Does anyone have experience with copyright related to reproducing an image for merchandising? We OWN a few prints of our museum done by a deceased artist (2002) and want to make various merchandise f...
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Hello all Does anyone have any experience of putting together a co-production policy or framework/know of any useful resources? Kind regards Michael
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I would be grateful if anyone could give me some advice. We are a CIC with a mix of donations and government grant f...
Hello Everyone Im very new to all this and getting a bit confused with setting up. I would really appreciate if anyone could help with a few questions I have regarding trustees. 1. As I mentioned i...
Hi all, I am supporting a homelessness charity that is considering becoming a registered provider. Does anyone have experience of the process and can offer some guidance. Thanks, Charlie
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: 4 ladies have just resigned from our small board of Trustees due entirely to the new Chair. He filed paperwork with t...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: There is a plan afoot, of which I am aware and slightly active in, to set up a new charity and donate a 'nature reser...
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Hi everyone, I am starting a charity and want to make sure I set it up with the right structure to ensure at some point I am able to take a small salary. Can I make myself the CEO from the start? An...
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Hi Does anyone have a comprehensive board recruitment policy for a large international charity? Also an example of tustess induction etc. Steve
Hi, i have recently joined a charity with around 15 trustees on board with 5 committees. I find the current setup very manual and time consuming (just Microsoft package - emails, word docs and spread...
Hi All, The charity I represent (Radio Horton) transitioned to a CIO about 2 years ago and introduced a new charitable object which is based on a model provided by the Hospital Broadcasting Associati...
Hello, I would like to set up a new charity. I have suffered from sexual abuse at home from a family member when I was younger. I was told to keep quiet or I would die, so I just suffered for months....
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...
I am looking for examples for areas where support in areas such as finance, HR, governance, bid writing and funding writing is provided across the voluntary and community sector. I am preparing a bid...
Dear all, This is my first post, and I've joined anonymously for reasons that will become clear. I fully get it that in the ideal world, a trustee will not receive payments but in the real world cha...
Hello, I'm keen to understand what learning/knowledge gaps there are in the sector, particularly for those running small charities (either as CEO, Chair or senior leadership) or those within their fi...
Dear All, This is my first post, and I've joined anonymously for reasons that will become clear. I agreed to become a trustee of a charity in severe difficulties when a further trustee resigned earli...
Hi all, just came across these 5-minute videos/guides for charity trustees by the Charity Commission, covering conflicts of interest, finance, safeguarding etc and there's also a quiz: https://beinga...
Hello everyone I am doing some research on quality standards for charities and have come up with these ones so far: Charity excellence: https://www.charityexcellence.co.uk/ Trusted standard: https:...
We are a counselling charity with a trading company arm and we wish to convert to a CIO. Has anyone got advice for us if we keep the company and pay the staff through the company? Does this exclude t...
Hello I wonder if someone can explain to me what 'Advancement of education' means in the application to register for charity with the Charity Commission? What I am asking is, does training such as...
We are a small charity bringing music to the local community, donating instruments and contributing to mental well being through provision of social making music opportunities. We are an unincorporat...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Question about applying for CIO status - we did this in August, and have since responded to some detailed questions....
Hi, I am a relatively new Trustee at a CIO (Foundation model) who agreed last night to undertake a bit of re-boot/re-brand and amendment of its Charitable Objects. The original constitution has not b...
We collect funds to donate to charities in my late sister's name. We do not have an income over £5k per annum and no formal structure (it is a family venture). We aim to do more fundraising and forma...
We are a small children's charity in Oxford. I discovered in July that the Charity Commission's Digital Services were being updated and that I needed to get a new "Charity Account". I started the...
Hi, Just wondering if your Trustees use their personal/work email addresses or do they have organisation/charity email addresses set up? I can't seem to find any clear guidance or best practice. Than...
Hi all, The charity I'm trustee of is looking to review and update its bank of policies. Do you know of any organisations/consultants who may be able to support this process, particularly on a low-co...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: If the board of a charity employs a manager for a project, can the board trustees approach project volunteers and not...
What are everyone's perspectives on having a Trustee act as a Secretary to the Board of Trustees? I am on a charity board that has a vacancy for a Secretary who is also a Trustee and I am wondering h...
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