Effective Leadership in the Charity Sector

Effective Leadership in the Charity Sector

Guest post by Fran Ferris-Ockwell There is an ongoing challenge in the charity sector around recruiting and retaining the best leadership talent. The sector is gifted with some of the most talented, ethical, and driven people in the workforce. These are people who are...
Fail to plan, plan to fail

Fail to plan, plan to fail

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?

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...
Vinyl Management

Vinyl Management

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...