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How to Donate to Your Local Food Bank
With the prevalence of the pandemic, food insecurity is on the rise. According to the ENUF, 10 percent of households were food insecure in 2016. This number is only expected to grow. You can make a tangible impact on the quality of… Read More ›
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Coronavirus: How Are Restaurants and Pubs Keeping Customers Safe?
Businesses continue to struggle in the wake of the ongoing threat of COVID-19. Consumers are reluctant to spend and guidelines have restricted their usual interactions with commerce. This trend cuts even more deeply for restaurants and pubs where close contact and the personal… Read More ›
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Forming a CIC Company
Often when getting started with a project it’s easy to make mistakes. Few processes are truly intuitive and without direct and rapid feedback, one erroneous assumption quickly becomes many. Add to this the difficulty of streamlining processes so that they… Read More ›
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The Role of a Treasurer in a Charity
Registered charities don’t succeed by accident, they take effective planning and volunteers working to the utmost of standards. The board of trustees carries the obligation to see that the charity operates effectively and efficiently. None on the board is more… Read More ›
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Filing CIC Accounts: Guidelines for Community Interest Companies Accounts
Filing an annual report means facing a dedicated deadline that many struggle to plan for. Between wrestling with the details of what needs to be filed when the filing needs to be complete, and how much time the report compilation… Read More ›
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How to Find a Good Tiler
If everything worth doing is difficult then everyone worth hiring to do something must also be difficult to find. It isn’t just government that need to vet companies and deliberate over competing bids. Anyone looking to hire a professional should… Read More ›
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Critical Reasons Educational Charities Must Be Charitable
Doing good in the world is a difficult task, not only because of the effort but especially because of the resistance. People in local communities are naturally suspicious of organisations that claim altruism. They have, after all, been burned by… Read More ›
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How to Convert a CIC to a Charity
The instruction of community interest companies (CIC) provided organisations with new ways to view profit and community. Like any hybrid system, the aim was to match a combination of interests. However, a combination of interests rarely remains in balance. What… Read More ›
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7 Easy Steps To Effective Restaurant Accounting
Despite the mystique and allure of the title jack-of-all-trades, most people know only a few things in a few niches. It pays to be comfortable and knowledgeable about a single subject over dabbling in a dozen. Many professionals would rather… Read More ›
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COVID-19 Community Fundraising
Bodies and minds need constant motion and stimulation to stay healthy. In this trying time, one or the other emphasis slips through the cracks. To compensate for more at-home time, many people look for opportunities to help their communities. No… Read More ›