Category: Charity Management
Advice and tips on how to manage and run your charity
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Quaker A-Z: H is for History
H is for History The starting questions to ask here are: Who’s history is it? Who is the history for? What are you going to do with this? Once you know the answers it is easier to start… Here are some ideas on how to collect, use and display your history. This doesn’t have to
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Quaker A-Z: G is for Good Governance
What’s so good about governance? Unsurprisingly when I saw this post would go live on April 3rd – Good Friday I couldn’t resist using a title with Good in it. However, also unsurprisingly I’ve written about both compliance and governance many times. Two years ago when we were doing a Trustees’ A-Z series the G
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Meet an MBS client – Dalip
Meet Dalip – Treasurer of a Small Charity Dalip agreed to become treasurer of a small community charity. The previous treasurer had done their best, but records were spread across spreadsheets, emails and paper folders. Each time the committee asked for an update, Dalip had to spend hours pulling information together. He also worried about
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Quaker A-Z: F is for Foundations
Over the years we have explored a number of topics beginning with F. On the surface they may seem unrelated. Visibility. Fear. Filing. Free resources. Fair Trade. First Aid. But when you look a little deeper, they all have something in common. They are about foundations! Strong, steady, practical foundations that allow your charity to
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Meet an MBS client – Helen
Meet Helen – Chair of a Small Charity Helen recently became the clerk of a local charity. The organisation does wonderful work in the community, but the administration has grown complicated over the years. Documents are scattered across different email accounts. Policies exist somewhere – but no one is quite sure where. Preparing for meetings
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Quaker A-Z: E is for Email
Simple, Safe & Sensible Email Systems for Charities For many small charities, email is the engine room of the organisation. Funding conversations. Volunteer coordination. Safeguarding queries. Trustee discussions. And yet, in many committees, email systems have grown organically rather than intentionally. Messages sit in personal inboxes. Office holders change. Passwords are passed around on scraps
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Quaker A-Z: D is for Delve
In this Quaker A–Z blog, D is for Delve, bringing together a curated selection of previous A–Z posts linked to the letter D. This reflective round-up explores key themes relevant to Quaker charities, including governance, administration and values-led decision-making. By delving into these connected ideas, this post offers practical insights to support trustees, clerks and
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Quaker A-Z: C is for Corporate Memory
What the Rosetta Stone teaches us about corporate memory The Rosetta Stone is a famous example of lost knowledge. For centuries, Egyptian hieroglyphs could not be read, not because the writing had disappeared, but because the understanding of it had been lost. When the Rosetta Stone was discovered, the same text appeared in three scripts,
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Quaker A-Z: B is for Basic Credit Control
Micro-Learning: Basic Credit Control for Charities Keeping on top of payments, strengthening your cash flow, and reducing the risk of bad debt. Good credit control is one of the simplest ways a charity can improve its financial stability, yet it’s often overlooked. Whether you hire out rooms, run events, or provide services that require invoicing,
