Knowledge Hub

  • Policy

    The Spring Statement 2025

    Topics: Tax and VAT / Pensions / Economy and policy
    Written by: CFG
    On: 26.03.2025

    CFG's policy team - Richard Sagar and Ida Karlsson - take a look at today's Spring Statement to dissect what the announcements and OBR forecasts mean for the charity sector.

    Time to read: 8 minutes
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  • Celebrating women in charity finance

    Topics: People and culture / Leadership and career development
    Written by: CFG
    On: 24.03.2025

    The month of March is when people across the world celebrate the achievements of women and the contributions they make. We speak to a few women about leading the way in charity finance...

    Time to read: 14 minutes
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  • Research

    "A perfect storm”: Charity leaders’ facing difficult decisions ahead of next month's NI rise

    Topics: Tax and VAT / Economy and policy / Charity finance policy
    Written by: CFG
    On: 20.03.2025

    A survey of 45 charity leaders reveals significant concerns remain over the impact of the rise in employer national insurance contributions, with many charities already cutting services and staff.

    Time to read: 9 minutes
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  • Event

    Navigating AI in 2025: Data protection considerations for charities deploying AI technologies

    Topics: Risk / IT, technology and digital / Governance, legal and compliance
    Written by: Eleonor Duhs
    On: 20.03.2025

    Bates Wells’ Head of Data and Privacy, Eleanor Duhs, shares six top tips for charities to consider when deploying or using AI in the year ahead, including key questions to ask developers about AI technologies.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Special Interest Group

    Relating the story of Relate

    Topics: Risk / People and culture / Governance, legal and compliance / Financial sustainability / Crisis management
    Written by: Emma Abbott
    On: 19.03.2025

    CFG’s new Turnaround Special Interest Group held its first meeting in March and welcomed insolvency experts from FRP Advisory to share their insights and knowledge.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Policy

    Ida's intel: charity policy updates from Parliament and beyond (12 March 2025)

    Topics: Tax and VAT / Risk / People and culture / Leadership and career development / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Economy and policy
    Written by: Ida Karlsson
    On: 11.03.2025

    In the second of her regular policy reports, Ida Karlsson, CFG's Policy Officer, wraps up what's been going on in Parliament and further afield, covering the aid budget cut, new OSCR guidance and dormant assets.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • My Whole Self Day 2025: Building a positive work environment

    Topics: People and culture / Leadership and career development
    Written by: Glyn Sheldon
    On: 11.03.2025

    To mark My Whole Self Day 2025, this article outlines some of Mental Health First Aid England's research on workplace wellbeing, and provides some useful takeaways for how leaders, managers and everyone in an organisation can help create a positive work environment.

    Time to read: 5 minutes
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  • Charities call on government to introduce paid volunteer leave

    Topics: Risk / People and culture
    Written by: CFG
    On: 07.03.2025

    A coalition of charities is calling on the government to introduce statutory paid volunteering leave.

    Time to read: 1 minutes
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  • CFG's volunteering days policy

    Topics: People and culture
    Posted by: Glyn Sheldon
    On: 05.03.2025

    CFG provides our staff with four volunteering days a year, empowering the team to support causes that they care about. This has benefits for our physical and mental wellbeing, as well as for the sector as a whole.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Event

    Refusing and returning charitable donations: Legal framework and best practices

    Topics: Risk / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding
    Written by: Glyn Sheldon
    On: 27.02.2025

    Tamsin Anderson from Mills & Reeve recently presented a comprehensive overview of when and how charities can refuse or return donations at a CFG webinar, drawing on the Charity Commission's guidance and her extensive legal experience in the sector.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Implementing a layered approach to sustainable investment

    Topics: Environmental, social, governance (ESG) / Investment
    Posted: 27.02.2025

    How can charities navigate the increasingly complex and urgent world of sustainable investment? In this article, the team from Isio provides a whistlestop tour of three papers that discuss what charities should consider when implementing a sustainable investment strategy.

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  • Event

    We urgently need to talk about risk management

    Topics: Risk / People and culture
    Written by: Emma Abbott
    On: 26.02.2025

    CFG’s CEO, Caron Bradshaw OBE, tells Risk Conference that traditional approaches are broken. It’s time for change, with a new collaborative leading the charge - and everyone's invited! Emma Abbott reports.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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