Hi All, Hope you are well, With Volunteer's week fast approaching, I was wondering what ideas everyone has to celebrate this, especially interested to find out what organisations do when they have...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I have recently undertaken the role of Program Coordinator for a small charity running Programs for post-cancer indi...
Hello, my first post here! I've been struggling to get the CIC I founded 2 years ago funding and support and have found some quality people to be potential directors as part of an advisory board. I...
I work for a 'Friends of' hospital charity, and we're looking to overhaul our membership scheme. At present, the only benefits of membership are a monthly e-newsletter and a lapel pin badge. To encou...
Hello, has anyone created any audio ads or tried podcast advertising? Do you have an idea of how much would that cost We are thinking to either create a 60 second audio or give a script for the host...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi all, please help me understand how to shift from unpaid founder of a charity to a paid CEO in Scotland.
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Hello, I have taken over bookkeeping for a Festival that is LTD and a CIC turning over £100k-200k We are currently using Co-op for our main bank account. They user experience is awful. You have to u...
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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There was a thread about 4 years ago discussing which of these is the better platform for raising funds from supporters doing online shopping. That thread did not seem to come to any conclusion as no...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Our Charity is in the process of writing a succession plan to recruit a new Chair of Trustees. We anticipate our curr...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am reaching out to other funders to ask what their approach is when it comes to conducting due diligence on CICs an...
I'm wondering if anyone has an overdue invoice policy that they would be willing to share. We have an outstanding invoice from December for a considerable amount for a service provided to another org...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a small team of staff and have over 100 volunteers across our projects, 3 of which gives food to the local com...
Everything from donations to finding business supporters & volunteers, art, vouchers, stamps, holiday prizes, shopping, browsers, hotel/restaurant bookings and cards. Have I missed any? These are a f...
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Hi folks Please could anyone advise if a company entering into a corporate partnership agreement with a VAT registered charity, pledging to donate funds from the sale of a book (ie £5 per book sale),...
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Anyone ideas or names of funding orgs in the SW london and Surey area... small registered charity of 8 years est . Thanks
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi everyone, I need advice. I run an inspiring CIC involving young people in outdoor activities. We doing amazing wor...
Hello. I am heading a newly registered Non Profit Organisation in Zimbabwe called Sheltered Pregnancy Organisation. The organisation takes care of pregnant and destitute women and girls. We provide...
Hello, We are a Spain based charity that provides financial support to UK nationals in Spain including repatriation for vulnerable folks. A signifcant part of funding is from UK and I would be very g...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am writing for your advice and recommendation as we need to amend our Memorandum of Articles. Our M&A are now very...
I have been helping a youth club with quite significant problems with their building - sports hall floor has risen due to damp! Does anyone know of any organisations that link charities with PRO BONO...
Hi everyone, I'm new to the Charity sector and hoping to connect to others in this field. Are there any networking sites/groups you could recommend? I currently work in finance, so ideally finance re...
Hi, we are trying to construct a building for a Laparoscopic Robotic Surgery Training centre. We have battled to get planning permission for the site. It is private land and the owner of the land is...
Does anyone have experience of working with NPG ?If so would be keen to hear about your experience - how effective/value for money you found them to be ?
Hi Just looking to do a quick survey to see what others might offer in terms of a working week and general benefits. We offer a 35 working week and wanted to see what others offered. Our main benefi...
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for marketing grants/free advertising available to nonprofits? I know that there have been threads about this before, but they all look to be quite o...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Removal of a director from a CIC - need some advice on how to remove a director from our CIC - we have three (inc me)...
Hello Do you work for (or know of) a charity that pays Trustees? The Charities that I work with don't pay Trustees... One of the Charities I work with has a trading subsidiary, and the NEDs who sit o...