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Happy Tuesday, everyone. Hope everyone enjoyed their bank holiday weekend. Did anyone do anything special? Feels good to be back in the office, catching up on what I missed over the last couple of d...
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Dear 'Everyone' As a wider part of our information sharing, we sometimes do an open house event at a London charity. It started out as a very low key promotional platform but since the lockdowns, has...
Hi everyone I'm looking for advice for a step-by-step plan in how to go about seeking corporate sponsorship for a capital project for an animal sanctuary - advice from those who have been there befor...
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Hi We are a small charity looking to recruit a new Director. The staff team have said they would like to meet the candidates as part of the recruitment process. We trustees have no problem with this,...
Hi everyone, we’re currently looking to appoint a Statutory Auditor or Audit Firm to carry out the Association’s statutory audit in line with financial reporting and Charity Commission requirements,...
Hi everyone, I am a member of the committee that runs a table tennis club in North London. We need advice on whether we should be VAT Registered. Legally we are not setup as a charity but are a Commu...
Hi, can anyone offer any help/advice for recruiting new trustees and treasurer? We've had adverts on the borough volunteering hub, LinkedIn and ICAEW charity job hub for months and not had a single a...
hi all! hope someone can help me. last year i registered a salary of £42K and pension contributions for £1.5K and was classified as medium tax payer, obtaining monthly voucher allowances for £161, w...
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Hello Does anyone else still use some lovely simple software called DO$H? I have used it for years and, although it is no longer supported, it still works a treat. It would help to have a contact to...
Hi I'm a newbie to this site - I work with retired Veterans and seafarers on Merseyside for a charity. I've been a Caseworker / Welfare Officer for quite some time - always happy to connect and learn...
We are a small charity with an annual expenditure of £300,000. We currently manage our IT internally, we are now considering outsourcing are looking for a quote to provide a proactive Managed IT Serv...
It's April Fools today but we never joke about funding. The bots have a nice new core funder for small charities. Bentley Motors – Advancing Life Chances National Fund - focusing on Access, Empowerme...
Hi all, Recently and unfortunately we lost our charities fundraiser. We are a small charity based in the UK running projects overseas. Any advice on where to connect with professionals in this fiel...
What use do you make of AI? Apart from the obvious help with writing of various types and for research, it seems to have many benefits in improving services and accessibility for beneficiaries and me...
I have been the Chair of a small rural community centre for 7 yrs now; we have recently taken on a new trustee whose agenda seems to be to get rid of me completely. He has today told me he is reporti...
Hi all, We are reviewing some further family leave policies and wondered if anyone offers anything beyond the statutory for Carer's leave, Dependents leave or Emergency leave. It would be really inte...
CharityConnect is built on community, and as such, we want to make it as easy as possible for you to network. This is a thread for you to meet other new members and start making connections straight...
A recent incident highlighted an area of concern for me as a trustee. At a home visit to a mum and her child by a staff member the mum became extremely agitated and dysregulated in her behaviour t...
Hi all! I'm looking for some advice on events booking platforms e.g. Eventbrite etc. Up to now we've been using embedded forms via our website. However, we're having repeated glitching issues with ou...
I am Management Committee of a CIO , and we have been discussing set up another organisation to manage our Car Club as it's too much to manage in the Charity and wants to work outside area of benefit...
Good morning, i have recently started my first position in an animal charity. we ask for a relinquishment amount as a donation for animals that we take in from the public, these are normally just p...
Hi everyone, Just wanted to say I'm excited to have officially started as your community manager and to reiterate that if there is anything you need, please feel free to reach out. I’m very excited t...
Mental Health In The Unemployed. Why do people who are working think the unemployed are all playing the system? Simple they do not understand what being unemployed can do to you,your confidence is de...
Hey all, One of the things I am finding is slowing down our onboarding process is the right to work check our organisation carries out. Is this common practice in other organisations with volunteers?...
I am new to trusts and foundations fundraising and am exploring core funding opportunities; however, I have been struggling to find places for this. For context, I am applying on behalf of a small c...
I have some sad news, I’m afraid. After just over three wonderful years, I’ll be stepping away from CharityConnect next week on Thursday 26th March to start a new venture. It’s been an incredibly rew...
I'm concerned that the new changes coming in next month to sick pay from day one may mean that more staff might take advantage of this new right. Would anyone be willing to share their amended sickne...
Hi everyone Just wondering if there are any UK charities on here who are using Zeffy? If you are and you wouldn't mind sharing your experience (whether that's good or bad!), I'd be really grateful fo...
Hello, We are a CIC offering Yoga and Wellness and various events in London and Bristol and would appreciate guidance towards databases where we can see what grants are available to us. We are workin...
Hi Everyone! Thought I’d jump on here to say a quick hello and introduce myself! My name is Max, and I’m very excited to be stepping in as your new Community Manager. I’ve got some big shoes to fill...