There was a thread about 4 years ago discussing which of these is the better platform for raising funds from supporters doing online shopping. That thread did not seem to come to any conclusion as no...
Dear Colleagues, I just wondered if any CVS colleagues were willing and able to share some insight into where they had been able to successfully secure funding from to fund capacity building staff ro...
Hi all, Our organisation is a charity partner of a local challenge event for the first time and we've had a corporate register interest, which is super exciting! However, they've asked if we have any...
Hello everyone We currently use CAF for regular donations and they do the gift aid for us automatically but they do charge of course for this. We have recently integrated Stripe into our website for...
I wondered if we could register for a Nectar card as a charity as we regularly by food etc from Sainsbury's to support our work with the homeless.
Hello all, I am the Ops Director for a small charity and have been asked to produce a fund raising strategy for 2026. I have never been involved in fundraising before so any pointers, dos and don’ts,...
Hello, We are currently running a regular giving campaign and very frustratingly the payment gateway on our website has stopped working so people aren't able to set up a regular donation without gett...
Corporate fundraising is an area that our charity has never particularly focussed on in terms of fundraising. Our costs are going up and we've identified this as an area with lots of potential for gr...
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I am the Operations Manager for a small charity and have received an expression of interest from someone who I think would be a great Trustee. I have forwarded the details onto the 3 existing Truste...
Happy Monday all! As a Prospect Research Manager I've been tasked with looking at Trusts and Foundations that support international conservation. I've been asked to 'think outside the box' beyond Tr...
I run a CIC focused on improving early careers exposure and practical pathways between education and the world of work. We are now at the stage of seeking the right funding routes to move from develo...
We are a small charity which delivers services through wonderful volunteers who all have specialist professional skills. Some of these volunteers do the same role in their day job. One of these volun...
Designing for the Five-Generation Workforce... Or... not?! This very current expression refers to the scope of the current working population, especially in the charities sector. We're more aware t...
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We are a small charity and I am a Trustee. I have concerns that in our Governing Document it states clearly that we can use the income from the fund for the purposes of the charity. Our funds are i...
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Hi, We have recently reviewed our contract of employment and I had proposed included reference to short-term working and lay offs. We introduced this into some contracts after COVID. Before we roll t...
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Hi, I am benchmarking our current company sick pay entitlement. I know this can vary widely from organisation to organisation. We have approx 60 employees in the charity, which includes our retail te...
Following the Charity Commission’s article on large charities making a surplus and smalls a deficit, I ran an exercise looking at small charities being treated as bid candy by larger ones. Two thirds...
I have just received the latest statement for Give as You Live so looked on-line at the donations. Does anyone do any personal thanking of the donor (anonymous/not-anonymous)? And for any that put...
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Hi members Charity Connect lovely people I am new here, I am board of trustee for 9 years. Can I set up CIC charity as a director ? would this be considered as conflict of interest while still act...
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Hello, Is anyone working with solicitors or surveyors who donate residual client balances or unclaimed client accounts? I'd love to pick your brains, specifically about indemnity!
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...
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In the workplace we’re continually having to adapt to evolving technology. From the way we engage with documents and spreadsheets, to the changing landscape of cybersecurity threats, AI and more. As...
Hi Everyone This is my first post! I wanted to reach out to hear how small charities are presently using AI and Agents in their day to day to operations. Are there any particular CRM systems that s...
Welcome new members 👋 – it’s great to have you here! 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 o...
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...
Hello, I work for a fundraising initiative fundraising for 6 charities. I have signed up to run a half marathon and need to find a page i can use to help fundraise for all 6 charities. Anything I r...
We are a small CIO, with only trustees and no staff, on the final stretch of deciding on our first CRM and fundraising platform. Although a CRM is an important investment, we are in the Catch 22 of n...
Hi, I've just had our charity shop featured in a newspaper article, the article went live yesterday, and is part of a series of articles aiming to promote local bargain shops in the area. What would...
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, We're looking to run a C2C TM campaign and I was wondering if anyone could help provide some figures for benchmarking. What have your charity's RG attrition rates been in the 1st and 2nd year af...