Category: Charity Management
Advice and tips on how to manage and run your charity
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Quaker A-Z: M is for Mission and Money (but not Marketing)
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. M is for Mission What is your mission? Not a question that is asked often here in the UK. But one that was a common first question among people meeting in Kenya during the FWCC World Conference in 2012. Instead of the more
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Quaker A-Z: J is for Juggling Roles
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. On the Wardenship e-List one of the perennial questions a newly appointed Trustee or member of Premises asks is: “What does your warden do?” As with so many things this question has as many different answers as the number of Quakers
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Quaker A-Z: I is for Inventories, Insurances and Inclusiveness
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. I is for Inventories, Insurances and Inclusiveness Inventories and Insurances Inventories and Insurances seem to go together – Inclusiveness perhaps less so. Insurances are of course another of those matters where I will advise that professional guidance should be sought. Contents
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Quaker A-Z: H is for History plus Health & Safety
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. H is for History plus Health & Safety History In B is for Buildings I mentioned writing down a history of the building to act as a corporate memory for Premises Committee. There is of course so much relating to the
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Quaker A-Z D is for Dangers
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. D is for Dangers I don’t want to suggest that there are unsuspecting dangers lurking around every corner – but there are a few things I’d like to suggest that each Premises committee should consider. What are the dangers that you might
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Quaker A-Z: A is for Advice
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. A is for apple and also for Advice Where do you get advice about how to be a Warden or a member of Premises or a Trustee with responsibility for buildings? Starting off the series with a serious post. One of the
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Generic Email Addresses or how to prevent memory loss…
What is a generic email address and why do I think they are important? An example of a generic email address is which for a office or that office holder rather than a person. For Quaker Meetings’ Friends House offer the option to have a standard email address, yourmeeting@quaker.org.uk – which is actually a forwarding
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Affording our Meeting Houses
This could be taken two ways – how do we ensure that the Meeting House is affordable for both the local community and the worshipping community that uses it. Not only financially, but also with reference back to an earlier post: Beacon or Burden. Hopefully, all Quaker Meetings are a spirit-led, all-age faith community trying
