🎉🎉 This is our first community-led Q&A! Keep scrolling for a list of thank you’s 👇 Join our panel on Thursday 13th September, 1-2pm GMT, to discuss mental health in the workplace and the...
Health Monitors - Free tool available for everyone. - Based on Agile and improving your teams productivity and the measures used! I have been use the free tool with NFP for the last 3 years! The Heal...
Does anyone know of anywhere where volunteers can access mental health support, I am thinking of a volunteer who has reported a safeguarding incident, there volunteering manager has spoken with them...
Hello, we're looking at what impact COVID 19 has had on employees' Mental Health within the Charity Sector. If anyone has any thoughts, experiences or data relating to this, I would be grateful if yo...
Hello, I am a newly City&Guilds qualified dog groomer who is also a volunteer groomer for a dog charity and a dog walker for another well known charity. I am lucky enough to not need to work and woul...
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What is a body corporate in this context? We have received a donation from a CIO, which I assume is a body corporate and therefore a reportable donation. ------- This is from the Charity Commission...
We are a small charity and our Board has decided to explore Digital Lottery as a way to raise funds for the charity. As I understand it will require permission from the local council costing a fee of...
Hi There, We are a very tiny organisation but are trying to figure out if its worth getting an accounts/finance package and have been looking at Liberty. Would love your thoughts/views/opinions on A)...
Hi, We need to increase our BACS limit and our bank won't do this without an all encompassing debenture over our assets. Our trustees are understandably reluctant to provide a charge over everything...
After 33 years working within the VCSFE sector, I've spent the past 2 years within a local authority - not a good move at all! I just resigned as the toxic environment was wearing me down too much a...
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I’m researching how funders judge fit early in an application, and I want to learn before I write anything. I work with a UK charity on youth violence prevention and help with its funder outreach. Fo...
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How would you go about letting your staff team know that you are disappointed in the lack of help in getting donations for a group sponsored run? Do you just try and focus on those who did help get d...
I hope you’re all well. I’m looking for some guidance and would really appreciate any advice or recommendations from the Charity Connect community. We are currently developing our charity and are a...
Hi, I'm looking for someone to help me with the website building for my charity, Please can you advise me, Many thanks Martin Aleu.
Our chairman has been in post for 6 months, and has provided no leadership or communicated with the Trustees. Does not return calls, and has none little since being in post. A compliant has been rec...
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Many growing businesses reach a stage where their existing marketing efforts are no longer enough to support their goals. They may need a clearer strategy, better campaign planning, or more consisten...
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I have recently started working for an organisation that carries out annual checks for volunteer drivers. Each year, volunteers are asked to confirm whether there have been any changes to their drivi...
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Hi, we have been approached for a multi joint bid with a quick turnaround. After a call they sent the draft of what they would do, named the other parties and possible project. They asked us if we...
If you're really old like me, you'll remember Mr Motivator. Mr Motivator’s Bed Bank is a new grant making charity. They've asked me to make you aware that they support nonprofits tackling UK bed pove...
Hi there, we're interested in running a free online event for charities. We'd like to cover marketing, specifically aspects of Digital Marketing. It would be recorded so attendees that can't watch li...
Hello, I'm looking for some advice for calculating salary costs for a funding proposal. We're applying for five year funding, so we want to include projected inflationary increases for salaries, but...
Hi everyone 💛 I’m hoping someone with experience of running a Community Interest Company (CIC) while claiming Universal Credit might be able to offer some advice. Or if they know anyone who has mana...
Hi all - it's that Funding time of year for us and I just wondered if anyone knew of any funders that are currently offering small £1-5K grants for charities core funding requirements? We are an onli...
Hi everyone, can someone help with information about how to go about fundraising and getting donations. We are a new charity and haven't been able to get donations in. Secondly, I would like to know...
We currently operate as company limited by shares (CLS) and will be setting up a CIC limited by guarantee to replace it. We realise that we have to set up the CIC first and a new bank account for it....
Hi we set up the cic 18 months ago and demand and the amount of services and service users grown . We are now over the threshold of income for a lot of the funding bids but don't meet criteria for c...
I am curious, how is your organisation approaching learning and development? Are there particular challenges or creative solutions you’ve come across? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and exp...
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Hello. My name is Fiona. I am a telephone and Administration Assistant for BHF Croydon. I am currently volunteering at the charity shop for 1 and a half years. I am looking for paid work in administr...
Hi there! Is the Directory of Grant Making Trusts (DSC) the best source of trust information or do you find free online resources like Charity Excellence do the job adequately? My trustee is quiverin...