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Our charity has steadily grown year on year and we are at the point whereby we cannot grow any further without our first paid role, overseeing the day to day work at the animal rescue centre. We woul...
Jon Beresford
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Any examples of charities who make use of self-employed/freelance workers as an ongoing part of the operating model?...
Ocean King
Good morning all, 🌻 I'm Maria and I'm brand new to this platform! Hoping to have the opportunity to connect and share ideas with you all! 🌎 I have been in the no-profit sector for the last three ye...
Maria Kusheela Maroni
Can anyone point me in the right direction to establish if some individuals are entitled to holiday pay please? We pay our coaches to run a few clubs and a throw away remark on the radio has got me t...
Peter Dun
Hi everyone, I’m Ekaterina, the Marketing Manager at New Challenge. We offer fully funded NCFE Level 2 courses in Information, Advice, and Guidance (IAG), Mental Health, and Counselling Skills to eli...
Ekaterina Litvinova
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hello, I'm moving from HE to the charity sector. I have a skills and experience in income generation and bid writing,...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am a Trustee for a small charity, currently struggling due to unprecedented funding cuts. Employing 6 soon to be 5...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm considering working for an organisation where they are offering a 7 year contract. Is this strange? What are your...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hello all, I’m hoping you can help. We have a team member who was initially recruited on a 1-year FTC expiring in Jan...
Ocean King
Hello all, Does anyone have recommendations for an affordable umbrella company / Employer of Record (EOR) service provider? A France-based non-profit that I work with is looking to hire 1 or 2 UK-bas...
Ibis Lilley
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: As a charity we have spent time encouraging staff with lived-experience to join our organisation as they have a wealt...
Rose Cruickshank
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Anyone know where an 'Interim Service Manager' can be sourced? Anyone recommend anyone or any organisation who had a...
Ocean King
Hi there, I work for a global NGO and we are looking at reaching out to values-aligned global celebrities to help raise our profile. We have a strong following in the UK, and a number of high profile...
Victoria Evans
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I have recently joined a charity and I am reviewing the sick pay. I have established out of 20 other charities. Major...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: How much does age discrimination crop up in your experience? Are employers more likely to employ someone in their 30'...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are reviewing our probation periods and wanted to know what probations period you have for permanent and fixed ter...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We have had a request for information from a firm of solicitors and exploring the history to the request, the person...
Ocean King
Hi All, I am looking to change career direction and enter into the charity/fundraising field. I feel as though I have lots of relevant transferable skills and have even had a little experience of fun...
Derek Whitaker
Hi  I am interested in any recommendations re: DBS providers who also offer ID check as part of the package. Also general comments/ tips if you have any. We have a current provider but interested in...
We had an anonymous post on the community this week asking about the appropriate length of time to wait before following up with a recruiter after not hearing back. The responses so far have been ver...
Ocean King
Hi I was wondering whether other healthcare charities use the KO41a NHS complaint categories or have established their own? How do we enable better experience benchmarking across charities? Any insig...
Hi All, just wondering whether anyone has used the Gradar platform? We are considering using it to do job evaluation, benchmaring and to develop a pay structure.
Mary Giddens
Hi all, we are a small relatively new charity working with children and horses for children's wellbeing and mental health advancement we have 7 horses 2 full time staff 5 volunteers/part time with a...
stuart carter
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I recently applied for a position at a charity and haven't heard back from the hiring officer yet. Is there an averag...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Taking a job that your over qualified for and experienced pay cut because you like the cause. Thoughts?
Ocean King
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...
David Partridge
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We've been operating as a community group for a few years, and are hoping to become a registered CIO (application has...
Ocean King
What are the best external HR companies/consultants that other charities use? We are looking for a charity-aware/informed HR provider for our organisation that support with documentation, mediation,...
Despina Bardosi
We advertise all our new job vacancies with the option of remote or hybrid working. We expect anyone on a remote contract to attend an in person team day once a month and we pay travel costs.  I want...
Ruth Choat
Hello, I'm a Trustee at a charity and we need to recruit an interim CEO. Can anyone suggest the best way forward with this? We don't have a lot of money to spend on recruitment so any suggestions gra...
Debbie Holden
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