Do your Trustees understand their legal duties? Our experience is that in small charities they often don’t and this can lead to problems. This article provides a simple synopsis of charity Trustee duties.

4 years on from GDPR and new Data Protection legislation is in the offing. What will this mean for charities and fundraising in particular?

With continued concern about the governance of charities clear to see in the press and Charity Commission publications, this short articles explores why all charities should regularly review the health of their governance arrangements.

We are delighted that Almond Tree Strategic Consulting’s long-standing commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has recently been recognised through renewal of our CSR Accreditation, this time at the Gold award level.

The Charities Act 2022 became law in February 2022 and the Government has recently published its implementation plan for the new Act. But what will it mean for small charities?

In the third blog in our series we reflects from Emma Hale, Grants Manager at Clarion Futures on the work we have been doing with their partners since late 2020 and the impacts of their Recovery and Resilience Programme on both the foundation and their partners.

This is the second in a short series of blogs reflecting on the work we have been doing support small charities and social enterprises on behalf of Clarion Futures. This blog focuses on the findings from the evaluation of our work.

This is the first in a short series of blogs we will publish in the coming weeks reflecting on the work we have been doing support small charities and social enterprises on behalf of Clarion Futures.

Pandemic nor not, charities operate in a constant state of crisis. In this guest blog, William Roberts offer four principles to move your charity from crisis to calm.

Unsurprisingly, the pandemic has stimulated a large and sustained increase in cashless giving and the received wisdom appears to be that it is here to stay. But is there evidence to support the receive wisdom? It seems there may be.

The voluntary sector has gone through as much change as any over the last few years. In this guest blog, Ashley Staines of Volunteero provides some tips around how best to acquire, onboard, engage and retain your volunteers

Sometimes, when we are asked to help with a governance review or strategy development, we quickly discover that the underlying trigger for the charity asking for help is that there is disagreement or even conflict between trustees. This short article explore why this happens and what can be done about it.

We wish all our clients, and everyone working to sustain vital charity services, a restful and enjoyable Christmas and New Year and look forward to working with you in 2022.

In previous blogs we’ve explored what charity fundraising might look like post-Covid and the impacts on grant funding in particular. This article applauds funders for (mostly) stepping up to the mark to keep the sector afloat and meet the needs of vulnerable people during the pandemic.

Diversity on Trustee Boards has been on the agenda for a long time and yet the sector still isn’t stepping up to the mark. This short article explores this critical issue for the sector in a little more detail.

We frequently get asked to help small charities put in place a fit for purpose policy framework. Unfortunately this often starts out as a box-ticking exercise but it should be so much more important than that.

Over the last 18 months we’ve had lots of practice at getting the best out of online meetings, but now people are returning to their offices as well as working from home, we’re having to learn how to manage hybrid or mixed-mode meetings effectively. This short article explores how to get the best from hybrid meetings.

The pandemic has dramatically accelerated the use of digital tools and digital services but what about those who can’t access services online easily or at all?

Over the last couple of years we’ve worked with lots of start up not-for-profit organisations, many of whom have been struggling to decide if they should be structured as a Charity or a Community Interest Company. This post explores some of the things to consider when deciding the right legal structure for your non-profit.

With most charities expecting continued volatility in funding, demand for their services and volunteer capacity we argue that there needs to be more funding available for core costs over the next few years to help charities navigate these uncertainties.