AdventWord
AdventWord 2024: Gather
Gather for Good: How Charities Can Strengthen Community and Boost Impact Through Connection For charities, to gather people together – whether in person or online
December 18, 2024
Category: Good Practice
Explanations and investigations into good practice in charity admin, and gospel order in Quaker business meetings.
Education & Resources
Quaker A-Z: Y is for Yarn
A Good Yarn Firstly, in the last couple of A-Z blogs I’ve talked about reviewing your organisation and how you communicate with each other and
December 13, 2024
AdventWord
AdventWord 2024: Refine
How Small Adjustments Can Make a Big Impact Photo by Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash In 2025, MBS is turning its attention to communication, community and
December 9, 2024
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
Charity Admin
Quaker A-Z: W is for Who Do you Talk To?
Anyone or Everyone? When I ask – Who do you talk to? – question many trustees look surprised at that question and then tell me
November 15, 2024
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