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We are a small CIO charity, registered with HMRC. We support young disadvantaged people in London to build careers in the arts by providing grants and mentoring. Our income is from one-off and monthl...
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Hi everyone What do people use to illustrate the social value of their volunteers. Many years ago we used the Volunteer England £12 rate and more recently we have used another rate of £14.05 (althoug...
Hi, I'm Treasurer of a small charity, run entirely by volunteers, annual income less than £25,000. We are a company limited by guarantee and from April 2027 will have to submit our accounts to Compan...
Hello, I've inherited a phone system that costs over £700 per quarter when all we need to do is make and receive calls, in two offices (each with their own phone number). I want to keep our phone num...
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We are newly formed (Jan 2025) CIO about to submit our annual accounts. The CIO was formed out of a prior unincorporated not for profit association (which did not have charitable status). At formatio...
Could you please advise whether a small non profit charity with no employees, assets or property but we have volunteers, requires PL insurance. If so, could anyone recommend affordable cover please...
My daughter runs a CIC and has just submitted her first annual report and accounts. She has had feedback to say that her Annual report does not meet the requirements in several regards. She had suppo...
Hi all, We have just set up a new CIC and want to apply for a grant. The closing date closes in 3 weeks so we need to get a bank account set up very quickly in order to apply. I have been reading th...
Trusts & Grants
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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...
Hello everyone, researching new social media platforms. We use five currently, but each has its drawbacks. I would be very interested on your views, e.g. we really like the ability to schedule posts,...
Good morning all, hope everyone is doing well. I'm working in the medical sector in the NHS and we are in a process of starting our small healthcare charity and I have some questions regarding the tr...
Social Media
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Does anyone have good experience of looking for media, comms and social media volunteer support for a small charity. Where to find good people (we are in Mid Sussex), how best to find them? what is t...
We are currently using FreeAgent as it is free from our bank but it is clearly for small business who send invoices. I have set up lots of different projects which require invoices to enable me to cl...
Hi there, we own the building that we operate out of and are hoping to lease it out to another charity (or a tenant in general). It has been on the market now for a while and are looking for any advi...
We are looking to set up a CRM for a start-up charity. I would be grateful for any personal recommendations based on affordability and ease of use. I know there are some free versions but not sure ho...
Hi there I started a charity this year with no experience whatsoever, just a lot of googling, passion and positive attitude. I do think I could benefit hearing from someone who has gone through this...
Hi everyone, I’m looking for a mentor in the charity sector, someone with experience in leadership or management roles, who can guide me as I work toward stepping into a managerial position. I’m eage...
Hi all We have had a Sharepoint, Teams and OneDrive structure in place for 6-7 years and it feels a bit out of date so we are looking to update it. Probably thinking of setting a new structure, still...
I have heard that HMRC is OK with this as a concept and that 1/6th of a £1,000 /month rented house would be an acceptable. Has anyone any experience of this or for how to reimburse generally for home...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a community counselling service, we have some times where our rooms are not in use. We would like to rent them...
We're a small charity and I'm writing our first ever marketing and comms strategy. The aim is to have a one-pager high-level document, perhaps with a more detailed accompanying document. Would anyon...
Morning all, I've recently moved jobs and at my new charity, Luminary, we're looking to improve systems for collecting & analysing data on our community, to better demonstrate impact. Nothing unusual...
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Hi, The charity I work for are interested in starting a payroll giving programme, so we are interested in hearing other charities' (especially animal charities) experiences with this income stream a...
Our CASC (Community Amateur Sports Club) was having difficulty finding volunteers to act as stewards for evening sessions so we started offering free membership (now worth £180 per year) for people t...
Our CIC puts on free inclusive circus events for children and families who have barriers accessing live performance. Can anyone give any advice on setting up an community forum for a pilot project w...
Has any one experience of an automate tool to manage minute recording, transcribing and document distribution? Primarily for use at Board of Trustee meeting - 8 attendees.
Hi everyone, I am part of the HR team at SpecialEffect in Oxfordshire. We have 30 employees and are a medium-sized charity. What kinds of benefit packages do similar-sized charities offer? We offer...
Hello Charity Connect community! I'm looking for some advice and insights on how to best advertise volunteering opportunities available in Africa to a European audience. We’re aiming to connect passi...
