Under the campaign banner of ‘Be certain in uncertain times’ the Charity Commission is launching a number of 5-minute guides to help trustees refresh their knowledge on their essential duties. It is designed to provide trustees with easy-to-understand information on all the governance basics. This suite was expanded in November, with the introduction of a […]
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Charity Commission Annual Return 2022
The Annual Return for 2022 is expected to be launched in this month, and the Charity Commission is recommending charities to file early if they can. In its newsletter, specific mention is made about new guidance for charities working outside England and Wales, and how the ‘area of operation’ should be interpreted. So please pay […]
Digital wallets fund almost half of online donations
The fundraising platform goDonate, which evidently processed more than £30 million in donations last year, has produce an online donations report in which is says that 42% of donations came from digital wallets (PayPal, ApplePay and GooglePay) as opposed by 57% from credit cards. The obvious question is whether you make it easy to accept […]
Few organisations check their managed service providers
According to the National Cyber Security Centre (“NCSC”), a third of charities are using at least one managed service provider, but only 13% reviewed the risks posed by immediate suppliers. That raises a couple of questions: Are two thirds of charities really not using any managed service providers for cloud CRM, cloud storage, hoisted email, […]
Build a campaign for around paper notes
On 30th September, paper £20 and £50 notes stop being legal tender, but the Bank of England believes there are over £17 billion worth of them still in circulation. That got me thinking, could you build a campaign around people donating their paper £20 or £50 notes to your charity? As we can think about […]