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  • Charity isn’t ‘gentle’ - it’s messy, hard, difficult and painful.

    Posted by: Caron Bradshaw
    On: 09.04.2020

    Four weeks ago we started lobbying the Government for the help that only it can provide at the scale the sector needs to ensure that the most vulnerable in society are not left to shoulder the greatest burden in this crisis. Yesterday Rishi Sunak announced an unprecedented, grant-based, injection of cash into the sector. I was asked immediately for my reaction; was I pleased or disappointed? For me, the answer is not binary and I have wrestled with it all night.

    Time to read: 7 minutes
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  • Finance Focus April 2020

    Posted: 09.04.2020

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  • How can I be a great leader through all stages of the change?

    Topics: Leadership and career development
    Posted by: Guest blogger
    On: 07.04.2020

    Leadership coach and business mentor Nicki Deeson shares her advice for managing your team's wellbeing during the COVID-19 disruption.

    Time to read: 1 minutes
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  • Top ten tips for how to handle the year end in a pandemic

    Topics: Accounting and reporting / Governance, legal and compliance / Environmental, social, governance (ESG)
    Posted by: Guest blogger
    On: 06.04.2020

    Joanna Pittman, Partner at CFG corporate member Sayer Vincent gives her top ten tips for how to handle the year end in a pandemic.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • #EveryDayCounts – The Florence Nightingale Museum

    Topics: Leadership and career development / Risk / Environmental, social, governance (ESG)
    Posted by: Guest blogger
    On: 26.03.2020

    Director David Green tells us about serious disruption from the Coronavirus pandemic in their bicentennial year, and how the museum is trying to cope with the challenges.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Leading in a crisis: Mark Goldring's lessons from personal experience

    Topics: Leadership and career development / Risk / Environmental, social, governance (ESG)
    Posted by: Guest blogger
    On: 24.03.2020

    Mark Goldring shares lessons learned for charity leaders (and maybe others) striving in the world of COVID.

    Time to read: 7 minutes
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  • Charities are in crisis

    Posted by: Caron Bradshaw
    On: 24.03.2020

    Caron Bradshaw calls on the government to act – now.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • #EveryDayCounts – A case study of how coronavirus is stopping charity income at St Peter’s Hospice

    Posted by: Guest blogger
    On: 24.03.2020

    Fran McCloskey, Director of Finance and IT at St Peter’s Hospice, tells us how coronavirus has disrupted or stopped the income streams for the hospice, and how immediate support is vitally needed.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Are you looking after yourself during the crisis?

    Topics: People and culture / Risk
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 23.03.2020

    Our everyday lives are being disrupted in so many ways, and your emotional wellbeing is really important.

    Time to read: 1 minutes
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  • COVID-19: General guidance and short-term action planning

    Topics: Crisis management / Charity finance policy
    Posted: 19.03.2020
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  • Finance Focus March 2020

    Posted: 19.03.2020

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  • NCT and Covid 19: a case study in how the charity sector merits government support

    Posted by: Guest blogger
    On: 18.03.2020

    Richard Murray, Head of Planning, Governance & Inclusion at NCT details how the current Coronavirus crisis is affecting them and their immediate financial sustainability

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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