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...
Hi We currently use two separate systems for our HR/Payroll and rota. We are looking to have one system that does all. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for marketing grants/free advertising available to nonprofits? I know that there have been threads about this before, but they all look to be quite o...
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...
Hi, thank you for welcoming me to your community. I wanted to ask if AI can be used in board meetings to take minutes? Thank you, Debbie
[Hi everyone I posted two volunteer roles on Reach Volunteering 3 weeks ago and barely an acknowledgement. One is for fundraiser and the other for Corporate engagement and impact consultant. We opera...
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Hi all, I'm currently in the process of planning a regular giving pack which I'd like to send to regular givers when they've signed up for a regular gift either via our face to face fundraisers or vi...
Can anybody recommend a reliable and cost effective card machine that we can take donations thru. Since the Covid pandemic, less people cary cash so being able to offer our supporters the ability to...
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I am a member of a small religious community, which is formally a charity. Many members have concerns about the chair - who seemingly got the position over a decade ago through family links and uses...
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Hi I am interested in how other charities have navigated their telemarketing agency using over 500+ numbers to call from and making over 7 attempts to contact supporters My gut feeling and my princip...
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...
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...
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...
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Hi, does anyone have an independent investment advisor they would recommend? We currently have investments of over £700,000 in the CCLA. We have not reviewed these funds for a long time and I feel...
I joined my current organisation 3yrs and I love my job. My role included building the capacity of colleagues in what I do. I do advocacy work in a charity. Whereas I am happy there's evidence of suc...
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, We have recently reviewed our contract of employment and I had proposed included reference to short-term working and lay offs. We introduced this into some contracts after COVID. Before we roll t...
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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...
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...
Hi everyone! As I’m currently transitioning into the third sector, I’ve been thinking a lot about the intersection of technical infrastructure and digital impact. With a background in Networking (...
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...
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...
who can provide with template policies which can then tweak and adapt to our situation. We ideally like the idea of working with someone who can provide us templates to work with, and we can then g...
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Running a charity has never been simple. You are expected to deliver meaningful impact, support growing levels of need, manage staff and volunteers, meet compliance requirements, satisfy funders, and...
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 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...
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...