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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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    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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    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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    Ida's Intel: charity policy updates from Parliament and beyond

    Topics: People and culture / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Financial sustainability
    Written by: Ida Karlsson
    On: 26.02.2025

    In the first of her regular policy reports, Ida Karlsson, CFG's Policy Officer, wraps up what's been going on in Parliament and further afield, including debates on ERNICs and why charities in Scotland are bracing themselves.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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    Peers vote to exempt small charities from rise in ERNICs

    Topics: Tax and VAT / Governance, legal and compliance / Financial sustainability / Economy and policy
    Written by: Emma Abbott
    On: 26.02.2025

    Charities with revenue under £1m could be exempted from the Government’s rise in national insurance contributions following a lively debate in the House of Lords on 25 February.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • Member discount: Join us at Anthropy25 in March

    Topics: Leadership and career development / People and culture
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 12.02.2025

    CFG members are invited to reboot Britain with a 20% discount on this year's Anthropy event in Cornwall. 

    Time to read: 1 minutes
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  • Building a culture of support: CFG's approach to Time to Talk Day

    Posted by: Glyn Sheldon
    On: 07.02.2025

    In an era where mental health challenges are increasingly prevalent, organisations play a crucial role in creating supportive workplace environments. To celebrate Time to Talk Day, we’re highlighting the importance of breaking down barriers and fostering open conversations about mental wellbeing.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • New fraud prevention measures will impact larger charities

    Topics: Governance, legal and compliance / Fraud
    Posted by: Glyn Sheldon
    On: 06.02.2025

    The Charity Commission has issued a regulatory alert highlighting significant upcoming changes that will impact larger charities. Two key developments demand immediate attention from charity leaders and finance teams.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • ICYMI: Finance Focus Winter 2025

    Topics: Risk / Procurement and resources / People and culture / Leadership and career development / Investment / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Environmental, social, governance (ESG) / Economy and policy / Crisis management / Banking and financial services / Accounting and reporting
    Posted by: Emma Abbott
    On: 29.01.2025

    Read the Winter 2025 edition of Finance Focus (members only).

    Time to read: 1 minutes
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  • Together, we’ll make a difference in 2025

    Posted by: Milly Durrant
    On: 28.01.2025

    Milly Durrant, Head of Membership at CFG, looks ahead to another exciting and busy year for the growing CFG membership community.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Financial outlook survey: your input is vital!

    Topics: Crisis management
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 28.01.2025

    Professor Daniel King, Director of the VCSE National Data and Insights Observatory at Nottingham Trent University, explains why it's crucial for social sector finance professionals to participate in the latest VCSE Barometer Survey.

    Time to read: 1 minutes
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  • What you need to know about the Charity Investment Governance Principles

    Topics: Investment / Governance, legal and compliance
    Written by: Emma Abbott
    On: 24.01.2025

    The Charity Investment Governance Principles (CIGP) have been published but what are they and how can you use them? Emma Abbott, CFG, reports from the CIGP launch event and answers your most common questions.

    Time to read: 7 minutes
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