CAS – Community Action Southwark

Locality has produced a quick guide to the Community Right to Bid and the Community Right to Challenge – part of the new Localism Act

 

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This resource will help you consider 10 top priorities for the coming marathon if you have a runner representing your organisation!

Top 10 tips to make your marathon fundraising campaign a success

 

The Business Survival Toolkit website has this new free tool to help you spot trouble ahead.

 

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CAS has just compiled this briefing information sheet for charities working overseas. 

It includes information on financial arrangements for transferring money overseas, fundraising support, and where to go for more information

 

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Trustee guide on sustainable funding

A new publication from NCVO aims to give clear guidance to trustees on financial sustainability of their charity, and for them to feel confident about developing a “mixed economy of funding” – grants, contracts and donations but also income from trading goods and services.

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Our new briefing on Trustee Liability is now available to download!

Trustee Liabilities are the things that Trustees are responsible for in terms of running the organisation in accordance with charity rules.  It’s very important to understand your liabilities when you become a Trustee to make sure the organisation is running well and you are managing risks carefully.  In some circumstances trustees become personally liable for debts that the charity cannot meet.

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All charities need to think about collaborating and working in partnership, whether formally or informally, to make best use of their resources and ensure they’re providing the best possible service for beneficiaries by linking with other organisations and agencies working in similar areas.  We’ve got some useful videos with practical ideas about collaboration from CAS’s own Trustee Conference and from Knowledge Peers.

 

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If you’ve contacted CAS for fundraising advice, we will probably have suggested you look at Funding Central, a free website for charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises – providing access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs.  Funding Central is designed and run by NCVO.

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New Jargonbuster available for Voluntary Sector Organisations.

Jargon is the specialised or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group

Funders and support agencies use concepts and terms from the language of planning, project management and performance improvement in different ways. This lack of agreed definitions has led to widespread confusion about what particular terms mean and how to use them most appropriately.

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Our new briefing on Business planning is available for members to download!

Every voluntary and community organisation can benefit from a written business plan which sets out the direction and planned performance of the organisation.

A business plan is a vital ingredient when preparing proposals for potential funders.

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