Presently our group is run by volunteers and no one receives a wage. We are applying for CIO status. The address for bank and correspondence is a personal address. We are however looking to fund a pa...
New
Hi all, we've been recieving emails from Lucas Fonts/Font Radar asking for us to pay a licence for using the font Calibri on our website. They're threatening a 15% penalty fee. Has any one else expe...
New
I'd value some insights, pro and cons about Community Lotteries? How do people find they compete with other individual fundraising actions ie not grant funding, but individual donators. Thank you :)
Trending
New
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...
New
I’d really value some outside perspective on what’s happened to me in my charity/events role. I’m a mid‑career woman in my mid‑40s working in business development and sponsorship. Over time I’ve gon...
Hi Everyone, Previously we've used TicketTailor for selling fundraising event tickets as the fees/rates were a bit better than EventBrite. Has anyone got any other alternatives they like to use or w...
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...
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...
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...
Hello A question about gift aid and funding streams. Our charity claims gift aid on eligible donations made to restricted and unrestricted funds. If the gift aid is claimed against a donation made...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Back in March/April time a representative from a local business got in touch to say she had nominated our charity for...
Which digital tools for grant finding do you find to be the best?
New
Hello everyone, I'm delighted to be joining the Leadership & Governance community. My background spans sustainability, ESG, partnership development, systems change and organisational resilience, havi...
We are currently using FreeAgent as it is free from our bank but it is clearly for small business who send invoices. I have set up lots of different projects which require invoices to enable me to cl...
Does anyone have experience of using either of these platforms please? Trying to get my head around them to see if they're worth signing up to. Thank you
Im the director of a CIC (ltd by shares) (we converted from a Ltd company so were told we could not change the ltd by type). Can anyone explain to me: why is ltd by shares viewed to different to ltd...
Hi Charity Connect people, I am doing some research on behalf of a charity which provides a magazine and a list of support places for people living on the streets or sofa-surfing in London and Scotl...
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.
New
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
New
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...
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!!!
