Category: Charity Admin
Professional guidance, tips and tricks specific to charity administration to make things run more smoothly and easily.
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AdventWord 2022: Purify
Definition: To purify is to remove contaminants, extract something or make it ceremonially clean. Organisation culture… I want to explore this concept from an organisational perspective. How do you purify your organisation’s culture? Extensive research into the matter concludes that creating a great culture internally, in turn, enhances the customer experience. An organisation will thrive
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AdventWord 2022: Stranger
Participation in Meetings Qf&p 3.10 “Remember the onerous task laid upon the clerk and do all you can to assist. Submit information about matters to come before the meeting in good time and preferably in writing. Avoid if you possibly can any last-minute messages to the clerk. Give your whole attention to the matter before
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AdventWord 2022: Messenger
Photo by Alexander Shatov In today’s technologically advanced society, when I think about the term ‘messenger’ I think of a chosen app on our smartphones or computer. Historically we required a physical messenger to distribute our message (via town crier, pigeon or possibly on foot). Today we are overwhelmed with a catalogue of digital apps
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AdventWord 2022: Winnowing
Photo: Hannah Grace – A good approach to life as well as writing! What do we mean by winnowing? Well, put simply, to winnow is to separate a large number of things, into a smaller amount of things. Let us take editing as an example. Editing is an art. I know, I know, of course,
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AdventWord 2022: Delight
Pxfuel “Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.” William Somerset Maugham For a long time, I struggled with my mental health. A dark cloud followed me wherever I went and sucked
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Starting out fine… & finishing well
I’m a firm believer in planning and starting out new projects or years with the end in mind. At this time of year, people are usually thinking more about last December than next. Finishing off the previous year’s accounts and reports – and yet, realising what was stressful and ensuring that you don’t repeat any
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Sharing generic email accounts
Generic Email I recommend generic email addresses to all clients, recommending them for a range of reasons: Correspondence is held in a role specific email box. When a new person starts they can catch up, or search for previous conversations. The generic email box means that when a person leaves the role, or doesn’t want
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General Data Protection Regulations or GDPR
GDPR – what is it? The General Data Protection Regulations or GDPR, as it is commonly known, is an EU wide directive that came into law in 2016. You have until May 25th 2018 to be compliant. It is a complete overhaul of the data protection regulations – and applies to charities as well as
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Quaker A-Z: W is for Where does the money go?
W is for Where does the money go? One of the difficulties I have found in both being a warden, and in dealing with finances is that most people aren’t interested. They nod politely when you mention money, glance at the account reports briefly when presented (if they’ve attended Business Meeting) and it is usually
