Employment & Volunteers
Quaker A-Z: M is for Membership
Membership is a tricky word Quakers talk about Membership (note the capital M) and mean someone who has formally been recorded as a member of
June 28, 2024
Category: Charity Management
Advice and tips on how to manage and run your charity
Compliance & Governance
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
June 14, 2024
Charity Admin
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
May 31, 2024
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
Charity Admin
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
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