Making the right choice matters… We all love new things—especially if they seem to offer something for nothing. Social investment sounds like it might be that shiny new toy we have all been dreaming of. It is a new source of funding at a time when other sources have become extremely tight. It is bringing [...]
Services for charities Support on-hand… Is your voluntary or community organisation doing the most it can with what it’s got? Do you think you could be spending too much time doing things manually such as producing reports, compiling financial information or sending out newsletters? Well planned, used and maintained ICT (information and communication technology) could [...]
Helping you help yourself.. A free online information resource for people who want to get involved in organising smaller, straightforward community activities has been created by Zurich Insurance. Community Toolkit aims to address barriers to volunteering and provides guidance on some legal, health and safety, insurance and planning issues. Community Toolkit is a FREE information [...]
Technology Exchange About CTX… This programme is brought to you by Charity Technology Trust (CTT) in partnership with the not-for-profit technology capacity building organisation TechSoup. Through this programme, eligible UK-based charities are able to choose from over 170 donated or discounted technology products from Partners such as Microsoft, Symantec and Cisco. The products include operating [...]
Keeping your people safe.. If you think health and safety has to be complicated – it doesn’t. This new website developed by The Health & Safety Executive will make it easier for you to comply with the law and manage health and safety in your business. For many businesses, all that’s required is a basic [...]
A long awaited resource! The Big Lottery Fund has launched a £5m social investment fund, using money from dormant bank accounts, which will invest in social finance intermediaries while the Big Society Bank is being set up. The bank, which is expected to start with about £300m, will act as a long-term wholesale lender to [...]