Hello! I'm in the process of researching DBS checks and whether or not our organisation should carry out DBS checks for UK staff. We are an international organisation with project work in Kenya. UK...
Hi, its quite a pleasure to be a part of this community. We ran a disability centre in Kenya and we have been having challenges submitting concepts to UK based funding institutions as they require th...
Hello Charity Members! My organization works in Kenya and we work with women groups in the village to provide bead work items which organisations can use for promotional purposes. We basically provid...
We are a small UK registered educational charity that has a Community library and literacy outreach programme in the coastal area of Kenya. We collect donated children's books, ship them out for our...
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I am a new volunteer with a small local charity that has been going for some years with an "established" base of supporters. It is all volunteers who have flexible role doing what they can when they...
Hi there, Very keen to get examples of charitable objects on governing documents from animal rescue and welfare charities. Many thanks
Hi, Can employees question the benchmarking of their jobs? Also dispute their job description? If the job description does not align with the actual work, can they request being benchmarked against...
Hi Community In your opinion and experience, how do the UK public respond to receiving direct appeals daily - or even twice daily - during an appeal? My view is that UK supporters may click 'Unsubscr...
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Good morning Does anyone know of any particularly good examples of volunteer handbooks? This would be for a small charity - it's a community garden which has some volunteer co-ordinators and some eve...
Hi all! I'm new to CharityConnect and have found the forum to be incredibly useful. I was wondering if there are any networking events either in Bristol or remote? My background is: I'm a digital co...
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Hi all. Is somebody able to help me with submitting CIC application forms ? Many Thanks
Anybody know of any networking events for charities in the North West region please?
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Hello, The org I work for has a small team of brilliant volunteers who participate in our repair workshops in a range of roles. The team managing the workshops would like them to become as wholly vol...
Anyone in the philanthropic/international charity okay to share their Travel/expense policy please. Currently doing some research. Thanks
I'm looking to talk to more charities and I just wondered, how have you found your email marketing for generating website traffic and donations? Is it one of your best channels?
Hi, interested to hear what you use for a CRM. We are 30 staff with 50,000 constituent records on Raisers Edge (RE) and the latest renewal prices are really high.... Considering changing, but want le...
We are a very small charity still in its early build phase. We have no funds or donor-base at the moment and are just beginning to look towards our CRM and email marketing infrastructure -- so are co...
Hello Everyone, I'm new on here, so forgive me if I'm asking something already covered. We are looking to recruit Trustees for our Council and are particularly mindful of the need for a diverse mix...
I wonder if anyone can offer any advise. We are unfortunately insolvent. All of our board have also just resigned. This has been reported to the charity commission. Is there anything that I need to...
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Hi I work for a charity that has various projects that are not linked either by funders or workers. However, our common link is our board. There are various issues with the chair person, who seems t...
I am a trustee of a small youth theatre charity run by one paid individual, supported mainly by volunteer parents of participants. I am concerned about a lack of objectivity and oversight. The founde...
For those of you who are small to medium size charities and do not have HR support - • What challenges are you facing with the upcoming challenges in employment law. - what support will you be look...
Corporate fundraising is an area that our charity has never particularly focussed on in terms of fundraising. Our costs are going up and we've identified this as an area with lots of potential for gr...
Hi, Can anyone recommend a good system for recording annual leave and suchlike? As a manager, I find it hard to keep track of the teams' annual leave, flexi etc. They send me forms to approve their A...
Hello everyone, My name is Elisia and I’ve recently started as an In Memory Fundraiser at Keech Hospice. We provide free, specialist end‑of‑life care for people of all ages supporting adults across...
I have recently become involved with a Charity in the Bristol area and am wondering whether anyone has any experience of using and recommendations for specialist content creators to boost awareness o...
Hi, all We are a small growing church Charity who have an opportunity to acquire a new premises, with a much greater capacity via a lease. This has prompted us to look into transferring from a uninco...
Hello, I’m about to become the first volunteer at a small community centre linked to local charities. At the moment, there are no existing volunteer policies or procedures, so my first task is to hel...
We are a recently formed heritage conservation charity and we are struggling to get registered due to the strict criteria. We need to own or have an interest in land or buildings. Has anyone else man...
