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: R is for Reduction & Rest
Reducing Reports One of the things I hear from clients is the wish that there were fewer things to do, fewer reports to read, fewer risks to worry about and mitigate against… I’ve hopefully given you some ideas on how to simplify and streamline your priorities as you manage your charity – while still ensuring
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Quaker A-Z: Q is for Quiz!
Quick Quiz! Did you know that the Charity Commission has educational resources? They also have a quiz which can help you pinpoint any gaps in your knowledge. The Charity Commission’s research shows that around 98% of trustees feel ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ confident in managing or governing their charity. When questioned on basic role requirements, on
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Quaker A-Z: Payroll Promulgation
Payroll – Paying people perpetually perplexes people… Some of the common questions we are asked: Who needs to be paid? What to pay people? Where to pay and store records? When to pay people? Why pay people? How to pay people? and a few more… Who needs to be paid? Charities have volunteers – many
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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 what we need‘ or similar. Sadly, the Charity Commission doesn’t supply a simple or straightforward list of policies and procedures that you need to legally have. Instead, they expect you
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Quaker A-Z: K is for Knitting
Photo by Stephane Gagnon on Unsplash Avoiding dropped stitches Annual reports are often a cobbling together of bits from various people, groups or committees, with a bit at the front from the clerk or chair and then at the end from the treasurer or trustee with financial responsibility…. Even listing out all the people involved
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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 be known, and there is the fear that you’ve not learned something important, or have learned something that isn’t correct or doesn’t apply to your charity. Photo by Giulia May
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Quaker A-Z: H is for Honorarium
What is an honorarium? An honorarium is a voluntary fee for voluntary service, a usually small sum of money given to someone as a token of esteem for some work they’ve done. It’s another name for a gift, fee, or some form of payment for services rendered. An honorarium is an ex gratia payment, i.e.,
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Quaker A-Z: G is for Good Governance
What is Good Governance? Governance is the process of decision-making and the process by which those decisions are implemented or not. Governance is used in a range of contexts from international law, the running of countries down to the most local level. In each context there will be a range of people or organisations involved
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Quaker A-Z: F is for Fear
What do you fear? This might seem an odd question for a charity management blog! However, Trustees, volunteers, and employees often tell me that they did something – or didn’t do something – because they were afraid of doing the wrong thing. Or were afraid of legal or other repercussions. Photo by Sincerely Media
