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  • CFG comments

    Love, authenticity and responsibility – some reflections

    Topics: Leadership and career development
    Written by: Caron Bradshaw
    On: 10.08.2022

    Ahead of CFG’s Wellbeing Week, our CEO Caron Bradshaw has been thinking about behaviours and practices in the workplace, how we shape culture and demonstrate our values by the way we interact with each other.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • Inflation risk, cash and investment reserves: Making your assets work for you

    Topics: Risk / Investment / Governance, legal and compliance
    Written by: Vicky Eastwood
    On: 10.08.2022

    How will steep price increases affect your charity and cash reserves? Vicky Eastwood, Charity Investment Manager at RBC Brewin Dolphin, considers the implications of rising inflation and whether now is the time to think about investment.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • Four ways to grow your charity's sustainability strategy

    Topics: Procurement and resources / Environmental, social, governance (ESG)
    Written by: Mia Brown
    On: 09.08.2022

    How can the charity sector keep up with expected sustainability demands, as measurable performance and tangible outcomes become standard? Mia Brown from TSP, shares advice on getting started with your charity's ESG strategy.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Campaign

    Get set for Gift Aid Awareness Day 2022!

    Topics: Gift Aid
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 03.08.2022

    Gift Aid Awareness Day is less than ten weeks away! Emma Abbott, Communications Manager, CFG, explains what's in store for this year's #TickTheBox campaign and how you can get involved!

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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    Waking up more dormant assets

    Topics: Funding / Economy and policy
    Written by: Dr Clare Mills
    On: 03.08.2022

    The government has launched a consultation to gather views on the broad social or environmental purposes of the English portion of dormant assets funding. Dr Clare Mills invites CFG members to find out more and share their views.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Harness the power of ESG to boost your charity’s employer brand

    Topics: People and culture / Environmental, social, governance (ESG)
    Written by: Jennifer Jackson
    On: 01.08.2022

    Jennifer Jackson from Third Sector Jobs, explores how communicating your ESG policies can help you stand out as a charity and an employer.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Long Covid – is it a disability and how should employers be managing it?

    Topics: Risk / People and culture
    Written by: Natasha Letchford
    On: 29.07.2022

    A recent employment tribunal highlights that employers should be mindful when managing employees with long Covid, as Natasha Letchford, Associate, Wilsons Solicitors LLP, explains...

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Remote working, works! Here's how…

    Topics: People and culture / Leadership and career development / Environmental, social, governance (ESG)
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 26.07.2022

    Does remote working really work? Presenting at this year’s CFG Annual Conference on 30 June, Kirsten Buck and Katy Stanley from PTHR, shared how they’ve made ‘remote first’ work for them and why ‘office optional’ IS the future, for people and the planet.

    Time to read: 9 minutes
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  • Case study: How Stewardship is generating kingdom impact

    Topics: Investment / Funding / Environmental, social, governance (ESG)
    Written by: Janie Oliver
    On: 25.07.2022

    What are the impacts of your investments? Janie Oliver, Chief Financial Officer at Stewardship, shares a framework for impact that puts your most important goal at the centre of investment.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Landmark judgement allows charities to put purpose before profit

    Topics: Investment / Governance, legal and compliance
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 30.06.2022

    Jeffrey Ball and Alice Farrer from RBC Brewin Dolphin explore the implications for trustees of the landmark Butler-Sloss judgement, with insights from Bates Wells.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Small charities

    Reflections on Small Charity Week 2022

    Topics: People and culture
    Written by: Dr Clare Mills
    On: 28.06.2022

    At the close of Small Charity Week, Dr Clare Mills shares some personal reflections on why she loves small charities and where our communities would be without them.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Understanding the challenges of FX

    Topics: Banking and financial services
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 22.06.2022

    How can a good foreign exchange management help your organisation? Naziar Hashemi from Crowe and Curtis Noble from Charitytransfers.org, share their initial findings from the latest INGO FX Insights survey, shedding light on the FX challenges INGOs are now facing.

     

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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