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  • What matters is your desire to change the world, not the skills you bring to the party

    Posted by: Guest blogger
    On: 27.11.2019

    CFG's new Chair, Gary Forster has spent most of his career in logistics before becoming a CEO in 2011. With this transition came a realisation - like logistics, finance is often overlooked. In this, his after-dinner speech at CFG's Annual Fundraising Dinner, he celebrates the accountants, financial controllers, FDs and book keepers that underpin the great work of the voluntary sector.

     

     

    Time to read: 10 minutes
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  • The one constant in these changing times

    Topics: Leadership and career development
    Posted by: Caron Bradshaw
    On: 25.11.2019

    In Caron Bradshaw's speech at the CFG Annual Dinner this November and shared here, Caron reflects on the changing political climate, and why we must not forget our focus on public interest and public benefit.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • Has the Charity Commission has taken the wrong tone in its election guidance

    Topics: Charity finance policy / Governance, legal and compliance
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 13.11.2019

    The charities regulator in England and Wales recently wrote to its whole database to warn them of their duties when campaigning. David Ainsworth asks if the Commission struck the right tone.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • Why The Times is (mostly) wrong about charity reserves

    Topics: Accounting and reporting
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 13.11.2019

    By David Ainsworth, Sector Specialist, Charity Finance Group

    Last week, The Times newspaper launched an attack on military charities for holding too much money in reserve. It claimed that the £275m held by the ten largest military charities was excessive, and accused them of "hoarding" cash.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • Are charity reserves policies really clear enough?

    Topics: Accounting and reporting
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 13.11.2019

    By David Ainsworth, Sector Specialist, Charity Finance Group

    Last week, The Times newspaper launched an attack on military charities for holding too much money in reserve. It claimed that the £275m held by the ten largest military charities was excessive, and accused them of "hoarding" cash.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Why accountability is essential to a charity’s approach to the GDPR

    Topics: IT, technology and digital
    Posted by: Guest blogger
    On: 11.11.2019

    By Victoria Hordern, Partner & Head of Data Privacy, Bates Wells

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • A practical guide to selecting and using online giving platforms

    Topics: IT, technology and digital
    Posted: 04.11.2019

     

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  • Regulation needed to protect customers

    Topics: Fraud
    Posted by: Guest blogger
    On: 30.10.2019

    By Alanna Patterson, Head Energy Specialist from Utility Aid

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Charity Fraud Awareness Week 2019

    Topics: Fraud
    Posted by: Guest blogger
    On: 21.10.2019

    By Alan Bryce, Head of Development, Counter Fraud & Cybercrime at Charity Commission for England & Wales

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Finance Focus Oct 2019

    Topics: Fraud
    Posted: 21.10.2019

    Risk management in action

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  • Another Brexit deal's on the table - now what?

    Posted by: Caron Bradshaw
    On: 18.10.2019

    So the deal's been done but its a long way from being dusted. As Super Saturday approaches, CFG's CEO Caron Bradshaw looks at the likely outcome of tomorrow's historic vote.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • Why does the narrative around public 'trust' makes me feel so uncomfortable?

    Topics: Governance, legal and compliance / Charity finance policy
    Posted by: Caron Bradshaw
    On: 16.10.2019

    By Caron Bradshaw, CEO of CFG

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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