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Hi folks! We are refreshing our strategy and looking for examples to give us inspiration.  Do you have a strategy you are exceptionally proud of? Or have seen one from another organisation which you...
Amy Walsh
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I work for a charity that operates as a subsidiary within a wider group structure. There is one other charity within...
Ocean King
Hi New to the community so apologies if this should be elsewhere...I'm in the progress of inviting a new Trustee to the board and unfortunately unable to locate and existing paperwork/digital version...
Sean Curran
Does the Charity Commission 'Guidance for charities with a connection to a non-charity' apply to  the relationship between registered charities that are acquired by (become a subsidiary of) an exempt...
Georgina Dawes
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are an unincorporated charity that owns a property registered with HM Land Registry. The legal title is still in t...
Ocean King
Does anyone have a basic Procurement Policy they would be willing to share please - it may cover simple service delivery for the charity eg working with partners to deliver elements of the charity's...
S R
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I work for a small UK charity supporting disabled people. In just over two years, I’ve had five different line manage...
Ocean King
So my battles are over. I've had enough. As some of you may recall I've had to fight the Office Bearers in my little charity for recognition that all committee members were trustees. It took a month...
Peter Dun
Has anyone recently changed superadmin/main contact on the charity commission dashboard and did you have to upload a special resolution to do this? Online search gives both answers... "No, a formal...
Rachel Butt
Hi My organisation, The White Rose Forest, are currently a strategic partnership, part of Kirklees Council.  Our funding streams are changing over the next three years, we want to establish a charita...
Deb Clarke
Hi , I hope you're well.  I need your help. Someone changed my super admin contact from charity commission dashboard, without any formal notice or resolution. What kind of action can I take? Do you r...
Hi everyone. We have recently transitioned from a charity to a CIO. I am a bit unclear about what the process is with the old charity.  Do we still have to make reports of the old charity as well as...
Jamie Cresswell
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I started working as a senior manager for a large registered charity (£16m turnover) about 3years ago. Around 8 month...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am a member of a CIC community (not board or trustee, and a trustee of a different CIO) and have come across a diff...
Ocean King
We are looking for a free rent space for our community youth hub around Brent. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Ama Ofienbor
Hi, I read this in an email from  Charity Connect. Why not ask for a mentor? I would love a mentor, who do I ask?  Thanks, Jude
Jude Price
I have been trying to find a list of formal policies which a purely grant making charity should have or at least consider.  The Charity Commission has come up with the following.  Apart, possibly bec...
Edward Poyser
Hi everyone - we are at the start of the process to transition from a CIC (which we have been for 10 years) to a charity. If anyone has completed this process, I would love to know:  if there are th...
Amy Walsh
I've been approached by a local organisation to find out if they, the Charity, have the 'power' to run an enterprise business for their local community who want to learn a trade but not in the conven...
Sharon Martin
Can an organisation have a governing document that is a merged Memorandum and Articles of Association?  Should these remain separate from each other?
Sharon Martin
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'd like to get help in resolving a pressing matter with the community company I am involved in. But not sure how to...
Ocean King
Hi Does anyone have a Social Value Policy template they'd be willing to share? Or could anyone recommend a good place to find one please? Many thanks
Vikki Robinson
We're happy to announce you can now sign-up to join us at our July leadership event taking place in two weeks! It'll be our last event before a pause - back in September, so don't forget to join us!...
Ocean King
Would you like to connect with other leaders but not sure where to start?  Join us at our next leadership networking session on Tuesday 29th July to gather as a community and meet others in the secto...
Hi we've been running a NFP Ltd by guarantee company since 2010, found 2008. Our governing docs were written so that we could become a charity or CIC as we grew with a couple of tweaks. Due to variou...
Dawn Wood
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: STRESSED !!!!!!!!!! How do you deal with a Trustee who disses your suggestions and gets every other Trustee to agree...
Ocean King
Hi,  I was wondering if anyone's had any experience or advice on working with futurists / futurologists / strategic forecasters to support their charity in thinking about and planning for future stra...
Ian Noon
Hi all  Just some advice please, I have recently set up my own CIC. Which bank account do you suggest? Something that is quick as most want quite a bit of time! I'd like to start applying for grants!...
zahida Hussain
Are there any legal requirements on what should be included on a charities committee meeting agenda? Many thanks
Gwen Lightfoot
Recently a funding proposal was circulated. It was to hire an ice cream van to hand out free treats to all of the kids at an end of term celebration.  As it was in the fallow time between meetings, w...
Peter Dun
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