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I'm a parent volunteer and the treasurer of the school PTA. We are organising a large event to celebrate a significant school milestone and local businesses are donating and in return getting an ad i...
Hello Everyone, Just a really quick question (I hope!). As mentioned in an earlier post ( https://www.charityconnect.co.uk/post/final-steps-in-changing-from-trust-to-cio/14611/32173 ), we have succee...
Hi all, I'm looking for a venue space for c.100 people for an all-day cabaret style event in (central-ish) London. We are a charity, so venues with discounted and reasonable rates are preferable. Whe...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I work for a charity trust and have been observing and listening to staff members concerns about the chair person wor...
We are seeking new premises from November 2024. Respond is a national charity supporting autistic people, people with learning disabilities and their families. We provide psychotherapy and advocacy s...
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Hi everyone, Was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for UK charity bank account providers that may be more 'risk-averse' in the sense that my CIO aims to serve an overseas community. Having...
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Hi there, I was just wondering whether anyone had any advice as to the best way to start fundraising for a small charity. We cannot afford to take on a fundraising specialist and yet it is obviously...
We're a very small new charity (1 year), and we need to look at getting a CRM system. We're using the free Microsoft 365 Teams to manage our day-to-day stuff, and they have a free non-profit CRM whi...
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Hi, we're a small UK registered not-for-profit, totally volunteer-run animal rescue/rehoming charity. We've struggled on for 6 years with a website & forum not fit for purpose and now know it's broke...
I'm Trustee to a small charity that has raised over £5000 last year so we need to apply to the charity commission. After a lot of research i think the CIO foundation model would be most appropriate b...
Welcome to CharityConnect. We are a friendly space for charity professionals to share experiences, gain insights and meet like-minded people. To keep this community nicely ticking, we have a few g...
Hi All, I am just reviewing our volunteer management which has not been reviewed for a long time. Can you let me know the minimum we should look to achieve for good volunteer management? We currentl...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Does anyone remember seeing the insightful ACEVO report In Plain Sight back in 2019. Yep, a million years ago. It rea...
Hi all, I know there are a few threads on here about online fundraising platforms that people like to use. I was wondering if anyone knew of sites similar to easyfundraising that are no-cost to donor...
Can someone help me to apply for a grant/grants to provide respite and family holidays for patients and families? Our foundation (created in memory of my 11 year old daughter Cara who died of a brain...
I would very grateful if someone could point me in the right direction. I work on a older persons female mental health ward which also has dementia patients in South Wales. Patients are admitted with...
Hi all, I went to a fantastic event today, organised by KindLink - an online platform for businesses and charities to connect to manage their CSR, fundraising, volunteering, donar CRM, and measure a...
I am involved with a newly registered charity. We have just done our first activity in our local community last week and it was a success. However, we have other projects but struggling with finance....
Hello! I work for a small grant-maker and currently manage everything using Outlook and Excel. I would like to put a database in place to improve and develop our grant management. I have used Salesf...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi all, please help me understand how to shift from unpaid founder of a charity to a paid CEO in Scotland.
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for good captioning software? it would be used to add captions to v...
Hi there, I'm in the early stages of revamping our email programme and would love to hear about the approach that other charities are taking. If anyone is happy to share your approach, or have teams...
I've been approached by a charity that wants to gift money to another charity that shares the same objects. The receiving charity is fairly new whereas the other charity is 12 years old.
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Is there a source that compares charities in terms of staff, expenditure, etc.? For example, is there a source that c...
I'm opening a new charity I have completed a research project to determine that there is a desperate need for this service. I'm looking for advice around how I can pay wages. One member is on the com...
Hi, we have a website and forum run by Wordpress. It was set up by a former volunteer who no longer volunteers. I fundraise for the charity and for my sins, took over updating the website, but I know...
Hi I'm looking to sort our charity's energy contracts for the next 3 years. We were very fortunate to get a very good deal through Utility Bidder 3 years ago, so I'm waiting for them to come back to...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I have discovered that I & several other parents have been added to an Early Years Charity as trustees, without conse...
Hi all, I founded a charity back in 2018 and until recently we've been entirely volunteer run. We've now got our first staff member on a freelance basis which is great, and they report into me. As t...