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Hello, Am just enquiring regarding Gift Aid information to claim back for example coin collection boxes for £30 and under and also where if there are any free courses as it were in regards to Gift Ai...
Sheree Watkins
General Discussion
Hi - I wonder if anyone can help me. I am changing our registration office from a home address to a business office. Do I need to inform ICO and is there a particular form I need to complete? Thanks...
Anna Campbell
General Discussion
Afternoon wondering if anyone has recently opened a charity bank account as a non register non incorporated charity and who you've used? We've currently applied for CIO status and awaiting to hear ba...
Leila Hobart
General Discussion
Hi, I'm working on a programme with the National Academy of Social Prescribing and would like to connect with more organisations. Thriving Communities is a National Support Programme run by the Nati...
Tara Mataba
Promoting your Charity
A little old fashioned these days you might think, but i am submitting an application for funding where a charitable trust asks for a LETTER which must be signed and posted! I was just wondering wh...
Trudy Cambridge
General Discussion
Hi all, I was wondering how many of you have a formal partnership agreement in place when you become a charity of the year with a corporate? I know that these are needed when there are commercial ar...
Dan Hall
Funding your Charity
Hi I'm new to the exchange. I am a trustee of a small Christian charity running a retreat centre and other activities based near Worcester. I also do most of the their IT voluntarily as that is my...
John Trimming
Running your Charity
Goog morning all We have a NFP working with us who provide street cash collections have any of you got a relationship like this and do you have a copy of a contract i can use to compare thanks D...
Dave Smith
Funding your Charity
does a charity (in this case a village hall) have to have a secretary? Or can the normal secretary duties be covered by the Chair/ViceChair, etc?
Kelly Jordan-Mann
General Discussion
Hello, we've had a local charity we work with asking if there's any support / funding out there for mileage claims with petrol prices so high?! We received the following message: A lot of our veg bo...
Miles Lloyd
Funding your Charity
Hi - does anyone have any experience with apps such as Monday and what do you think of them? My only experience has been with Trello which seemed to become an industry in itself, to ensure it was up...
Amanda Lee
Running your Charity
Are there any companies offering discounted or competitive broadband rates for CICs?
Jenny McAvoy
General Discussion
Silly, but straightforward question - what's the best route? Thanks
Richard Andrews
Funding your Charity
Hello, I have been out of charity for a while and desperately want to return to the sector. I have a lot of skills and experience to use in the support of charity. I hope that this site will help m...
Maria Binger
CharityConnect News
Hi, I was wondering if anyone can advise if it's acceptable to use digital signatures on official documents, specifically for a Written Resolution for amendment to Constitution? We can get the truste...
Hollie Felton
Governing your Charity
Hi - I'm looking at options for a charity for providing its finance, HR, payroll and It support. Does anyone use a specialist charity provider for one or all of these that they would recommend? Char...
Sarah Gosling
Running your Charity
Hi All, Having a really tough time setting up a bank account. We've tried various banks but all seem to take 10 or so weeks to come back around with a straight rejection. We're getting quite despera...
Lew Bedford
Running your Charity
Good morning, does anyone have a template for a trustee attendance policy they'd be willing to share? Thanks Emma
Emma Willder
Governing your Charity
Hi all I am looking for some initial advice/opinions. I'm chair of a charity and we are looking at ways to diversify the income to the organisation. One approach we have started looking at is forming...
Craig Bowden
General Discussion
Many charities are now venturing back into the world of in-person events for the first time since Covid. Since it can be difficult to find venues that are affordable and have great reviews, I though...
Benita Culshaw
General Discussion
If you are trying to recruit or retain the right people for your charity you will be acutely aware just how competitive the job market is, particularly in social care. For the first time since recor...
D'Arcy Myers
Running your Charity
I would very grateful if someone could point me in the right direction. I work on a older persons female mental health ward which also has dementia patients in South Wales. Patients are admitted with...
Gracie LONGMORE
General Discussion
Hi I notices that someone had asked about general charity accreditations. I was wondering whether anyone knew of something similar to help a charity demonstrate that it was working on being inclusive...
Debs Hickling-Walker
Promoting your Charity
l am looking for someone who can design and host a domain for my organisation. if there are suggestions, please kindly assist
Oliver jopo vembo
General Discussion
We need to register as a CIO with the charity commission for our online charity. Our entire business is a website as such the need for new website. We need pro-bono or discounted aid which will be pa...
Omotolani Sulu
CharityConnect News
Hi, I am manager at a small environmental Rivers Trust charity in Norfolk/Suffolk. I am looking into finding a mentor and wanted to ask if anyone has any suggestions. We are 3 members of staff and ab...
Martha Meek
General Discussion
Hi All - does anyone have an appropriately worded H&S policy that I could use as a starting point please? We have no physical office (we all work remotely) but we hold training events for others - s...
Amanda Lee
Running your Charity
Has anyone had any experience of getting a Meta Workplace account FoC for a C.I.C rather than a charity? Most of our cost goes into the technology that we use to offer our peer-to-peer service but I...
Nikki Woodhead
General Discussion
Hi, Does anyone have any experience of integrating Xero with Salesforce to record donations? Looking for recommendations for apps and ease of implementation!
Michelle Moorman
Running your Charity
