wondering if anyone has any example business models for how to set up lived experience consultancy? Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
Eleanor McMahon
Hi all, not sure this is the right community to post in. I work in admin but there is an opportunity for me to shift into a more project management role, particularly assisting someone working in gra...
Mercy Kibenda
Hi Everyone, We're looking to register our existing charity (currently registered in England and Wales) in Ireland too. Does anyone have advice on how this is done? I have found information about reg...
Anastasia Georgousis
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Apologies for the long post but we have reached our wits end in trying to resolve this.  Essentially we have Civil Li...
Ocean King
Hi Everyone, I'm doing some research and need some advice how to put Insurance in place for a group of Southeast Asian seniors. Who want to go out on day trips in the UK. Where a coach/minibus will b...
Hitesh Daudia
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Has anyone had any experience of sharing back-office functions with other organisations in the sector? If so, how has...
Ocean King
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...
Ilona Lizer
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...
Tom Smith
I've been a trustee of my local PTA for a couple of years. As I have learnt more about the duties of being a trustee, the more I've become aware of the dysfunctionality of my charity's leadership. I...
Peter Dun
Hi everyone! We're a small charity working in Uganda.  We currently use Google Drive for our file storage, but it's not working for us very well with our photo organisation.  Does anyone have a good...
Joanna Black
Hi I am looking for a very large meeting space for a conference about abuse in central London. Its not for profit etc Any suggestions that won't break the bank please?
Karen Kirk
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...
Diana Defries
Hi everyone, I hope you're all well. We've recently been considering launching a four-day working week trial, as it seems some organisations have seen positive results from their trials.  I have a qu...
Hello everyone, we'd appreciate your ideas please of possible places to book for 5-6 people in central London, Saturday 28th September, for 4 hours starting 11-12pm to - 3-4pm? We're a mixed race vol...
Val Hoskins
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Regarding risk assessments for taking kids to an activity centre - whose responsibility is it? Ours of the centres?
Ocean King
We have just bought a 17 seater mini bus to take our service users out on trips.   Can someone give me guidance as to what legally we need to do - section 19?? 😬 thanks
Deborah Phillips
Hey CC!  I thought I'd hop on to discuss what seems to be everyone's favourite topic at the moment.... AI 😅 I recently read a  CivilSociety article suggesting that over six in ten charities are usin...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Does anyone have any particular recommendations for call answering services? We have used Moneypenny in the past but...
Ocean King
Hi everyone. As a new charity, I will soon be looking for a van. I understand leasing is probably the way forwards (Although there is no guaranteed income for a new charity). But does anyone know of...
Leigh Gilles
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am working on an awards ceremony at the moment, for which nominations are being submitted into various categories....
Ocean King
Hi can someone give me some advice please. A charitable group runs both buildings and rents 1 building to a constituted group 7 days a week. Can the site manager keep interfering with the constituted...
Emma Jones
Hello.  Does anyone know where we can get a cheap virtual office in London? I don't mind where the address is located. We need a mail forwarding service included. Thanks in advance.
Abdullah Ibn Mashuk
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Can anyone recommend a photographer they've used for a one-day conference? We are expecting approx. 350 people and th...
Ocean King
Hi guys, Does anybody know of any video recording studio space that charities are able to use pro-bono? We are a small charity and remote-first so we don't have any offices we could use. I'd be grate...
Frances Whittaker
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