Charity Admin
Quaker A-Z: X is for X-ray
X-rays look through to the supporting structures An X-ray gives transparency and vision that cuts through and sees what is important in an organisation. The
November 29, 2024
Category: Building Management
Managing public buildings, owned by faith communities and balancing those groups needs and wants can be tricky. These articles might help.
Compliance & Governance
Quaker A-Z: V is for Volunteer
I’m not a Volunteer, I’m just helping out… Everyone doing an unpaid task for the organisation is a volunteer. That includes: Committee Members & Trustees
November 1, 2024
Compliance & Governance
Quaker A-Z: U is for Unfair Business
What do we mean by unfair business? Quakers traditionally are associated with fair business practices – although if this reputation led to business success is
October 18, 2024
Education & Resources
Quaker A-Z: S is for Slices of Power
Swarthmore Lecture 2024 I was inspired and challenged by Ben Jarman’s lecture at Yearly Meeting a couple of months ago. You can watch all of
September 20, 2024
Charity Admin
Quaker A-Z: O is for Open Outreach Operations
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Are you open for outreach operations? Last Wednesday (at the second of this month’s free training/webinar sessions), we talked
July 26, 2024
Compliance & Governance
Quaker A-Z: L is for Legal Obligations
Coulda, Shoulda, Maybe list MBS is often asked to review policies for clients, and as part of that someone will say, ‘make sure we have
June 14, 2024
Compliance & Governance
Quaker A-Z: I is for Information
Information and information overload One difficulty for many new trustees – or even experienced ones – is information overload. There is just so much to
May 3, 2024
AdventWord
AdventWord 2023: Glory
Photo by Cristian Palmer on Unsplash Living out our Testimonies As a Religious Society of Friends we see the … environmental crisis is at root
December 10, 2023