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Today is Fundraising Day!

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Happy Fundraising Day – Fundraising Bursaries from the FSI
We are delighted to launch the second round of applications for bursaries for our Introduction to Fundraising Practice. The bursary is open to small, local charities with a turnover of up to £100,000 and 80% of the cost is funded by the FSI and DCMS.

As well as this, we also have a 20% discount for FSI Members on both our Diploma & Certificate in Fundraising. More information on how to apply for the bursary or enrol in our qualifications can be seen on our website.

One of our current learners recently said, “I am studying for the Diploma in Fundraising to gain a qualification that will arm me with the tools to help sustain our charity for the future and provide new and innovative ways of working”.

Click Here to apply for he Bursary

Charity Comms  – Small Charity Comms Conference Ticket Giveaway!
CharityComms, the membership network for UK charity communications professionals, is running its annual Small Charities Communications Conference on 11 July in London. To be in with a chance to win two tickets worth £105+VAT each, follow this link for more information.

HOT OFF THE PRESS! The 2nd Leeds Fundraising Conference
Back by popular demand, the FSI Leeds Fundraising Conference will be launched in July. Attendees will be able to access a range of fundraising experts, sharing the best in fundraising practice.

Venue: St George’s Centre, Leeds
Date: Thursday, 18th October 2018

Follow this link to register your interest 

Live stream recordings from Big Advice Day Workshops:  
This year at Big Advice Day we livestreamed three of our workshops, including a session from Facebook themselves! The Facebook livestream was a success, so if you missed them why not check out the videos below:

Fundraising Day Toolkits and Resources
Make the most of Small Charity Week’s profile and use our free packs to help you fundraise for your small charity.
Click this link to download our free fundraising toolkits
Don’t forget that you can also access fundraising resources and links to templates, guides, toolkits and best practise on the FSI Fundraising Resources page.

#ILoveSmallCharities
Be sure to use the hashtag #ILoveSmallCharities to keep us trending on twitter. And while you’re at it, join in our #ILoveSmallCharities Competition for the chance to win £££ prizes.

Click Here to Join the Competition

 

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Advance – July Job Opportunities

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Advance is a well-respected, award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women experiencing domestic abuse and supporting women with custodial and community sentences to reduce offending. Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, to collaborate, innovate and be accountable. We have expanded our services significantly over the past 2 years, with annual income to over £3m and 75 staff, reaching over 3000 women and their children.

Current Opportunities

  • Female* Regional & Centre Co-ordinator – Minerva WA service – Click Here for the link to the Job Advert
  • Female* Young Community Keyworker – Minerva WA service – Click Here for the link to the Job Advert
Closing date for both roles: Sunday 1st July at midnight

Click Here to go to the Advance Job website and to download the application form and Job Description for these roles

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58% don’t. 42% do. What about you?

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Earlier this year a survey of over 1,250 charities revealed that 58% don’t have a defined digital strategy, yet of the 42% that do almost all are more optimistic and expect to increase their measurable impact in 2018*.

“… unfortunately, (there) is a growing divide between charities with progressive, digitally-savvy trustees and executives versus the majority of others, which are falling behind and risk missing out on opportunities to improve the way they fulfil their missions”

Matthew Moorut of TechTrust

We don’t want any charity to fall behind. That’s why we’re running the Charity Digital Conference 2018 where industry experts will demystify all things digital. Here’s a little taster video – Matt Haworth of Reason Digital touches on the opportunities that digital transformation can offer to charities:

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Click the image to see The Amazing Opportunities of Digital Transformation!

Click here for the full Conference Schedule

Click here for the Sobus link to this event.

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Charity governance round-up June 2018

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In the NCVO Charity Governance round-up this month:

Click Here to go to the main update page

Dan Francis
NCVO Senior Governance Consultant
T: @mynameisdanfran

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Muslim Rose Welfare – Job Opportunities

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Muslim Rose Welfare have the following job opportunities;

  • Charity Fundraiser
  • Part Time Admin Worker – with good IT skills

For more information and to apply;

email: support@muslimrosewelfare.org.uk
Call: Sarah 07816819159

Closing Date: Tuesday 14th August .

 

 

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Today is Policy Day!

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We are celebrating Collaboration this Policy Day 2018!

To mark Policy Day of Small Charity Week we are focusing on collaboration between small charities.

The FSI’s research has shown that collaborating more effectively can not only help to solve social problems but can also facilitate efficiency, growth and sustainability. Through working together we can build a stronger and more able Small Charity Sector. Collaborations are by no means easy, they can be delicate and complex to navigate and they are only one piece of the sustainability jigsaw. Therefore charities who seek to collaborate must be clear on the social purpose for collaboration and take all steps necessary to ensure success.

Click Here to share this research with all you feel could benefit.

Policy Day Blog and Video
Our CEO, Pauline Broomhead CBE, has filmed a new vlog on ‘Collaboration Between Small Charities’.

You can access the vlog here.

Essential Trustee Video Series
As part of Policy Day 2018, we would like to remind you about our Essential Trustee series, helping to promote good governance for all charity Trustees.
The complete series is now freely available on the FSI website. We hope you will find them useful in supporting trustees of small and local charities and community groups

Watch the videos here.

#ILoveSmallCharities
Be sure to use the hashtag #ILoveSmallCharities to keep us trending on twitter. And while you’re at it, join in our #ILoveSmallCharities Competition for the chance to win £££ prizes.

Click Here to join the competition

 

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Today is Big Advice Day!

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Big Advice Day aims to provide small and local charities and community groups across the UK with access to free learning, advice and support, ensuring small charities are equipped with the information they need to help them be sustainable, keep their doors open and support their many beneficiaries

The FSI Small Charity Advice Hub
Didn’t get the opportunity to access advice on Big Advice Day? Why not try the Charity Advice Hub – a telephone support hub that matches requests for advice with expert volunteer advisors throughout the year. These one to one hourly advice sessions will reopen in July!

To register your interest in receiving advice please let us know via this link.

Share your Experience
We continue to recruit our team of Volunteer Charity Advisors to help deliver the Advice Hub throughout the year, so if you have voluntary sector experience and are willing to volunteer your expertise for a couple of hours per month (a commitment of hours to suit you!), then register your interest with us.

You can make a direct difference to small and local charities and community groups by sharing your experience in any of the following areas: building organisational strength, strategy and business planning, fundraising and income generation, marketing and communications, campaigning and public affairs, governance, volunteering and HR, financial resource management or impact reporting and measurement.

This flexible volunteering opportunity is perfect for any voluntary sector professional seeking to build on their skills and experience, someone wanting to keep involved in the voluntary sector or just someone wanting share what they know.

Join our volunteer team and help us to create a world filled with independent, effective and accountable charities with the belief, passion and capacity to achieve their vision.

To register your interest in giving advice, follow this link.

Facebook to kick off the Livestreaming of Big Advice Day workshops

After the success of last year’s livestreaming of our Big Advice Day workshop, we now bring you not one but three live workshops! Details on each of the three workshops are below. Simply visit our Facebook page at the stated times to enjoy the livestream.

Date: 19th June 2017
Location: Your desk!
Workshops:
How Facebook can work for your non-profit
Includes: Creating a Facebook strategy based on your goals / Raising awareness and funds / Using Facebook’s advertising platform
Time: 10.10am-10.50am

Is your strategy driving you in the right direction
Includes: Practical tips / insights based on the FSI’s experience of delivering strategic consultancy services / A clear process / Useful tools to undertake effective strategic planning.
Time: 11.10am-11.50am

Using your impact to tell your story
Includes:  Case studies of charities that have used their impact data effectively to tell their story / Provide a useful and practical framework for considering your own impact communications
Time: 16.10pm-16.50pm

#ILoveSmallCharities
Be sure to use the hashtag #ILoveSmallCharities to keep us trending on twitter. And while you’re at it, join in our #ILoveSmallCharities Competition for the chance to win £££ prizes.

Click Here to join the competition

 

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AdviceLocal from LASA

Advicelocal – https://advicelocal.uk – local guide to help with benefits, work, money, housing problems and more

People looking for help with benefits, work, money or housing problems will find advicelocal.uk a useful, free source of help and information.

It’s easy to use. By just entering a postcode and choosing an advice topic anyone can find tailored information for their local area, including details of independent advice organisations who can help get the advice and support they need.

Advicelocal helps with questions relating to: welfare benefits and tax credits; council tax; debt and money advice; housing and homelessness; employment and work issues, disability and social care; and asylum and immigration.

There’s a widget you can use if you’d like to add advicelocal search to your site. See https://advicelocal.uk/for-organisations#get-the-widget. You can also find advicelocal on Twitter @advicelocal.

Lasa is a social welfare law and tech charity. Established in 1984, we’re dedicated to supporting organisations in their use of technology and the delivery of social welfare law advice to the disadvantaged communities they serve.

Find out more about our services:

Website: www.lasa.org.uk
Email: info@lasa.org.uk
Follow us: @lasacharity
Call us: 020 7377 2748

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Is the CIO structure right for your organisation?

Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) are now the most popular form for establishing new charities and this extensively updated second edition illustrates the benefits of the structure as well as the pitfalls.

CIO Cover Pic‘Gareth Morgan is well known for his interest in and mastery of the detailed, technical aspects of charity administration and in particular of CIOs. As a barrister specialising in charities, I shall continue to make use of this clear, detailed and practical book both for checking specific points and to recommend to my clients, especially those thinking about establishing a CIO.’  Francesca Quint, Barrister – Radcliffe Chambers

A must-read for anyone considering establishing a new charity in England, Wales or Scotland to ensure they’re using the structure most suitable for their needs.

It contains the new procedures in England and Wales from 2018 for direct conversion of charitable companies to CIOs (and CIC to CIO conversions from later in 2018). For Scotland, it contains new OSCR procedures from 2016 for unincorporated charities converting to CIOs. This edition also contains more on the practical implications of CIO constitutions which depart from the Charity Commission models.

Overall the guide offers a full range of practical information and will help you decide your organisation’s next move.

Click the cover image to get your copy from the DSC website.

 

 

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Job Opportunity – Apprentice Business Support Officer

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A new Apprentice Business Support officer position covering the bi-Borough of RBKC and City of Westminster has become available in Children’s Services Department

An exciting apprenticeship opportunity has arisen for an Apprentice Business Support Officer to join the busy Children’s Services based in Kensington Town Hall and Frampton Street. The Short Breaks Service is going through an exciting period of change. While we have always supported families who are living with a disabled child, we are looking at developing our Business Support Services. A highly motivated individual is required, who can help to shape the development of this new team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and responsible person able to work in an ever changing environment and willing to learn new skills.

Closing date: 25th June 2018

Click Here for more information, including the Job Description and to apply

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