This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: STRESSED !!!!!!!!!! How do you deal with a Trustee who disses your suggestions and gets every other Trustee to agree...
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Is anyone having trouble with the new CAF bank online launched on Monday. I think it is useless and has lost a lot of the functionality it had before. I am going to change bank. Does anyone have one...
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Hi - like many I have been frustrated by the problems logging into the new CAF system, but I did finally get in yesterday. I took a look at the statement on all the accounts I have access to (five in...
Recently a funding proposal was circulated. It was to hire an ice cream van to hand out free treats to all of the kids at an end of term celebration. As it was in the fallow time between meetings, w...
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone's had any experience or advice on working with futurists / futurologists / strategic forecasters to support their charity in thinking about and planning for future stra...
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Hi everyone,I hope you're well. I was wondering if anyone could help me — I have a commercial property lease contract for a charity shop, and I need a solicitor to review it before signing. Does anyo...
Which digital tools for grant finding do you find to be the best?
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Hi everyone, We are looking for a new e-learning platform that might make mandatory and statutory training more fun and engaging for our staff. We are a gaming charity, so anything that has an elemen...
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Hello - we have had a request from an employee on a remote contract to purchase a bike through our cycle to work scheme. The problem is that they are contracted to work from home. I am trying to find...
I am looking for a more meaningful to our succession planning. We review our successors each year and chat through their levels of readiness, development needed and gaps in terms of our succession. W...
Hi Ocean and all - sorry I haven't been the most active of participants (!) but our Debt Service is so busy it's hard to divert from that to funding - and also have a life! We are not the largest - i...
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Hi, does anyone use Tableau, Flourish or anything else for BI and data visualisations and would be willing to have a chat please? We're currently using PowerBI which is great for robust reporting fro...
As the DBS prices have gone up, i was just wondering who people use to access the DBS checks in a cost effective way. Enhanced is now £49.50, and we are paying £15.70 inc VAT on top with our current...
We're in the process of updating our Salary Policy and it has been suggested by some of our Trustees that we look at linking pay and performance (so good performance leads to a salary increase). It'...
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Hello - has anyone got any experience of working with Work for Good? Is the ROI worth the investment? Any feedback appreciated hugely. Thank you
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As we grow in reach and impact, we’re now at the stage where we need someone to lead the next stage of growth for Walk N Talk 4 Mental Health, strengthening our presence, impact, and sustainability....
We are reviewing our process for probation periods. Currently we have a 3 month probation period, regardless of role and grade. There are no formal checks in prior to this to specifically discuss the...
Hi everyone, we are a fairly small charity and have been relying on a one man band for our IT services/support but would like to look further afield at a fully managed service. Does anyone have any...
I want to set up a donation platform on our new website that will connect to our Beacon Database. Does anyone know if Stripe offers a reduction in their prices/fees for non-profits please? If so, doe...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Any charity that has successfully implemented a strategic workforce planning, is it working can you please share your...
With the end of the free software 365 service offer for voluntary organisations, what does the future look like for small charities? Paul
Hello, our small team have been through a challenging few months and as we are spread throughout the country we don't get together much at all. So I am kindly asking for some ideas about a location/v...
Hi everyone, our small charity is looking into obtaining a card reader for payments at our annual events. This is not a constant requirement so probably a single payment with percentage taken each t...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I registered my first CIC as limited by shares because I saw potential for future growth and attracting investors. Ho...
We are in the process of transferring from a registered charity (Charitable Association) to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, following the Charity Commissions process. The new CIO is set up an...
I've just received an email from Companies House, that begins: All company directors and people with significant control (PSCs) need to verify their identity to prove who they are. This is a new lega...
Hello all, I'm writing what is essentially a problem solving procedure for my organisation. For if a volunteer isn't meeting expectations (this is for small to medium issues) for example if they were...
The next Benefact Group Special Draw opens today until 22 Jun. Children and Young People - 10 charities £5,000 each. All you need to do is nominate a charity whose core charitable purpose is to suppo...
Hi, I have recently joined a tiny charitable trust as Treasurer and soon to be trustee. However the governing document that sits with the charity commission is really outdated and requires additiona...
Anyone had success setting up their Charity with a TikTok business account, and if so what documentation did you provide? We are struggling to set up a business account using the usual Charities Comm...