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UK benevolent funds hand out £216m as hardship grows.

As Chair of Trustees for both The Association of Charitable Organisation and the Smallwood Trust I was delighted...

Charity2020 meeting - 17th March - BOOK NOW

Charity 2020 brings together senior people in the charitable sector to meet leading figures from this and other sectors to gain the benefit of...

Effective performance management - Individuals goals aligned to the Charities values

One of the golden rules when setting goals is to ensure that they are SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable,...

UK Social Sector Health Check Report

For Charity Bank's inaugural UK Social Sector Health Check report, they polled 182 social sector leaders to understand the challenges they face and to assess the impact...

Is safeguarding the new governance hazard?

The introduction of the Charity Governance Code (July 2017) was welcomed by the sector and endorsed and supported by the Charity Commission (the ‘Regulator’). In...

Charity Health Check

As a Trustee or the CEO of a charity, there are lots of demands on your time and resources. Being confident that all aspects...

Charity Branding

Veteran brand consultants Ollie Leggett and David Crichton have distilled their 40+ years of combined branding experience into a...

Trustees and diversity

A great article in Third Sector by Sophie Livingstone, Managing Director of Trustees Unlimited 06 November 2019 People are civil society's most important asset,...