We plan to restart our free monthly webinar programme in January 2024, but we need your help to understand the topics that you would like covered. For example, we feel that it might be helpful to cover the practical steps you need to take, to begin using AI in an ethical and UK GDPR compliant […]
Charity Governance
The pressure of funding on public services
The NCVO’s most recent research has revealed that 73% of charities can’t meet current demand for the public services they deliver, with the funding they receive. This situation is getting worse, with the concern that some charities may either stop operating completely, or be forced to use charitable funds to subsidise public services. Now more […]
Last chance to register for our next free webinar – Delivering successful projects
Join us this coming Friday 24th November 2023 at 9:30am for an hour. We all want our projects to be successful whether it is an office move, a CRM implementation or PC upgrade, a new fundraising campaign or a data protection review. And yet so many people don’t know the simple steps to make success […]
Have you created an AI policy?
AI is certainly a hot topic just now, and with good reason. And whilst there is sure to be a lot of hype around it, there is also a lot that we need to understand. At a recent conference, we heard someone share their view that AI will not replace people, but people using AI […]
Charity Commission clarifies its view on accepting donations
The Chair of the Charity Commission has shared his priorities at its recent Annual Public Meeting and you can read the speech in full at https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/orlando-frasers-speech-to-the-annual-public-meeting. Several commentators have picked on the philanthropy section, where new guidance will be issued regarding the Acceptance and Refusal of Donations. The tone suggests that the Commission expects charities […]