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Hi everyone, I was wondering if you might be able to help? I've been running my CIC since 2022 (always on the side of my day job), last year I took voluntary redundancy to really focus on getting the...
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...
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Hello all, I am still fairly new to the Charity sector and have recently been very stressed out by scumbags using my charity's banking details (acc no and sort code) to start direct debits. I've had...
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I'm working with a relatively small infrastructure charity that is looking to set up a forum for its members and others to come together to share experiences, best practice, peer to peer support, as...
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As a charity within the care sector, we are increasingly concerned about the upcoming changes limiting our ability to sponsor or renew Care Support Worker visas beyond July 2028. We are keen to under...
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We have outsourced HR and the agreement is up for renewal. The new terms aren't great and we've decided to shop around for alternatives - ideally a London or south east based company, but we're flexi...
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Our charity, a CIO, operates under an unusual constitution. Every few years, our volunteer members elect one of their own to serve as a de facto, unpaid CEO. Under our current governing document, thi...
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Hello, does anyone have an eBay policy they'd be willing to share? Thanks
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...
Hello, Would we need an accountant to change from a foundation to a registered charity, along with obtaining gift aid? Income less than £25,000 Thank you
Hi all A local business is going to donate a washing machine or other appliance that we can use as a prize. The idea is to get donations and then you can opt to be entered into the prize draw. I know...
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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...
Hi all I've got these two running on CharityJobs and Linked In, plus a bit of legwork on Facebook and other social media. The question is whether there are other low-cost platforms to increase reach...
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Hello. I just joined CharityConnect today. I'm wondering if any other charity trustees have had similar issues to the one we're having. An anonymous member of the public with an unidentifiable ema...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
Hi All What alternative match giving platforms are there to Big Give - preferably that provide the matching pot rather than requiring the sourcing of pledgers? Your help on this would be hugely app...
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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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...
Hi We are a small charity, income around £1m, with 10 staff. We currently use ThankQ (version 8.5.006) for our fundraising and Benefactor for our grants programme. We now need to overhaul this and id...
Hi everyone! I work as a Dementia Activities Coordinator with a small charity in Southeast London. We run an art group for people living with dementia and their carers. We're thinking about selling c...
Hi everyone, I’m exploring GiveMatch as a platform for matched funding and wondering if anyone here has used it for a live campaign. I’m particularly curious about: How easy it was to set up Whether...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Face to face fundraising / accounting - a small charity I support receives good income from F2F fundraising but this...
Hello, has anyone registered on Vinted as a charity? Our charity shop would like to do this but I'd be grateful for any feedback from others - is there anything we need to do/watch out for? Thanks
Hi, we're looking to find funding for a project, but have seen that some funders expect to part fund a project. How do other charities go about applying to multiple funders for one project? We only h...
Hello All, I am the Chair of a new charity focused on mental health called "RookMay Foundation" - does anyone know of any companies or oganisations that actually manage grants (application, sourcing,...
I'm Scottish and we're the people who invented the deep fried mars bar, so funding and sweets works for me. Rowntree’s – Free the Fund Community Grant Programme - registered charities and not‑for‑pro...
