Hi there, I have been asked to incorporate a way to donate on our website and have been looking for options, but just wondered if anyone had any recommendations through experience, I know PayPal offe...
We are a small non-profit charity. We have an accountant who completes and submits our accounts on an annual basis to the charities commission, but we require an easy to use free accountancy package...
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Hello all Can someone advise on a bank account for a CIC please. I am getting nowhere! Thanks
Hi, I run a small mental health gardening charity called The Garden Friend. My application for a funding opportunity has been declined. Although I own the site where my charity is located I don't hav...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I have a couple of questions for recommendations around ways of working with a Board: 1. Board management platforms:...
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Hi, I'm interested in getting a Board Management System to hold agendas, minutes etc. all in one place. The idea is that it would be easier for our staff team and for Trustees having everything in o...
Hi everyone, I'm looking at costs to get someone to host and maintain our website and do a few monthly jobs for us. Can you recommend someone? Currently, our website it pretty static other than upda...
Hi all 👋 It is lovely to find this community, it's just what I was looking for. Our main priority at this time is to get the website for the charity fit for purpose (which it isn't quite yet) and u...
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Hello, I am currently in the process of setting up a charity as a CIO and I am wondering how to get a bank account as all the charity accounts seem to need you to already be registered to get an acco...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I’d like to send a donor survey to understand our audience better, but I’m unsure if I can send this to all our donor...
We have been treated harshly by the Charity Commission. We were very straight and honest from their visit, and provided all accurate and true information, but they decided to open up Statutory Enquir...
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Is Your Charity Ready for the New Financial Year? 📊 New budgets, new goals—time for a new digital fundraising strategy! With the next financial year just around the corner, now is the time to refin...
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Hi folks - are there rules around offering incentives to encourage Member Get Member? I'm thinking that there is the £25 value limit, but wondering if there is anything else we should consider? Thank...
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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...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a small charity who have been finding our way over the course of approx 18 months due to many changes behind t...
The legislation concerning working with vulnerable groups in Scotland is changing at the end of this month. The scope of who needs to be checked is expanding to cover those "with power or influence"....
Are there any available spaces for Compassionate Humanity Charity at Salford or Manchester?
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Afternoon all, I just wanted to hop on here to say a huge thank you to everyone who attended our Connections event this morning! A special thanks to the amazing Petrina Carmody for sharing some fasci...
Hi all, This might be a long shot but I wondered if anyone knows of any cheap (ideally free!) space in London where we could host a photo exhibition? We are hoping to plan an event showcasing the po...
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Hi All, We're looking at potentially changing our HR system as we need something that have more functionality than the fairly basic system we already use. We've got c.50 employees but also have c.70...
Hi all, Thrilled to have found this platform, putting my first question out there. We are writing another annual report and Id really like to make it look and sound a bit more put together and engagi...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Just wondering if anyone could provide guidance in relation to re-branding a regional charity? We're a small, but vit...
Hello all, Our Chair has indicated that they would like us to switch from Teams to Zoom for our hybrid Board and Committee meetings. We currently use Teams and all our systems are integrated with Tea...
Hello Does anyone know if you run a small society lottery if you have to make a yearly contribution to one of the gambling charities as advised by the Gambling Comission? We can't work out if this is...
We are a Charity Think Tank looking to hire a venue on the 21st of May for our Staff Strategy Away Day, scheduled to take place from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. We have allocated a budget of up to £7,000.00,...
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I have just accepted a post of treasurer of a (locality) Community Partnership. I was approached via the county Voluntary Services, I knew of the organisation and of some of their local activities. I...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a charity that follows SORP for the annual accounts. This year, for the purposes of quarterly management accou...
Hi All We are an unincorporated charity association looking to register with charity commission. Our last application was rejected, it needed some improvement before resubmitting. By the time we got...
Can anyone point me in the right direction to establish if some individuals are entitled to holiday pay please? We pay our coaches to run a few clubs and a throw away remark on the radio has got me t...