The longest winter: Are lifetime legacies ready to come in from the cold?
8 Mar 2010
Lifetime legacies are a giving mechanism that have been a glint in the eye of fundraisers for years. But...
I am the chair of a charity which I consider to be well run and effective but recently I have been presented with a problem that I have not experienced before.
Two senior members of staff, both members of the senior executive team, have written to me separately to complain about the bullying behaviour of two of the trustees.
Regular governance reviews need not be costly, work intensive or complicated. Dorothy Dalton advises.
Appointing new trustees was the best learning opportunity we could have had.....
On a warm sunny evening a young man riding a bicycle knocked on my door. He had a story to tell of suffering and despair...
Our local authority provides 20 percent of our funding requirement. One of the conditions attached to the funding was that we would accept as a trustee a nominee of the local authority. We agreed especially...
Because the chief executive (CE) is so central to the success or failure of the charity, evaluation of the CE by the board is an important component of the board’s responsibilities. But too often evaluations...
The first three articles in this series described why charities are focusing on results, how to develop scorecards to track performance and how to establish performance management systems. This article...
This is a well established charitable company. Trustees are the only company members. The charity has had a very good reputation in its field. The last inspection report gave it a two rather than a three-star...
“Bullying? Not us. We’re in the caring sector.”
Wherever groups of people are together in an employment or volunteering environment, there is the potential for power struggles and instances of...
Organisations across the voluntary sector are striving to get a tighter grip on managing the performance of services and internal support functions. Boards and managers want to know what the organisation...
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8 Mar 2010
Lifetime legacies are a giving mechanism that have been a glint in the eye of fundraisers for years. But...
8 Mar 2010
Fundraisers cannot apply traditional campaign methods to the new breed of online community fundraising,...
8 Mar 2010
Last year more than a third of donors stopped giving to their regular charity. In research revealed exclusively...
5 Mar 2010
The Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill will abolish the restriction on the length of time for which trustees...
5 Mar 2010
An Employment Tribunal has confirmed that an employee who is unable to take his pre-booked holiday due...
3 Mar 2010
From 6 April 2010, employees with more than 26 weeks’ service will have the right to request time to...
1 Mar 2010
Some 66 per cent of charities would recommend their supplier to other charities, up from 63 per cent last...
1 Mar 2010
Leonard Cheshire Disability vice-chair and IT specialist Jenny Searle talks to Gareth Jones about the...
1 Mar 2010
We asked four experts to give their opinions on Windows 7 and whether organisations should be looking...

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