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Topics: People and culture

As part of CFG's commitment to supporting the wellbeing of its employees, we will be closed for the last week of July 2025.

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Topics: People and culture / Governance, legal and compliance

From autumn 2025, charitable organisations will need to start navigating the changes set out in the Government's Employment Rights Bill. Thérèse Rankin from Bates Wells shares a guide to what provisions are coming into force and when. 

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Topics: Tax and VAT / People and culture / IT, technology and digital

As the Finance Director of Artichoke, Neil Goulder has spent years ensuring the financial foundations of this unique arts charity are rock solid. From the iconic Sultan's Elephant that drew a million people to London's streets in 2006 to the biennial Lumiere festival in Durham, Artichoke creates free, outdoor experiences that transform how communities see their world.

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Topics: People and culture / Financial sustainability

As The Joshua Tree approaches its 20th anniversary, we speak with CEO Richard Driffield about how they’re supporting families and the challenges of being a small charity.

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Topics: People and culture / IT, technology and digital / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Financial sustainability

As income declines, the demands, costs and stress levels keep rising. CFG’s survey of its small and micro charity members paints a picture of the financial pressures they face.

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Topics: People and culture / Investment / Financial sustainability

In two weeks' time, we'll be gathering at CFG's 2025 Annual Conference. We speak with Sophie Ward from HSBC Global Private Banking about this year's theme: Strong Foundations, Lasting Impact – and why getting the fundamentals right is everything in today's volatile landscape.

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Topics: People and culture

This Volunteers Week, we're celebrating our own volunteers, and echoing calls for the government to introduce statutory volunteering leave. While we await potential policy changes, we can lead the way to extend volunteering far beyond our own organisations.

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Topics: People and culture

As we celebrate Volunteers Week 2025, CFG takes immense pride in recognising the extraordinary contributions of volunteers both within our own organisation and across the charity sector as a whole.

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Topics: People and culture

Volunteers Week comes at a critical time for the charity sector. Volunteer numbers are down and if the trends continue, the very foundations of community support could be at risk.

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Topics: People and culture / Leadership and career development / Accounting and reporting

We talk to Carol Rudge from HW Fisher about what this year’s CFG Annual Conference theme – Strong Foundations, Lasting Impact – means to her, and why this is a big year for charity finance.

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Topics: Risk / People and culture / Leadership and career development / IT, technology and digital / Governance, legal and compliance / Gift Aid / Fraud / Environmental, social, governance (ESG) / Economy and policy / Accounting and reporting

Check out what's new in charity finance and beyond... Read the Spring issue of Finance Focus. 

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Topics: People and culture / Environmental, social, governance (ESG) / Economy and policy

In an article originally published in Charity Times in March 2025, CFG CEO Caron Bradshaw discusses equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and asks what, if anything, could we learn from Donald Trump?

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