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We are an independent animal rescue looking for recommendations for a new database. Our existing database is very old and is no longer supported. We need something that will keep records of all the...
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Hi, Has anyone held a virtual duck race before and if so which company would you recommend to use? Any advice given would be massively appreciated. Thank you
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Would you amplify your message through social media, launch a massive ad campaign, or create inspiring video content? Share your ideas below—let’s inspire each other!
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Hello, our charity is struggling financially and can no longer afford to pay staff. We have great volunteers and the previous CEO is continuing to do this work, though much less hours, as a volunteer...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: A member of staff has made allegations about the way the charity is run. We do not know what the motivation is for th...
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Start-up Charity
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Hi everyone, I'm the founder of a small unregistered/unincorporated charity. We have just received restricted funding for a 1 year project, which may require us getting registered. I want to ensur...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are currently undertaking a Target Operating Model for our large charity. As part of this we are looking to undert...
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Hi everyone, we're looking for a capital funder for the renovation of our old disused cafe space to create more space for service delivery for women from across London who have experienced gender-bas...
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Hi I was wondering if anyone has amended their application form to say anything about AI eg "I declare that this application is an honest and accurate reflection of my experience and qualifications...
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Hi, We're a small but growing charity that funds highly skilled practitioners in pioneering patient focused projects. We are award winning and in 6 NHS hospitals. We are actively looking to recruit a...
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Hi there, I'm Sarah and I run a very small local charity. We are all unpaid volunteers who work about 4 hours per week. We have been looking to recruit a Volunteer Coordinator for a very, very long t...
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Hi everyone, I am looking for advice regarding a claim for unpaid holiday pay from a charity where I recently worked. My Situation: Role: Clinical Lead for a counselling charity. Duration: 12...
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Happy New Year All, The Charity I work for is in the process of closing down, we are having various discussions about what or how we store electronic documents excl regulatory documents. Our current...
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We recently discovered the inconsistent and high bounce rate numbers for the emails we sent out each month were likely due to not having DMARC. We've now added it within our domain, so companies like...
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Hi, Happy New Year. I would be grateful for advice regarding donations. Recently, we have received some donations from afternoon teas, or in lieu of birthday gifts where the donor has requested the...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi and happy new year! I'm a sole UK worker for an overseas charity. I've been asked to expand my team of one (and tw...
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Hello everyone and happy new year 😊. I run a foodbank and I wanted to get a preloaded charity card so that my team could purchase top up stock when needed, freeing up my time, as I am the bankcard h...
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HMRC say they're withdrawing their online platform that lets you submit tax returns. Does anyone have recommendations for inexpensive (or free) software, that will produce a CT600? And even charity s...
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Happy New Year! Are there any Connections events planned in the London/SE region? I'm a sole UK worker, keen to get out from time to time! 😊 Linda
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I work for a small charity as a contractor, but as the lead one and have overall responsibility for the delivery of t...
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Hi all, I'm looking to purchase 2 tap to donate machines for a large corporate partnership I'm running. We'd like to trial having one in a podium in the office lobby, and one we can take to smaller e...
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Looking for some advice on this please. We use CAF Donate as our giving platform but businesses can't donate through it using business cards due to the level of checks needed. We nearly lost a £2500...
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I cannot file my charity's Accounts online because they contain Excel pages. I am being timed out after less than 10 minutes . I rang the Charities Commission whose advice was to convert them to PDF...
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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,...
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Dear All When completing an annual report, on the front page do I list our current charity office address and current names of trustees, or the address and names of trustees as were in place during t...
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Morning all, I've recently moved jobs and at my new charity, Luminary, we're looking to improve systems for collecting & analysing data on our community, to better demonstrate impact. Nothing unusual...
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Gambia School Support (GSS) assists 13 pre-primary schools and we have grown rapidly from assisting 1 school in 2020. The project is heavily reliant on one person (me) and GSS's stakeholders feel tha...
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I'm working with a charity that is considering offering a death in service benefit* to all contracted employees. Does anyone have experience with this sort of benefit? I would be interested to hear a...
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Would anyone be interested in putting on a charitable event part venture on the south coast ?? , spring time 2026 , possible good areas between Brighton , Worthing and Chichester , have some connec...
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Good morning, is anyone able to share their experience of this training and suitable providers?
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Start-up Charity
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Hi everyone, I'm the founder of a small unregistered/unincorporated charity. We have just received restricted funding for a 1 year project, which may require us getting registered. I want to ensur...
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Hi I was wondering if anyone has amended their application form to say anything about AI eg "I declare that this application is an honest and accurate reflection of my experience and qualifications...
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Hi, Has anyone held a virtual duck race before and if so which company would you recommend to use? Any advice given would be massively appreciated. Thank you
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Trending
Hello, our charity is struggling financially and can no longer afford to pay staff. We have great volunteers and the previous CEO is continuing to do this work, though much less hours, as a volunteer...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi and happy new year! I'm a sole UK worker for an overseas charity. I've been asked to expand my team of one (and tw...
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Hello everyone and happy new year 😊. I run a foodbank and I wanted to get a preloaded charity card so that my team could purchase top up stock when needed, freeing up my time, as I am the bankcard h...
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Happy New Year! Are there any Connections events planned in the London/SE region? I'm a sole UK worker, keen to get out from time to time! 😊 Linda
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: A member of staff has made allegations about the way the charity is run. We do not know what the motivation is for th...
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Recruitment
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Hi there, I'm Sarah and I run a very small local charity. We are all unpaid volunteers who work about 4 hours per week. We have been looking to recruit a Volunteer Coordinator for a very, very long t...
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Trending
Hi everyone, we're looking for a capital funder for the renovation of our old disused cafe space to create more space for service delivery for women from across London who have experienced gender-bas...
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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,...
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Email
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We recently discovered the inconsistent and high bounce rate numbers for the emails we sent out each month were likely due to not having DMARC. We've now added it within our domain, so companies like...
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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 other new members and start making connections straight...
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