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What happens when your audience's needs aren't at the centre of your thinking

Published on February 25, 2010, by kevin baughen
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I will never stop believing, or probably saying that, whichever audience(s) we serve as organisations, their needs should underpin our thinking and actions.  That's not to say that we shouldn't seek to achieve our own objectives - of course we should.  The customer / supporter / volunteer is not always right and we have our own targets to meet.

Free (basic) information on newly registered grantmaking trusts

Published on February 8, 2010, by FinbarCullen
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I was researching grantmaking trusts last week and when I checked up on some newly registered trusts, I came across the website of Dorset Community Action (www.dorsetcommunityaction.org.uk).

One in five charities submits annual returns too late

Published on February 3, 2010, by howardlake
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The Charity Commission reports that last year 20% of charities in England and Wales failed to submit their accounts and Annual Returns on time.

Charity Commission warns charities of direct debit fraud scams

Published on January 21, 2010, by howardlake
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The Charity Commission is warning charities of the danger of fraudulent direct debits being set up from charity bank accounts.

Charity watchdog warns of Haiti appeal scams

Published on January 20, 2010, by howardlake
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The Charity Commission is warning the public to avoid falling for financial scams that have arisen in the wake of the Haiti earthquake.

Practical advice from Charity Commission during postal strike

Published on October 16, 2009, by howardlake
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Pillar to Post: 08/10/2002

The Charity Commission is reminding charities and their trustees that they can avoid the postal delays that are likely to be caused by the imminent post strike by using some of the services available on its website.

Factary launches database of donors and supporters

Published on September 18, 2009, by FinbarCullen
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I have just had a trial of “Phi”, a new product from Factary (www.factary.com). It is a database of donors and supporters (trustees, patrons, etc) which currently contains over 100,000 records.

New Charity Commission guidance on collaboration and mergers

Published on September 18, 2009, by howardlake
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The Charity Commission has published two new toolkits for charities on collaborative working and merging; Choosing to Collaborate and Making Mergers Work.

Illegible accounts on the Charity Commission website

Published on August 19, 2009, by FinbarCullen
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I wish that the Charity Commission would take more care when they do get charity accounts online.

The Charity Commission wants to know what you think about online accounts

Published on July 29, 2009, by FinbarCullen
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Last week’s Third Sector magazine mentioned the relaunch of the online charity community section of the website of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW). Phew!

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