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  • Finance Focus Spring 2025: A time of renewal and transformation

    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
    Written by: Emma Abbott
    On: 24.04.2025

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

    Time to read: 1 minutes
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  • Building financial resilience

    Topics: Risk / IT, technology and digital / Investment / Financial sustainability / Banking and financial services
    Posted by: Roland Pearce
    On: 11.04.2025

    Roland Pearce and the team at Barclays share insights from the 12th National Charities Day, looking at ways to cope with the pressures of difficult economic conditions and take advantage of opportunities.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • Joined-up thinking: The importance of a holistic approach to financial management

    Topics: Risk / Investment / Governance, legal and compliance / Financial sustainability / Charity finance policy / Accounting and reporting
    Posted by: Tatyana Mursalimov
    On: 08.04.2025

    At the recent Charity Finance Group Investment Conference, Tatyana Mursalimov, CEO of PMCL, delivered a session on a subject of growing significance within the sector: the importance of a holistic approach to financial management in charities.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • Policy

    Ida's Intel: SORP, Spring Statement and Scotland (3 April 2025)

    Topics: Tax and VAT / Risk / Governance, legal and compliance / Financial sustainability / Charity finance policy / Accounting and reporting
    Written by: Ida Karlsson
    On: 03.04.2025

    It's been a busy time with the launch of two significant consultations, changes in Scotland and meetings with MPs.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Event

    Navigating AI in 2025: Data protection considerations for charities deploying AI technologies

    Topics: Risk / IT, technology and digital / Governance, legal and compliance
    Written by: Eleonor Duhs
    On: 20.03.2025

    Bates Wells’ Head of Data and Privacy, Eleanor Duhs, shares six top tips for charities to consider when deploying or using AI in the year ahead, including key questions to ask developers about AI technologies.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Special Interest Group

    Relating the story of Relate

    Topics: Risk / People and culture / Governance, legal and compliance / Financial sustainability / Crisis management
    Written by: Emma Abbott
    On: 19.03.2025

    CFG’s new Turnaround Special Interest Group held its first meeting in March and welcomed insolvency experts from FRP Advisory to share their insights and knowledge.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Policy

    Ida's intel: charity policy updates from Parliament and beyond (12 March 2025)

    Topics: Tax and VAT / Risk / People and culture / Leadership and career development / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Economy and policy
    Written by: Ida Karlsson
    On: 11.03.2025

    In the second of her regular policy reports, Ida Karlsson, CFG's Policy Officer, wraps up what's been going on in Parliament and further afield, covering the aid budget cut, new OSCR guidance and dormant assets.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Charities call on government to introduce paid volunteer leave

    Topics: Risk / People and culture
    Written by: CFG
    On: 07.03.2025

    A coalition of charities is calling on the government to introduce statutory paid volunteering leave.

    Time to read: 1 minutes
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  • Event

    Refusing and returning charitable donations: Legal framework and best practices

    Topics: Risk / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding
    Written by: Glyn Sheldon
    On: 27.02.2025

    Tamsin Anderson from Mills & Reeve recently presented a comprehensive overview of when and how charities can refuse or return donations at a CFG webinar, drawing on the Charity Commission's guidance and her extensive legal experience in the sector.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Event

    We urgently need to talk about risk management

    Topics: Risk / People and culture
    Written by: Emma Abbott
    On: 26.02.2025

    CFG’s CEO, Caron Bradshaw OBE, tells Risk Conference that traditional approaches are broken. It’s time for change, with a new collaborative leading the charge - and everyone's invited! Emma Abbott reports.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • ICYMI: Finance Focus Winter 2025

    Topics: Risk / Procurement and resources / People and culture / Leadership and career development / Investment / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Environmental, social, governance (ESG) / Economy and policy / Crisis management / Banking and financial services / Accounting and reporting
    Posted by: Emma Abbott
    On: 29.01.2025

    Read the Winter 2025 edition of Finance Focus (members only).

    Time to read: 1 minutes
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  • Long read

    Global heating: risk management and strategic thinking in the charity sector

    Topics: Risk / Procurement and resources / People and culture / Investment / Governance, legal and compliance / Financial sustainability / Environmental, social, governance (ESG)
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 19.12.2024

    Ruth Jenkins from Keep Britain Tidy and Simon Hughes from Crowe UK take a look at the risks of global heating, their interrelated nature and complexities, and pose important questions on managing risk.

    Time to read: 12 minutes
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