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Charity Accountants’ Conference 2010

          

Don’t miss this two-day conference, held on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 September 2010 in Bristol, offers training, plenary, panel session and up to ten hours CPD. Book yours today!

Charityfair 2010

    

Our flagship event is less than a month away and sessions are filling up fast. Don’t miss your chance to get high quality training for £20! Book now!  

NEW Trustfunding Demo

        

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The Guide to Major Trusts Vol 1 & 2

     

Get the latest editions of our best-selling guides to grant-making trusts. 
Buy both volumes for £90 and save £40! 

Fundraising Tip

How do you encourage donors to give a gift in a will to support your work?
Find out about securing income from charitable legacies.

Legal Eyes

We’re interested in having some young people on our trustee board – is there anything we should be aware of? Read more.  
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Dear Colleague

We have been rebranded 'civil society' with a new Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd. That term isn’t perfect but let’s hope it’s the end of ‘third sector’ at any rate.  Beyond the new name, what does this Government of two very different parties mean for charities?  With funding cuts looming, we focus on the importance of independence and offer DSC’s approach to sticking to your core principles when applying for funds. We’ve also got the latest reaction and commentary about our research on ineligible applications to funders.  Plus Charityfair is only three weeks away, make sure you join us there!             
Debra Allcock Tyler, DSC Chief Executive
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Do the super-rich have a moral obligation to give away more money to charity than they do, especially when their wealth is increasing? 

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50% were in favour of a Labour government in our readers’ poll, in contrast to the real elections! Read more. 

Read about the purpose of DSC's survey.

What does the new Government mean for the voluntary sector?

The Conservatives’ Big Society agenda has been thrust up-front and centre, but how will charities, voluntary and community groups  prevail in the face of extensive public spending cuts? Find out the key issues we think will dominate voluntary sector debate in the coming months. Read more.  

When is a sector not a sector? When it grows tenfold overnight

With “Big Society” came the Office for Civil Society and with the Office came the Minister with the new title. But before we try to talk about a whole new definition of a sector, let’s keep in mind that it will be extremely difficult to define. We can’t know its exact size and shape so a tenfold increase in scale is just an estimate for now, but if the ‘Big Society’ is going to actually mean anything, it’s more important than ever that we have good data about what it is. Read more.  

The winners of Major Trusts

The 2010/11 editions of The Guide to the Major Trusts Volumes 1 & 2 have just been released and 980 registrants entered the competition to receive one of the five sets of volumes 1 & 2 FREE. The lucky winners are Fiona Gorton of Omega Research Foundation, Kathleen Commons of Refugee and Migrant Justice, Mark Buffet-Corrigan from Douglas Macmillan Hospice, Adrian Masters from Montgomery Masters Ltd, and Sara Saxon from SAVTE! If you did not win this time around, keep an eye out for our next competition in the coming months.

Receive FREE fundraising ideas throughout the year

NTT Fundraising runs an online service to help charities across the country develop their fundraising strategies. You will receive regular innovative fundraising tips free of charge and each one focuses on a different type of campaign or fundraising idea. 
To register for this fantastic free service visit the NTT website   
http://www.nttfundraising.co.uk/tips.aspx.

DSC Says

  • How do you stick to your principles when applying for much needed funding from potential funders? Ben Wittenberg, DSC's Director of Policy and Research offers DSC’s approach to assessing the appropriateness of any funding opportunity. Read more. 
  • Readers give their feedback about ineligible applications. DSC's research into the level of ineligible applications received by grantmaking charities ignited some good debate and commentary from readers. Read more. 
  • Smooth sailing? In an article by Fundraising magazine, DSC's Director of Policy and Research Ben Wittenberg and other experts discuss the issue of ineligible applications, and other challenges facing grantmakers in the current climate. Download pdf document. [For more such features by the team at Fundraising, log on to CivilSociety.co.uk]

Social Change Happens: The Willow Foundation

Each month in 2010 we are featuring one of the 12 nominees from the 2009 Social Change Awards. The Willow Foundation was short-listed as a finalist for the Everyday Impact Award for its work with seriously ill young adults (aged 16-40) to give them amazing days out that can help improve their quality of life. Learn more about The Willow Foundation's work [pdf document] or go to http://www.willowfoundation.org.uk.

Guest editorial: The importance of independence

Charitable Status: A Practical Handbook

Get the practical, jargon-free guide to setting up and running a charity. This handbook provides straightforward explanations of what a charity is and how it should operate. It covers charity categories, registration, liabilities, requirements, trade and many more basics needed for running a charity. This is must for charities and would-be charities, and their trustees, staff and advisors. Buy now!  

Soap Box: Alice in Funderland by Ged Gimpson

Ged Simpson, Funding Adviser at Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services sketches a light-hearted scenario of the weird weird world of funding. Read more.  

New online charity calendar to help fundraising efforts


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The developers of a unique free online calendar dedicated to charity events are urging all charities, both national and local, to upload details of their events for FREE. 

www.calendarcheck.co.uk is a new website designed to help organisers plan their events more effectively and boost fundraising potential by avoiding clashes with other high profile occasions.
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Would you like to promote your organisation to 46,000 sector professionals? Please contact Richard Lee    T:020 7391 4881  
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