Governance can be a challenge for charities. It's also often the key to the door that needs to be unlocked before a charity can get to the next stage in its development. Each board faces individual challenges, but over time, we have seen certain trends emerge when exploring the governance of an organisation.
Eagle’s Nest Project is a charity set up to work with young people aged 11-18 that are struggling to engage in mainstream education, often as a result of early childhood trauma. It offers alternative education solutions that build confidence and to equip them for more positive engagement in education and society moving forwards.
Something I hear frequently from charity leaders, especially founders, is ‘We can’t say no to someone who needs help!
A new initiative to make it easier for small charities to access free professional support is being launched on Friday 23 June, during Small Charity Week by 18 organisations offering skilled volunteering, all members of the UK Pro Bono Association.
In this blog, we explore ways to revitalise your existing corporate contact list and start building more fruitful, mutually beneficial partnerships.
Greener & Cleaner is a pioneering sustainable living charity supporting individuals and the wider community (including schools, charities, businesses, councils and more), to improve local wellbeing, air quality and biodiversity and reduce the costs of living and of doing business, while reducing carbon emissions.
I joined Comic Relief almost two years ago now, at a moment of great change, joining during the pandemic. It was a great personal change. I'd worked at this other agency for a long time, was quite comfortable and then decided to jump in and work on this side of the fence.
My first leadership experience was when I was quite young. Soon after leaving university, I found myself leading a small grassroots project in South Africa providing training to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS. I knew very little about running a project, and equally little about leadership. I had the job title of a leader and people to be led but really, I didn’t know what to do.
One of the most extraordinary qualities of the 6,000+ environmental charities across the UK is that they are able to bridge the gap between their mission of a greener future and what they do to help make that happen; in short, what they do on a Monday.
It is hard to start a charity, but it is also hard to kill one. This is a resilience, characteristic of charities, that we have a purpose that moves people to act, and we have a culture that allows for different forms of participation. In this post, I want to look at three tips for financial resilience for charities.
A wave of informal volunteering helped charities and community groups to play a critical role for communities over the pandemic. Now that the cost of living crisis is hitting home, the role for the voluntary sector is once more key, but this time it is not clear that volunteering - or emergency funding - will be able to help.
For the last five years, we have run an annual staff survey that is independently evaluated. We have shared the results with the staff and the trustees of Pilotlight and the survey has been invaluable in steering how we operate as a charity.
