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Hello everyone, just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for an email newsletter platform for a small but fast-growing charity? Looking for a free plan option to use for email newsletters and...
Hi, Does anyone have any advice on which of the website builders (e.g. Wix, SquareSpace, etc) are best for a charity just starting off? We want to get it up and running as soon as possible, and will...
Hi everyone, I noticed that although my organisation's website engagement has increased, traffic has decreased. I suspect the AI overviews following a google search, plus the increased use of tools s...
Does anyone have any suggestions for good social media support (to deliver) for small charities. We are a small community garden.
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Hello all , hope you are all doing well, I would like to know if any charity is using vibe coded apps to maintain their website and if they are facing any difficulties please , many thanks Louis
Hi, happy new year to everyone, I am looking for a place to get inexpensive printer for a registered small charity and secondly anyone that can help me to create a nonprofit website. Thanks
Just putting this out there , What would be really handy would be some network meetings regarding funding or various important issues in running a trust or a charity. A place where we could help eac...
Hello! I volunteer with a small animal rescue charity, and we're thinking of getting some wall calendars made for 2026 to sell to our supporters. We've ordered other kind of print merchandise (e.g. p...
Hello we are a small registered charity in teesside and we are looking for a small storage area for about 15 small tomedium boxes
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Hi all, I'm a newbie here - would welcome your thoughts. We have our investment funds with CCLA Church of England investment fund. It performed badly now for 2 years - anyone out there with similar e...
Hi, we want to invest some of our funds, but when we have asked investment managers we have found that they have a minimum of £150K to 1,000,000. Does anyone know of a way to invest with a smaller bu...
When we hold raffles at events we find fewer people are carrying cash and we don't currently have a card reader. But can card readers be used for payments for raffle tickets? From what I've read it s...
Hi Firstly thanks for reading this post. At another charity that I involved with, we are hoping to run our first fundraising dinner at a restaurant. We need to do the following: 1. Take the booking a...
Hello everyone, we have a charity shop that isn't claiming any gift aid and I'm looking into this now. Is anyone in a similar situation? Or has a charity shop and could offer any advice? I'd love to...
Hi, if someone is working for our charity for free, can we give them a token of appreciation (ie a mug with our logo or T-shirt)? Thanks!!!
Hi All - were hosting a 13 mile walk to raise funds to build a school in Gambia. I wondered if anyone knows what we need to have in place legally? Insurance/disclaimers etc, and whether anyone has an...
💬 Discussion questions: Introduce yourself and the charity you work for. What does your role involve? What is your fundraising team currently working on? What are some of the current challenges yo...
Hi everyone, I've had an employee who has questioned what mileage they should be claiming when they travel from home to a meeting location (other than their principal place of business). In the corpo...
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Hi all, We're looking to hear about peoples experience with conference management systems and rough pricings they found. We have an in-person event in September time that we wouldn't mind testing one...
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...
Hi All, Happy New Year! Our charity will be 50 years old this year!! I'm organising a volunteers celebration and just wanted some ideas of what people do to make each celebration event different. Al...
Hello all, Does anyone have experience of successfully claiming tax relief for additional household costs like heating if you have to work at home on a regular basis, either for all or part of the we...
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Could someone share the requirements for data to be collected and processed when recruiting volunteers? What are the GDPR stipulation and the safe recruitment best practice please? I need more info r...
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...
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Hi all , I have a question regarding a charity , Can a charity be registered in a home address to begin with if it is just starting out now . Will there be any problems or issues while applying for...
Hi there, I am about to start a really new exciting role with a charity and im trying to find out how we connect wth the super markets to become one of the charities they support through the token do...
We're revisiting the treatment of a few unrestricted grants where the funded delivery doesn't line up neatly with the year the income lands - for example, a grant received at year-end but where most...
Hello, I’m curious to know how you handle situations where someone wants to raise a concern anonymously. Do you have any suggestions on how this can be done in practice? For example, do you use a spe...
Super excited that I've started working in The Glasgow Science Centre this week! I had no idea it was a charity!
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I don't know how many organisations will find this relevant, but here goes.. We use Sumup machines to take payments by bank cards at events We have 3 machines and we sometimes use all 3 at once for o...