The Charity Commission has just issued new guidance on AI and how the opportunities and risks need to be weighed up against your charity’s purposes. You can read the full article at https://charitycommission.blog.gov.uk/2024/04/02/charities-and-artificial-intelligence/ and this applies to you whether your interest is in charity governance, data protection, fundraising or technology. One of the recommendations is […]
Charity Governance
Financial forecasting is key to charity success
Well, you might expect PWC to say that, but nevertheless it’s true for charities of every size. The recent ICAEW Big Trustee Breakfast was hosted by PWC and the title of ‘Navigating Uncertainty’ was timely and helpful, according to participants. Charity Finance has an interesting report at https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/economic-outlook-act-now-ahead-of-the-curve.html and there are some links to PWC […]
CIoF webinar on Accepting and Refusing donations
The Chartered Institute of Fundraising (“CIoF”) is running a webinar on accepting and refusing donations, in association with the Charity Commission and in light of the recent CC statements. The webinar on 17th April is free for members only, and you can find out more at https://ciof.org.uk/events-and-training/training/2024/accepting-and-refusing-donations. If you want to find out more about […]
No insights next week
Insights will be taking a one-week break as we celebrate Easter, and will resume week commencing 8th April 2024. You can continue to contact us in all the normal ways.
Are you displaying your badges?
In the Fundraising Regulator’s latest report, they are encouraged that 73% of respondents to their research would be more confident supporting a charity displaying the badge. 61% of respondents were also shown to think more positively of a charity displaying the badge and more than half (51%) reported they would be more likely to support […]