Category: Compliance & Governance
Ideas to help you both ensure your charity is compliant and well governed, and that everyone knows why this is important!
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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: 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,
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Quaker A-Z: Q is for Quakerly
What does Quakerly mean? I dislike Quakerly as a adjective. It is usually used in a pejorative, not in a friendly way! “THAT wasn’t very Quakerly….‘ With the ‘THAT’ being something the speaker feels passionately about. But it isn’t actually a specific corporate testimony. If it is a specific corporate testimony then you can say, ‘Quakers
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Quaker A-Z: P is for Protest & Presentations
Talking to others and ourselves During Yearly Meeting this year there was a vigil outside Friends House. As I was attending virtually I went into the garden and thought about the two questions asked: What is your outward message of peace, love and justice for the world? And what is your inward message to yourself?
