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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...
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....
Sadique Maskeen
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...
Sarah Relf
Six coffees. One every two months. A chat, a steer, "don't run into that wall, this direction may be safer". A pat on the head wouldn't go amiss. That's what I'm look for from a mentor. I'm an upstar...
Matt Wilcock
Hi there, I am at the very beginning of my journey into attempting to get my dream into reality and am already finding the whole charity set up thing really complicated! Is there anyone that can offe...
Lou Brown
Hello, Im very new and this is my first question.  I want to set up a charity or CIC, acquire certain spaces which are abandoned and ugly, revamp them and turn them into mini shops for various trades...
Zack Ozbayrak
Hi  I'm looking for funding to put a SMILE on a childs face this will be done by – Collecting old, reusable stock and inventory from mainly Public Libraries and distributing to underprivilaged and u...
Abbs Singh
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Seeking professional support helping to find the right form of charitable organisation and constitution writing. I ru...
Ocean King
Dear Colleagues, I need help on how to go about registration of NGO/charity that will work in the UK and Internationally. Any guidance is needed. Thank you
Elijah Mugisa
Hi everyone  I have a CIC that has created a new education program and designed a specific digital platform for it. In exploring accreditation, we we're looking at working with an awarding body but h...
Darren Knipe
Hello,  We are Trustees of a newly formed Charity offering signposting and support for people and their loved ones following a diagnosis of life-limiting illness. We will be looking to advertise for...
anita maria huws
My daughter and a friend started a NGO Marine Conservation Costa Rica a few years ago. They are doing really well but are looking to  register the charity in the uk. Is this a simple thing to do and...
Jacqueline King
My charity is based in Pakistan and I am its fundraiser in the UK. It is a relatively newly formed charity and little known. My question is: Would we need to register it as a charity in the UK and wh...
Ian Sleeper
We have a Company which is very soon going to operate in many Countries. We would now like the ownership (share structure) to be split between COMMERCIAL and CHARITY - with CHARITY owning over 50% of...
David Clarke
Hi.  As a newly established non-profit with no funds and community structures, how can we start operating?
Gladson Mwafulirwa
Hello everyone, My organisation is small, but we are making a positive impact. How can we register as a charity, without the minimum amount required by the charity commission?
Tayo Olubowale
I am in the process of starting a Not-For-Profit company running programs for young people to gain exposure to the front line of climate change, and to see the sustainable solutions governments and c...
So I am looking to start my own small youth charity, I have a board of trustees ready to go. What is the best route/structure to take I was thinking it will 100% have to be corporated?   I would like...
Naomi Anderson
We are a small group of acupuncturists working with an American charity to offer acupuncture to local communities. We target those that have been displaced by war, are suffering economic strife and t...
Nancy Ellis
I have just registered my charity with the UK Charity commission and new to this platform seeking to connect and network in fundraising, Sponsorship and how to engage my community with my Charity fou...
Lois Adura
Hi!  I run an organisation for hospitalised children, the past few years we have been unregistered due to raising less than 5k per annum. The past year we have grown quite a bit and I am focusing on...
Katie Callaghan
Good afternoon. I'm in the process of converting a company, registered at companies house into a charity.  How complicated!  I was given some poor advice on how to progress this however, after submis...
Kyle Luckwell
Hi everyone, it's lovely to be part of the community here, thanks for having me. 😊  My name is Oyin and I recently founded a CIC called Masihi International, that supports low-income families and th...
Oyin Rogers
Hi All I am looking for some advice, I am wanting to start a charity in memory of my son who we lost to suicide. I have a mission statement, vision and clear idea of what I want to offer but am reall...
Sarah H
my small team and i are about to set up a CIO, we have had some advice but still feel in the dark about the whole thing. any help please.
A CharityConnect User
Good Afternoon  can anybody give me some advice on how to run a charity or start it, please? My charity is people trying to get employment with a criminal record and homelessness. Thank you
Ronald odonovan
Hi all   One thing I have realised is that one of important ingredients for success in charity world is working together collaboratively .Examples of successful organisations like BRC,OXFAM, Save the...
Anne Kazungu Okwera
Hi everyone, I am in the process of starting a new charity and am finding it rather daunting. I will be using the CIO model in the U.K. but have a couple of questions I hope someone can help me with....
A CharityConnect User
I am a domestic abuse Practitioner with special interest in supporting victims from the BAME Community.  I have started a support group and I am hoping to start a charity but am wary of pitfalls that...
Rebecca Obasanjo
Hi I am Lesley Churm I am new to the charity sector. My background is in education and I am passionate that every child and young person should have access to learning. Currently I'm wading through a...
Lesley Churm
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