Compliance & Governance
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
May 3, 2024
Category: Compliance & Governance
Ideas to ensure your charity is compliant and well governed.
Charity Admin
Quaker A-Z Trustees: 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
April 19, 2024
Compliance & Governance
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
April 5, 2024
Charity Management
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
March 22, 2024
Charity Admin
Quaker A-Z: E is for Employment
What does love require of us? You may feel that being an employer or managing volunteers is tricky and complicated. Especially if you’ve not had
March 8, 2024
Charity Admin
Quaker A-Z: D is for Doing Good
Don’t just sit there… I remember the children’s meeting resource called, ‘Don’t just sit there do something!’ But so often people feel overwhelmed with the
February 23, 2024
Compliance & Governance
Quaker A-Z: C is for Committee
Photo by Casey Allen on Unsplash What is a Committee? Did you know that a group of vultures roosting in a tree, or sitting on
February 9, 2024
Charity Admin
Quaker A-Z: B is for Benefit
Edited Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash What do we mean by Benefits? Legally all charity trustees must work for the overall benefit of their
January 26, 2024
Charity Admin
Quaker A-Z: 2024 Introduction
Legally, a trustee is someone who has formal responsibility for the charity – and therefore must act in the charities best interest. This is the same no matter how they’ve become a trustee – elected or appointed. A trustee may take on specific roles or tasks for the charity, but the over all responsibility is held with the full body.
January 1, 2024