Fail to plan, plan to fail

Fail to plan, plan to fail

by | Feb 3, 2020 | Emma Willder

I remember one Christmas my husband wrote a project plan for Christmas Dinner. Me, my parents and my husband’s parents all laughed at this – a project plan for Christmas Dinner! How ridiculous! However despite our ridicule he persisted and it worked. We...

Annual Reports – friend or foe?

by | Jan 30, 2020 | Emma Willder

If your charity has a March year-end then soon it will be the time of the year that you dread…yes, it will be time to prepare your charities annual accounts, but more than that the annual report. More often than not the writing of the annual report falls to the...
2019 Review

2019 Review

by | Jan 6, 2020 | Emma Willder

So here it is…my review of 2019. Like many others, I thought it would be good to use numbers but without the explanation behind them, you may not understand what they mean to me. 207 New Twitter Followers Whilst this might not seem like a huge amount for me it...
Vinyl Management

Vinyl Management

by | Dec 6, 2019 | Emma Willder

I was really excited to read that the Charity Finance Group (CFG) have launched a toolkit for charities around improving record management. Yes it might sound boring but it is a subject that is close to my heart having worked in charities over the past few years in...
Good governance in minutes

Good governance in minutes

by | Nov 7, 2019 | Emma Willder

Trustees must act in the best interest of the charity. One of the most effective ways to demonstrate this is through minute taking. The “Charities and Meetings” guidance published by the Charity Commission contains a dedicated section all about minutes. It...