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Leeds Health and Care Learning Portal: Log in to the site

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If you are trading using a social enterprise then you can now get training and coaching support to grow your enterprise.

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What Is AI? - ebook. A recent basic intro to Artificial Intelligence with more to come soon on its potential use in organisations

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What Is AI? - ebook. A recent basic intro to Artificial Intelligence with more to come soon on its potential use in organisations

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Advice for employers and line managers on how to handle challenging or difficult conversations at work.

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Challenging conversations and how to manage them (PDF, 195 KB)
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Advice and practical steps for employers and line managers on handling challenging or difficult one-to-one conversations with staff.

If you need this document in a more accessible format, email digital@acas.org.uk. Please tell us which format you need.

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Advice for employers and line managers on how to handle challenging or difficult conversations at work. Challenging conversations and how to manage them (PDF, 195 KB) Advice and practical steps for employers and line managers on handling challenging or difficult one-to-one conversations with staff. If you need this document in a more accessible format, email digital@acas.org.uk.

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Advice for employers and line managers on how to handle challenging or difficult conversations at work.

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Challenging conversations and how to manage them (PDF, 195 KB)
Details

Advice and practical steps for employers and line managers on handling challenging or difficult one-to-one conversations with staff.

If you need this document in a more accessible format, email digital@acas.org.uk. Please tell us which format you need.

Published July 2014

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See if any of your trustees want to join the VAL trustees network

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See if any of your trustees want to join the VAL trustees network

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Easily create surveys and polls to collect customer feedback, measure employee satisfaction, and organize team events.

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Discover the Future of Leadership in Pete Srodoski's "Lead With Empathy"

In the dynamic world of modern business, success hinges on more than just strategies and goals; it's about the profound impact of leadership. Pete Srodoski's "Lead With Empathy" emerges as a transformative guide, redefining the essence of effective leadership for today's managers and executives.

Why This Book is a Must-Read:

Tailored for Today's Leaders: Whether you're climbing the corporate ladder, heading a small team, or striving to excel in your leadership journey, "Lead With Empathy" provides the insights and tools needed to transform your approach and leave a lasting impact.

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Your Leadership Transformation Awaits: "Lead With Empathy" isn't just a book; it's your roadmap to becoming a leader who inspires, connects, and makes a real difference in today's fast-paced business world. Take the first step towards redefining your leadership journey.

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Lead With Empathy: Elevate Your Leadership & Management Skills, Build Strong Teams, and Inspire Lasting Change in Your Business

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Buy Lead With Empathy: Elevate Your Leadership & Management Skills, Build Strong Teams, and Inspire Lasting Change in Your Business by Srodoski, Pete (ISBN: 9798988272779) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Bear Grylls: Man VS Failure, Anxiety & Imposter Syndrome | E155

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Putting our best book forward

Each Great on Kindle book offers a great reading experience, at a better value than print to keep your wallet happy.

Explore your book, then jump right back to where you left off with Page Flip.

View high quality images that let you zoom in to take a closer look.

Enjoy features only possible in digital - start reading right away, carry your library with you, adjust the font, create shareable notes and highlights, and more.

Discover additional details about the events, people, and places in your book, with Wikipedia integration.

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The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

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Buy The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life by Bartlett, Steven (ISBN: 9781529146509) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Community Accounting for West Yorkshire from WYCAS

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Community Accounting for West Yorkshire from WYCAS

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Welcome to West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service (WYCAS) CIO. We support community groups and organisations based in West Yorkshire through a range of services. If you have any accounts questions or issues you would like to discuss, please contact us and we will do our best to help.

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Are you in the 27% of charities using Artificial Intelligence, AI. If not what should or could you be doing?

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Are you in the 27% of charities using Artificial Intelligence, AI. If not what should or could you be doing?

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How are charities using AI in service delivery?

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We explore the charities leading the way in using AI to deliver their services, and highlight some key steps every charity should take before embracing the technology

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Fundraise or donate with JustGiving, the worlds leading online fundraising platform, helping charities to make more with GiftAid

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Free software for charities, NPOs, clubs and associations. No catches. Sound good?

By continuing to use this website, you agree to our use of cookies for visitor analytics. More Info I understand

Free Software for Charities

Benchmark's software packages are completely free to all registered charities, churches, clubs and non-profit organisations (NPOs) as part of our Free Software for Charities project.

There are no catches - full versions of our software are free to charities and NPOs, with no limitations or reduced functionality. And if you need software support we offer a hugely discounted fee of just £10 a month. Simple.

To find out more about our software packages, use the navigation table on the right. And if you think our software might help you run your charity or NPO better, get in touch and we'll explain how our Free Software for Charities project works.

Download your demo
Giving new software a whirl before you start to use it is a really good idea and it couldn't be easier. Simply click on the appropriate download link below, install the software and have a play.
Accounting and Payroll Software Other Software
Where's the catch?

To be absolutely clear, we supply software free-of-charge to charities and NPOs with no obligation whatsoever. We're confident that you'll like the software so the best way for you to find out about it is to actually use it. It really is that simple.

What our customers say

Brilliant! It just makes so much difference to how we work and is so easy.

- Margo Fisher - Daisi

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Free software for charities, NPOs, clubs and associations. Full accounting, payroll and CRM software with no limitations or reduced functionality.

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Free software for charities, NPOs, clubs and associations. No catches. Sound good?

By continuing to use this website, you agree to our use of cookies for visitor analytics. More Info I understand

Free Software for Charities

Benchmark's software packages are completely free to all registered charities, churches, clubs and non-profit organisations (NPOs) as part of our Free Software for Charities project.

There are no catches - full versions of our software are free to charities and NPOs, with no limitations or reduced functionality. And if you need software support we offer a hugely discounted fee of just £10 a month. Simple.

To find out more about our software packages, use the navigation table on the right. And if you think our software might help you run your charity or NPO better, get in touch and we'll explain how our Free Software for Charities project works.

Download your demo
Giving new software a whirl before you start to use it is a really good idea and it couldn't be easier. Simply click on the appropriate download link below, install the software and have a play.
Accounting and Payroll Software Other Software
Where's the catch?

To be absolutely clear, we supply software free-of-charge to charities and NPOs with no obligation whatsoever. We're confident that you'll like the software so the best way for you to find out about it is to actually use it. It really is that simple.

What our customers say

Brilliant! It just makes so much difference to how we work and is so easy.

- Margo Fisher - Daisi

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Free software for charities - Benchmark Software

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The Christmas Challenge is the UK's biggest collaborative fundraising campaign, which supports a wide range of charitable organisations in all cause-areas. It is our flagship, annual, 7-day online match funding campaign, which raised over £28.6m for 1,021 charities and facilitated 81,000 donations in 2022.

2023 Campaign Dates: 28th November - 5th December

2024 Key Dates: Applications Open: May 13th | Campaign: 3rd - 10th December

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The Christmas Challenge is the UK's biggest collaborative fundraising campaign, which supports a wide range of charitable organisations in all cause-areas. It is our flagship, annual, 7-day online match funding campaign, which raised over £28.6m for 1,021 charities and facilitated 81,000 donations in 2022.

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How about setting up a charity shop on Amazon?

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Support the 2023 Poppy Appeal!

The Royal British Legion is working with Amazon to promote a range of products from the Poppy Shop, where 100% of the profits fund work to provide lifelong support for the Armed Forces.
This year, RBL is proud to introduce the new plastic-free poppy, made entirely from paper. Available from October 2023, the new poppy is made from an innovative blend of renewable fibres from responsible sources and can be recycled in ordinary paper recycling collections. Visit RBL's Poppy Shop on Amazon and show your support!

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Online shopping from a great selection at Amazon for Charity Store.

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An example of a basic guide on how to write a fundraising strategy

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Developing your fundraising strategy

Prioritising goals and activities is always a good starting point when putting together your strategy, will help ensure you make maximum use of your organisation's resources.

There is no set template when putting together a fundraising strategy, but asking the following questions can provide a framework for your plans.

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Developing your fundraising strategy | CAF Fundraising Fundamentals

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Part one of our Fundraising Fundamentals guide shows you how to start developing your fundraising strategy.

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Learn how to create your campaign, how to share with family and friends, and how to manage your donations on GoFundMe.

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When you pay through eBay Checkout for an item you've won, you have the option to add a small donation to your purchase. By adding a little extra to your purchase, you can support a good cause when you shop on eBay.

Select the amount you wish to donate.

Pay for your purchase with PayPal. If you do not want to pay by PayPal, you'll be asked to go back and remove the donation

Tick the box that says "I want to donate ñ to...".

Visit the eBay for Charity homepage to view all the items being sold for charity. From there, you can search for a particular item or choose a charity to support.

Run an Advanced Search for eBay for Charity listings by ticking the " eBay for Charity items" box.

You can choose which charity (or charities) you see in checkout on the ' My Favourite Charities' page within your Donation Account.

Your donation will be collected and delivered by PayPal Giving Fund, eBay's partner charity. You can boost the value of your donation by 25% by going to PayPal and making your Gift Aid declaration.

Note that your donation will appear as a separate transaction, paid to PayPal Giving Fund, in your PayPal account.

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Raising funds to benefit UK charities.

PayPal Giving Fund helps people support their favourite charities online and helps charities raise funds through PayPal, eBay and other technology platforms. PayPal Giving Fund is a UK Registered Charity (No. 1110538).

Our partners.

Enrol with PayPal Giving Fund and get valuable support from our trusted partners.

Uber

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. By changing how people, food, and things move through cities, Uber is a platform that opens up the world to new possibilities and creates opportunity through movement. Uber users can support causes they care about through charitable campaigns featured on the app.

Twitch

Twitch is an interactive livestreaming service and global community that comes together every day to create unique, live, and unpredictable experiences from the interactions of millions. Twitch's charity tool makes it easier for streamers to raise money for causes they care about by removing the hassle from donation tracking and making it easier for viewers to donate directly to a charitable cause.

"The donations raised through PayPal Giving Fund allow us to continue to keep sharing our important mental health messages and to reach a wide audience in creative and engaging ways."

Sarah Tite, Head of Individual Giving and Legacies, Mental Health Foundation

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Donate Money To Charity Online | PayPal UK

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Have an IT project that could be solved via crowdsourcing solutions?

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Have an IT project that could be solved via crowdsourcing solutions?

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Over 13,000
UK Charities
The Game Has Changed Yet Again

While other companies are busy trying to find ways to take from charities, we work relentlessley to find ways to give more to them in order to help them make our world a better place.
#nocompromiseonhope

The Game Has Changed Yet Again

While other companies are busy trying to find ways to take from charities, we work relentlessley to find ways to give more to them in order to help them make our world a better place.
#nocompromiseonhope

For charities this is phenomenal.

"It's entirely free and we get constantly updated web based software which interfaces with our accounts package. And the support is instant. The people behind this deserve huge praise."

Gideon Falter

Perfect and such a easy way! Thank´s for youre work!

Shipley Masjid Association

Horizon Angling Club For The Disabled

Waldringfield Baptist Church

Home Start Runnymede and Woking

Link Community Development International

Llandudno Rotary Club Trust Fund

Plant The Seed Ministries

Christ Hope Of Glory Ministries

The Pegasus Children's Project Limited - Kathmandu

UK AUTISTIC - part of The UK Minds Foundation

Add Information Services(ADDISS)

Plymouth Sports Academy Limited

The Gambia Education Project

Partners Relief And Development UK

Surrey Heath Muslim Association

Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue

Mersey Weaver District Scout Council

The South Clwyd Beekeepers Association (Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr De Clwyd)

No More Dodos - charity in process of being closed June 2022

High Barnet Good Neighbour Scheme

Hampden Gurney Parent Teachers Association

Triratna Buddhist Community (shrewsbury)

Friends Of Animals In Need

Occupational Therapists Without Borders

The Emerson College Trust Limited

The Moggery Rehoming Centre

The Resolution Foundation

RSPCA Suffolk East And Ipswich Branch

Travelling Light Theatre Company

Bury St. Edmunds And District Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Association

The North Tyneside Citizens Advice Bureau

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This guide will steer you through the logistics of setting up a charity in simple steps. We will be with you on your journey - from that initial idea, calling or passion, to registration and beyond. We'll be here to support with any queries you might have around the set up and running of your charity.

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Charities can register online with HMRC and claim tax relief or get tax back on Gift Aid donations and bank interest, charitable purposes, registration

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Support to source prizes to use in fundraising

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Support to source prizes to use in fundraising

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CHARITY ESCAPES

Are you a fundraiser, committee member or event organiser looking for fundraising prizes?

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1. PURPOSE

To help good causes raise funds they otherwise wouldn't have been able to access.

2. MISSION

To make it easier for charities to source prizes needed for fundraising events.

3. VISION

For charities to have continuous support and access to a huge selection of high quality prizes.

Our Model

We only ask for two things when one of our carefully sourced prizes is used in an event:

1) A tweet and Facebook post thanking the prize donor

2) For 35% of the total our prize raises to come back to us

We then pass this % to our foundation, so 100% of all funds raised goes to charity!

For example, if a prize we provided you with raised £100 - your charity would keep £65 and our charity would receive £35.

See below how our model compares to that of a commercial auction company.
OUR MODEL
Raised For Charity

£954,211 of our £1,000,000 target has been raised.

Since 2017 we have supplied more than 2,600 prizes to over 900 charities at 1,500 fundraising events!
READ OUR STORY The Middleton Foundation Trustees

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We source donated prizes from a wide range of businesses to be used in a charity auction / raffle prizes. Saving you time, energy and stress..

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Over 13,000
UK Charities
The Game Has Changed Yet Again

While other companies are busy trying to find ways to take from charities, we work relentlessley to find ways to give more to them in order to help them make our world a better place.
#nocompromiseonhope

The Game Has Changed Yet Again

While other companies are busy trying to find ways to take from charities, we work relentlessley to find ways to give more to them in order to help them make our world a better place.
#nocompromiseonhope

For charities this is phenomenal.

"It's entirely free and we get constantly updated web based software which interfaces with our accounts package. And the support is instant. The people behind this deserve huge praise."

Gideon Falter

Perfect and such a easy way! Thank´s for youre work!

Shipley Masjid Association

Horizon Angling Club For The Disabled

Waldringfield Baptist Church

Home Start Runnymede and Woking

Link Community Development International

Llandudno Rotary Club Trust Fund

Plant The Seed Ministries

Christ Hope Of Glory Ministries

The Pegasus Children's Project Limited - Kathmandu

UK AUTISTIC - part of The UK Minds Foundation

Add Information Services(ADDISS)

Plymouth Sports Academy Limited

The Gambia Education Project

Partners Relief And Development UK

Surrey Heath Muslim Association

Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue

Mersey Weaver District Scout Council

The South Clwyd Beekeepers Association (Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr De Clwyd)

No More Dodos - charity in process of being closed June 2022

High Barnet Good Neighbour Scheme

Hampden Gurney Parent Teachers Association

Triratna Buddhist Community (shrewsbury)

Friends Of Animals In Need

Occupational Therapists Without Borders

The Emerson College Trust Limited

The Moggery Rehoming Centre

The Resolution Foundation

RSPCA Suffolk East And Ipswich Branch

Travelling Light Theatre Company

Bury St. Edmunds And District Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Association

The North Tyneside Citizens Advice Bureau

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Find journalists interested in your cause and get your message out

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A free service designed to help journalists and charities. Journalists can use it to find case studies, spokespeople and information from a wide range of charities. Charities can use it to build their media contacts and coverage.

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Leading a third sector organisation and need pro bono mentoring or consultancy?

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Leading a third sector organisation and need pro bono mentoring or consultancy?

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What WCoMC does and can do to help NonProfit Organisations

We are active highly experienced Management Consultants, Mentors and Coaches. As a Modern Livery Company, our members are all closely involved in our profession and we all share a passion to give back to Society.

The most effective way for us to achieve this is by using our expertise to make a lasting positive impact through helping the NonProfit sector on a ProBono basis. We aim to ensure our work achieves a sustainable positive outcome, either directly through the consulting projects we undertake, or indirectly by increasing through our mentoring support the skills and capabilities of individuals within the sector, so that they enhance the achievements of their own organisations. We summarise our work in the phrase " Giving and Gaining".

The menu to the left will take you through the key areas of our support. If we do not address your immediate questions, do not hesitate to contact the Chair of our ProBono Committee, through which all our ProBono support is managed. If you would like to request our support, please click on this link and complete our application form.

Giving and Gaining

One of the most important ways in which our members Gain is from their Giving to the NonProfit Sector, through ProBono Consultancy or Mentoring Support. We have an enthusiastic community of active consultants who freely offer their time to help charities and other non-profit enterprises grapple with the day to day issues of running their organisations. We focus our ProBono Support where it can have the most impact on improving social outcomes, particularly supporting the activities of charitable organisations that are either unable to pay normal consulting fees or have exceptional cases for support. Overall, we provide the equivalent of £1m of support each year through our ProBono programme - which typically in today's economy has an overall impact of the order of £7m.

The Sea Cadets, for example, have benefited
from a combination of ProBono Support
and Charitable Fund grants for
vital equipment, all to enhance the impact
achieved by the organisaton

Our probono work is complemented by our Charitable Fund which can provide modest grants on successful application. Overall, we have found that the impact of a grant can be greatly magnified by probono support.

As our clients and members have put it:

"Never has the social commitment of the consultancy profession been as clear as it is here"

"It has been a real eye-opener to work at the top level of such interesting charities"

"I have done charitable work before, but rarely seen such a direct impact from my contribution"

"I have not previously had the opportunity to work with such expert, enthusiastic and supportive people"

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We are active highly experienced Management Consultants, Mentors and Coaches. As a Modern Livery Company, our members are all closely involved in our profession and we all share a passion to give back to Society. The most effective way for us to achieve this is by using our expertise to make a lasting positive impact through helping the NonProfit sector on a ProBono basis.

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Paul Skinner's latest book The Purpose Upgrade has been shortlisted for the 2023 Business Book Awards
Read More

For children in Malawi millions of school days are lost every year due to poor health and inadequate sanitation, which massively impacts on their education and development
Read More

Later this month we'll see the publication of Paul's second book title The Purpose Upgrade: Change your Business to Save the World. Change the World to Save your Business
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Pimp My Cause in partnership with Women Hack for Non-Profits

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Pimp My Cause: Marketing volunteering - pro bono marketing for charities and social enterprises.

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Free support for distributing press releases

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Free support for distributing press releases

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We fully understand the effort that charities put into helping others, raising awareness and making a difference to the lives of others. It can be an up hill struggle with no sight on the horizon when trying to gain media coverage for campaigns.

We are offering charities, non profit organisations and social enterprises free press release distribution to national, regional and local media outlets including all online channels.

How we help

We work with a variety of journalists at publications around the world such as Newspapers, Magazines, Radio Stations, TV and Bloggers on a daily basis which enables us to send your news to the most relevant media outlets.

Your organisation might already have a dedicated team managing the public relations, but this is where Pressat can help you gain a little more publicity and build your online visibility.

How to submit a press release

If you would like to submit free press releases through our newswire, please follow the below steps.
Get Started:

1. Register with the organisations details here: https://pressat.co.uk/user/register/

2. Email support@pressat.co.uk with your registration email and charity number so we can verify your account.

3. Add the organisation profile

4. Upload press release and publish

If you would like more information on who receives your press release, the free submission comes with all the benefits of our PAYG package.

Free press release template

If you need help structuring your press release and guidance with abiding by industry standards, please feel free to download and use our press release template.

Who are we helping?

Take a look at our Charities and Non-profit category to see the latest announcements.

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We fully understand the effort that charities put into helping others, raising awareness and making a difference to the lives of others. It can be an up hill struggle with no sight on the horizon when trying to gain media coverage for campaigns.

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Property Help - Expert Property Advice For Charities

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We believe in the power of the media to change lives

As a charity, we work in partnership with the media and creative industry to give marginalised groups a stronger voice. We do this by promoting capacity-building for charities and skills-based volunteering by the media and creative sector, empowering young people from diverse backgrounds to work in the industry.

More about Media Trust

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We believe in the power of media to change lives. As a charity, we work in partnership with the media and creative industry to give marginalised groups a stronger voice.

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We believe in the power of the media to change lives

As a charity, we work in partnership with the media and creative industry to give marginalised groups a stronger voice. We do this by promoting capacity-building for charities and skills-based volunteering by the media and creative sector, empowering young people from diverse backgrounds to work in the industry.

More about Media Trust

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Reduced price products to help deliver services

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We work with charitable organisations and companies to ensure everyone has access to the products they need to keep clean, safe and well.

Why does product giving matter?

Living should mean thriving, not just getting-by and surviving. We know that giving people access to the products they need, isn't the solution to poverty, illness or disadvantage, but it can alleviate financial stress and enhance lives every day.

By working together, we can reach more people and more communities, enabling them to thrive. We already impact the lives of 445,000 people every week. With your support we can help even more. By working together we can make a difference.

We enable manufacturers and retailers to support communities at scale, with the most needed products.

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We power product donations across the UK. We are the meeting point between our donating corporate partners and charitable organisations. We listen to our charitable network's needs and act fast to generate the most impact by sourcing the right product donations, at the right time.

Our charitable and corporate partners

We work closely with a range of corporate partners and charitable organisations to achieve our mission, ensuring everyone has access to life's essentials and that no usable product goes to waste.

Our collaboration extends to hundreds of companies, enabling us to support a much greater number of charities, and together provide vital supplies to millions of people each year. We partner with organisations who share our goals and values - making product giving easy, unlocking vital funds back into the voluntary sector, and enabling more people to thrive in communities across the UK.

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Protect your business from major disruption during an emergency by having a plan, also called business continuity.

Leeds Alert

Get to know about emergency situations that may happen in Leeds. Register with Leeds Alert External link .

An emergency can happen at any time and cost your business money. You should have a plan in place to help during and after an emergency. This is called a business continuity plan.

Business continuity plan

You will need to make your own emergency plan to help deal with major disruptions to your business. Think about:

what your staff will need to do

how to carry on meeting important deadlines

how to tell your customers or community that you cannot provide business as usual

Making a plan

Your emergency plan should:

include risks which could cause major disruption to your business

show who will lead on business continuity

say who makes decisions and who does what

prioritise which parts of your business must be maintained and how

For more information and advice on how to create a plan, see the Business Continuity Institute's website External link .

Getting help with making your plan

We run business continuity meetings two or three times a year at the Civic Hall.

If you are interested in attending, email businesscontinuity@leeds.gov.uk. If you have registered with Leeds Alert you will get an email when a meeting is coming up.

Evacuation

There may be situations where it's not safe to stay in your business premises. Always follow your business evacuation plan.

Sometimes, the emergency services will tell you to evacuate when there's an emergency that affects more than just your business. Find more information on evacuations in Leeds.

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Models, templates and guidance for constitutions, articles of association and trust deeds for a new charity or charitable trust.

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When we see the world as it really is, a living, constantly evolving ecosystem, full of variation and interdependence, we question many accepted beliefs regarding the way our organisations perpetuate their existence as well as the ways in which they adapt and change. The standard business school models that have become so widely accepted as the only way to consider this begin to break down. Life is not linear, deterministic and pre-planned. It is complex, generative and at times stunningly spontaneous. This raises questions for us as leaders. In a complex, self-ordering world, what is the space for planning and control? How do we influence things for the better and who decides what 'better' really means? What is our agency?

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Why is organisational change an issue?
Many organisations face continuous pressure to change in order to meet their business objectives in a competitive market place. Industry is undergoing increasing change and there has been, and continues to be, pressure for organisational change and staff reductions.

Organisational changes such as reducing staffing levels, using contractors or outsourcing, combining departments, or changes to roles & responsibilities are usually not analysed and controlled as thoroughly as plant or process changes. Such changes can, if inadequately conceived or implemented, have a detrimental effect on safety.Even subtle changes to organisations can have significant impacts on the management of hazards.

Rapid or continuous change can also have a detrimental effect on health and poorly managed organisational change can increase the workforce's experience of stress.

Key principles of managing organisational change

The key issue is that the direct and indirect effects of a proposed change on the control of hazards should be identified and assessed.

Due to the greater potential consequences of an accident, major accident hazard sites should aim for higher reliability in their planning and decision making.

Avoid too many simultaneous changes which may result in inadequate attention to some or all. Phase changes whenever possible.

Organisational change should be planned in a thorough, systematic, and realistic way; similar to the processes for managing plant change.

Two aspects of the change need risk assessment: risks and opportunities resulting from the change (where you want to get to) and risks arising from the process of change (how you get there).

Consult with staff (including contractors) before, during and after the change - don't miss serious issues hidden among all the natural concerns.

Ensure that all key tasks and responsibilities are identified and successfully transferred to the new organisation.

Provide training and experienced support/supervision for staff with new or changed roles.

Consider reviews of plans and assessments by independent internal or external experts - be prepared to challenge.

Remember that change can happen even to apparently static organisations eg the effects of an ageing workforce.

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Consider.it: An Online Forum for Community Engagement

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When we embarked on rebranding, I was daunted with the task of engaging constituents across the state. As a small non-profit, we didn't have the funds to reach everyone in-person. With Consider.it, we could engage far more people for a cost we could afford.

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When we embarked on rebranding, I was daunted with the task of engaging constituents across the state. As a small non-profit, we didn't have the funds to reach everyone in-person. With Consider.it, we could engage far more people for a cost we could afford.

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When we embarked on rebranding, I was daunted with the task of engaging constituents across the state. As a small non-profit, we didn't have the funds to reach everyone in-person. With Consider.it, we could engage far more people for a cost we could afford.

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Supporting voice and influence in the third sector

Third sector organisations, and the people they work with, are directly affected by both local and national government policies. So it's really important that the views of the Third Sector are reflected in decision making.

To support this we have a number of different forums and networks in Leeds to help the third sector have 'voice and influence'. By bringing people and organisations together that have a common interest, we can work collectively to advocate on a range of important issues and topics.

Networks & Forums

Discover some of the key groups advocating on behalf of the third sector in Leeds

Forum Central

Forum Central is a network of health and social care third sector organisations in Leeds delivered by the partnership of: Leeds Older People's Forum and Volition (the Mental Health, Physical and Sensory Impairment and Learning Disabilities Forum). Their mission is to be a collective voice for the health and care third sector in Leeds and combined membership currently stands at around 300 third sector organisations, large and small, all across Leeds.

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LeedsACTS!

LeedsACTS! (Academic Collaboration with the Third Sector) is a unique partnership between Voluntary Action Leeds and the three Universities in Leeds: Leeds Beckett University, Leeds Trinity University and the University of Leeds. It builds relationships between researchers, charities, voluntary and community organisations to foster joint working for the benefit of the communities of Leeds.

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Leeds Crime Reduction Network

The Leeds Crime Reduction Network brings together organisations working to support both the victims and perpetrators of crime to help create safer communities by discussing shared problems and finding shared solutions. The network is funded by the Violence Reduction Unit and is facilitated by Voluntary Action Leeds.

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Leeds Voices

This project is now on hold.

For information about volunteering to support key health messages in the local community, take a look at the Community Champions Project.

Leeds Voices is funded by the NHS Leeds CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group) to help the people and communities of Leeds have their say on new and existing health services in City. This is achieved with the help of partner organisations and volunteers all across the City. Leeds Voices reaching out to a wide range of people including hard to reach communities and full time workers as well as the general public.

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Third Sector Leeds

TSL is the forum in Leeds that promotes, represents and advocates for not-for-profit groups and organisations (known as the 'Third Sector') in Leeds. Working closely with large organisations that set the direction for the city, including the Council and the Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (the NHS) to ensure that as many third sector organisations as possible, particularly the smaller ones, are involved in discussions on city-wide challenges and solutions.

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Young Lives Leeds

Young Lives Leeds is the primary point of contact for partners to engage both strategically and locally with third sector organisations and groups who support children, young people and their families. It does this by giving organisations the voice, information and advice they need to be involved in the development of better services for children, young people and families.

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Women's Lives Leeds

Women's Lives Leeds is an alliance of women's centred organisations in Leeds. It is the leading voice for women, young women and girls across the city and has established two networks: The Women's Hub, and the Girls Hub (Vocal Girls) that aim to provide collective places for women and girls to talk, challenge and campaign about issues that matter to them in Leeds

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Key Policy and Strategy Documents for Leeds' Third Sector

At the heart of the third sector's voice and influence work in Leeds is the group Third Sector Leeds (TSL). TSL engages with Leeds City Council, the NHS and other public and statutory sector partners to advocate on behalf of third sector organisations.

This Third Sector Partnership has developed and adopted a number of key policy and strategy documents that outline the commitments of the third sector in Leeds.

These are public documents which you can view and download.

In different ways each of these documents seeks to set out a course that partners can follow to develop the third sector and achieve the best results for communities.

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The world faces a climate emergency - at a local, national and global scale.

The climate emergency demands urgent, transformative action.

Leeds needs to change - let's shape its future together

Climate Action Leeds is working for a zero carbon, nature friendly, socially just Leeds by the 2030s.

We are doing this by mobilising communities, campaign groups and different sectors to plan and act together.

community hubs

Climate Action Leeds is supporting residents and groups in local areas to set up eight climate action hubs and develop neighbourhood climate action plans.

sector and campaign support

Climate Action Leeds have partnered with groups on seven key themes. Building on the priorities identified by the Leeds Climate Change Citizen's Jury, these themes are: Energy, Food, Housing, Nature, Transport, Work & Economy, and Youth & Education.

This work also focuses on climate justice and global solidarity.

city movement building

Climate Action Leeds is working to build a movement of communities, public sector organisations, businesses, citizens and decision makers.

With a focus on city wide planning and strategy, this work helps forge connections across communities and the whole city to drive forward transformative change.

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A wide range of free laptops, computers, software and IT support and equipment for UK charities, incl;uding technology grant funding. It includes 4 sections for charities - free laptops, computers and IT support and software for charity IT, and sources of digital tools and online learning. Technology grant funding and training, and computers & laptops for adults on universal benefit, students, low-income families and the disabled is at the bottom.

To find far more for charities, either use the Help Finder search categories for Software & Hardware, or Websites & Apps. You need to register, then login; everything is free. For individuals, click the AI tech bunny icon in the bottom right of your screen and tell it what you need, using short statements.

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How to report fraud or cyber crime

If your charity has been the victim of fraud or cyber crime, it's important to report it to the relevant authorities. Reporting can help you access essential advice to get your charity back on track, but will also build a clearer picture of the scale of fraud affecting the wider sector.

Action Fraud is a national reporting centre specifically for reporting frauds and has an online reporting service, available 24 hours a day.

For essential advice on why, what and how to report fraud or cyber crime incidents to the Charity Commission, read our guidance how to report a serious incident in your charity.

Top tips for responding to fraud when things go wrong

if in doubt, take action and report it

act quickly. This will minimise harm done and maximise your legal options

do not panic, stay calm and follow procedure (wherever you can)

find out in advance who needs to be informed (both inside and outside the charity)

have a 'fraud response plan' ready so that everyone knows what to do and when

take steps to preserve evidence. You may need this for investigative or legal proceedings

seek professional legal advice, especially if you think you might take action in the civil courts

The Preventing Charity Fraud website has information on how to prevent, detect and respond to different types of fraud and cybercrime.

How to protect against different types of fraud

Fraud is a serious problem that you can't afford to ignore. But even small changes can help towards protecting charities from harm.

It's important to be more fraud-aware, identifying the ways in which your charity could be at risk. For example, threats to your charity's IT systems, data and funds. Use the advice and resources signposted on this guidance page to identify actions you can take.

Charity trustees have a duty to manage their charity's resources responsibly and ensure that funds are protected, applied and accounted for.

It's vital that all money given to charities is used for legitimate and lawful purposes.

Insider fraud

Fraud can come from internal sources (insider fraud), for example by employees and volunteers, or from external sources such as fake emails set up by hoaxers.

You can find out more about preventing insider fraud in this e-learning video on the Fraud Advisory Panel website.

We have also published a research report about insider fraud and how it is affecting charities. The report includes wider lessons, case studies and tips to help you prevent insider fraud.

Financial fraud

Fraud and financial crime is one of the most common types of abuse for charities.

Charity trustees can avoid basic mistakes and make sure their charity is well protected by:

Some charities, such as shops or trading outlets, have a higher risk of financial loss or falling victim to fraud, due to the nature of their activities.

If your charity relies upon cash-based fund raising, it may be more vulnerable to opportunist and organised fraudsters.

Charities should take a proactive approach to reducing fraud risk by following best practice advice and practical tips, such as those outlined in Charity Finance Group's Countering Fraud Manual (PDF, 858 KB, 35 pages).

The Fraud Advisory Panel website has useful e-learning videos to help you prevent:

Other types of fraud

Find out about further forms of fraud with Action Fraud's A to Z of fraud types.

Counter fraud best practice: templates for charity trustees

We have developed a range of best-practice templates for you to use when protecting your charity against fraud. All of the following can be adapted to suit the needs of your charity:

Counter fraud questions trustees should ask

Do we:

understand what fraud is and what our responsibilities are?

understand our financial systems and data, and what 'normal' looks like?

encourage staff and volunteers to voice concerns?

run process test checks and observe jobs in action?

promote fraud awareness and understanding?

conduct an annual fraud risk review?

conduct pre-employment screening and in-service checks on staff?

have regular and frank conversations with delivery partners?

have a response plan ready so that everyone knows what to do?

have an anti-fraud policy and code of ethics?

About cyber crime and reporting a live attack

The risks to your charity from cyber crime are increasing all the time. It's a huge problem, which all organisations need to be aware of and guard against. The vast majority of fraud is now committed online.

Cyber crimes can be quite complex and difficult to detect, often involving data breaches or identity fraud. It's important that you consider how best to protect your charity's valuable assets from harm online.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has produced an e-learning training package: 'Stay Safe Online: top tips for staff'. It's free, easy to use and takes less than 30 minutes to complete.

The training explains why cyber security is important and how attacks happen. It then covers 4 key areas:

defending yourself against phishing

using strong passwords

securing your devices

reporting incidents

The Cyber aware website has an online assessment tool so you can check how cyber secure your charity is.

You can learn more about protecting your charity against cyber fraud in this e-learning video on the Fraud advisory Panel website.

For more advice on guarding against cyber crime visit the following websites:

Taking a few simple actions today is a good start - you don't need to be a technology expert to protect your charity.

Get help if experiencing a live cyber attack

In the event of a live cyber-attack, this helpline gives access to specialist advisors who can offer advice and support to charities or other organisations in reporting the attack. These reports are immediately sent to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB).

To prevent cyber criminals from operating, the NFIB will then assess whether there are any websites, bank accounts or phone numbers that can be closed down. The reports are also sent to the relevant law enforcement agency for investigation if necessary.

Cyber security toolkit for charity boards

Charity boards have an important role in improving the cyber security of their organisations. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) board toolkit has been designed for larger charities, to encourage essential discussions about cyber security between the board and wider staff or volunteer body.

Board members don't need to be technical experts, but they should be able to have a fluent conversation with their experts and understand the right questions to ask.

The board toolkit covers a range of cyber security topics, starting with an introduction to cyber security specifically written for board members. Other topics include understanding the threat, collaborating with suppliers and partners, and planning a response to a cyber incident.

Each topic has straightforward guidance and helpful questions that board members can ask their technical teams. It can be adapted to fit a charity's own unique cultures and priorities, and was created using genuine insights from boards about what they would like to know.

Organisations that help combat fraud in charities

The following organisations carry out vital work to help combat fraud in charities.

Many of these belong to the 'Charities against Fraud' coalition, which is a cross-sector group of nearly 50 organisations who work together to fight fraud in charities.

Police and crime prevention
Action Fraud
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) sits alongside Action Fraud within the City of London Police, which is the national policing lead for fraud.

Sector organisations and initiatives
Fraud Advisory Panel
The Fraud Advisory Panel is an independent voice of the counter-fraud community. It champions best practice and works to improve fraud awareness, and build sector resilience.
Get Safe Online
Get Safe Online is a public/private sector partnership supported by HM Government and comprising leading organisations across banking, retail, internet security and other sectors. It provides factual and easy-to-understand information about online safety.
Credit Industry Fraud Avoidance Service (CIFAS)
CIFAS is a not-for-profit organisation working to protect businesses, charities, public bodies and individuals from financial crime.
Charity Finance Group
CFG champions best practice in financial management within the charity and voluntary sector. It provides guidance to its charity members and the wider sector at large on the best practice for countering fraud.

Government departments and agencies
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
The NCSC is the official government lead on cyber security. Its stated mission is to make the UK the safest place to live and do business online. It has a division which is directly responsible for charities and the wider public.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for administering the UK's tax system, including the management and reduction of risks to tax revenue. HMRC's compliance and enforcement work includes tax fraud (where the law has been broken) and tax avoidance (where rules of the tax system have been misused to gain a tax advantage, but not illegally).
National Trading Standards
NTS Scams team provides advice and guidance to charities to ensure that charities and their donors are protected from fraud.

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How to report fraud or cyber crime

If your charity has been the victim of fraud or cyber crime, it's important to report it to the relevant authorities. Reporting can help you access essential advice to get your charity back on track, but will also build a clearer picture of the scale of fraud affecting the wider sector.

Action Fraud is a national reporting centre specifically for reporting frauds and has an online reporting service, available 24 hours a day.

For essential advice on why, what and how to report fraud or cyber crime incidents to the Charity Commission, read our guidance how to report a serious incident in your charity.

Top tips for responding to fraud when things go wrong

if in doubt, take action and report it

act quickly. This will minimise harm done and maximise your legal options

do not panic, stay calm and follow procedure (wherever you can)

find out in advance who needs to be informed (both inside and outside the charity)

have a 'fraud response plan' ready so that everyone knows what to do and when

take steps to preserve evidence. You may need this for investigative or legal proceedings

seek professional legal advice, especially if you think you might take action in the civil courts

The Preventing Charity Fraud website has information on how to prevent, detect and respond to different types of fraud and cybercrime.

How to protect against different types of fraud

Fraud is a serious problem that you can't afford to ignore. But even small changes can help towards protecting charities from harm.

It's important to be more fraud-aware, identifying the ways in which your charity could be at risk. For example, threats to your charity's IT systems, data and funds. Use the advice and resources signposted on this guidance page to identify actions you can take.

Charity trustees have a duty to manage their charity's resources responsibly and ensure that funds are protected, applied and accounted for.

It's vital that all money given to charities is used for legitimate and lawful purposes.

Insider fraud

Fraud can come from internal sources (insider fraud), for example by employees and volunteers, or from external sources such as fake emails set up by hoaxers.

You can find out more about preventing insider fraud in this e-learning video on the Fraud Advisory Panel website.

We have also published a research report about insider fraud and how it is affecting charities. The report includes wider lessons, case studies and tips to help you prevent insider fraud.

Financial fraud

Fraud and financial crime is one of the most common types of abuse for charities.

Charity trustees can avoid basic mistakes and make sure their charity is well protected by:

Some charities, such as shops or trading outlets, have a higher risk of financial loss or falling victim to fraud, due to the nature of their activities.

If your charity relies upon cash-based fund raising, it may be more vulnerable to opportunist and organised fraudsters.

Charities should take a proactive approach to reducing fraud risk by following best practice advice and practical tips, such as those outlined in Charity Finance Group's Countering Fraud Manual (PDF, 858 KB, 35 pages).

The Fraud Advisory Panel website has useful e-learning videos to help you prevent:

Other types of fraud

Find out about further forms of fraud with Action Fraud's A to Z of fraud types.

Counter fraud best practice: templates for charity trustees

We have developed a range of best-practice templates for you to use when protecting your charity against fraud. All of the following can be adapted to suit the needs of your charity:

Counter fraud questions trustees should ask

Do we:

understand what fraud is and what our responsibilities are?

understand our financial systems and data, and what 'normal' looks like?

encourage staff and volunteers to voice concerns?

run process test checks and observe jobs in action?

promote fraud awareness and understanding?

conduct an annual fraud risk review?

conduct pre-employment screening and in-service checks on staff?

have regular and frank conversations with delivery partners?

have a response plan ready so that everyone knows what to do?

have an anti-fraud policy and code of ethics?

About cyber crime and reporting a live attack

The risks to your charity from cyber crime are increasing all the time. It's a huge problem, which all organisations need to be aware of and guard against. The vast majority of fraud is now committed online.

Cyber crimes can be quite complex and difficult to detect, often involving data breaches or identity fraud. It's important that you consider how best to protect your charity's valuable assets from harm online.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has produced an e-learning training package: 'Stay Safe Online: top tips for staff'. It's free, easy to use and takes less than 30 minutes to complete.

The training explains why cyber security is important and how attacks happen. It then covers 4 key areas:

defending yourself against phishing

using strong passwords

securing your devices

reporting incidents

The Cyber aware website has an online assessment tool so you can check how cyber secure your charity is.

You can learn more about protecting your charity against cyber fraud in this e-learning video on the Fraud advisory Panel website.

For more advice on guarding against cyber crime visit the following websites:

Taking a few simple actions today is a good start - you don't need to be a technology expert to protect your charity.

Get help if experiencing a live cyber attack

In the event of a live cyber-attack, this helpline gives access to specialist advisors who can offer advice and support to charities or other organisations in reporting the attack. These reports are immediately sent to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB).

To prevent cyber criminals from operating, the NFIB will then assess whether there are any websites, bank accounts or phone numbers that can be closed down. The reports are also sent to the relevant law enforcement agency for investigation if necessary.

Cyber security toolkit for charity boards

Charity boards have an important role in improving the cyber security of their organisations. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) board toolkit has been designed for larger charities, to encourage essential discussions about cyber security between the board and wider staff or volunteer body.

Board members don't need to be technical experts, but they should be able to have a fluent conversation with their experts and understand the right questions to ask.

The board toolkit covers a range of cyber security topics, starting with an introduction to cyber security specifically written for board members. Other topics include understanding the threat, collaborating with suppliers and partners, and planning a response to a cyber incident.

Each topic has straightforward guidance and helpful questions that board members can ask their technical teams. It can be adapted to fit a charity's own unique cultures and priorities, and was created using genuine insights from boards about what they would like to know.

Organisations that help combat fraud in charities

The following organisations carry out vital work to help combat fraud in charities.

Many of these belong to the 'Charities against Fraud' coalition, which is a cross-sector group of nearly 50 organisations who work together to fight fraud in charities.

Police and crime prevention
Action Fraud
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) sits alongside Action Fraud within the City of London Police, which is the national policing lead for fraud.

Sector organisations and initiatives
Fraud Advisory Panel
The Fraud Advisory Panel is an independent voice of the counter-fraud community. It champions best practice and works to improve fraud awareness, and build sector resilience.
Get Safe Online
Get Safe Online is a public/private sector partnership supported by HM Government and comprising leading organisations across banking, retail, internet security and other sectors. It provides factual and easy-to-understand information about online safety.
Credit Industry Fraud Avoidance Service (CIFAS)
CIFAS is a not-for-profit organisation working to protect businesses, charities, public bodies and individuals from financial crime.
Charity Finance Group
CFG champions best practice in financial management within the charity and voluntary sector. It provides guidance to its charity members and the wider sector at large on the best practice for countering fraud.

Government departments and agencies
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
The NCSC is the official government lead on cyber security. Its stated mission is to make the UK the safest place to live and do business online. It has a division which is directly responsible for charities and the wider public.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for administering the UK's tax system, including the management and reduction of risks to tax revenue. HMRC's compliance and enforcement work includes tax fraud (where the law has been broken) and tax avoidance (where rules of the tax system have been misused to gain a tax advantage, but not illegally).
National Trading Standards
NTS Scams team provides advice and guidance to charities to ensure that charities and their donors are protected from fraud.

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There has been an explosion in the number of dedicated online fundraising platforms for fundraising, letting charities and their supporters quickly and effectively raise funds. But not all of them are free to use, or as cost-effective for charities.

JustGiving was one of the first online fundraising platforms, having collected more than £4 billion for charities since its launch in 2001. As of March 2019, the company waived its 5% platform fee in favour of donors making a voluntary contribution in support of the platform's operations.

There are plenty of other platforms on the market, all of which offer different functionalities at different prices. The important thing for charities is to do the research and pick the best option for them. We hope the below helps.

We've purposely included some lesser-known platforms to give a broader view of the online fundraising landscape. The alternative platforms often have different donation models, are aimed at different types of fundraising, and often take a much smaller cut from donations and do not charge a subscription fee.

Launched in early 2021, BOPP is all about making it as easy as possible for charities to receive payments instantly, with no chargebacks and no card fees.

There is no app required to use BOPP - all charities need to do is sign up on a monthly or Pay As You Go Basis, create their QR codes, and stick them in easily scannable places for their supporters, such as on buckets, posters, and t-shirts. All supporters need to do is scan the QR code with their smart device, authorise the payment, and the process is complete.

Charities using BOPP can create as many QR codes as they like, in lots of different shapes and sizes (no square box necessary!) and there is also the option of sending out a remote payment link to supporters via email and messenger which they can click on to donate.

BOPP is easy to set up, and most importantly, affordable. If purchased through Charity Digital, organisations can receive a 10% discount on BOPP's monthly Value Bundle, making it £9 a month with no fees on the first £5000 raised.

After that charities are charged 0.5% per transaction, up to a maximum of 50p, consistent with BOPP's Pay As You Go rate. All prices exclude VAT.
What charities get for a £10 donation: Value Bundle:
Processing Fee: 0.5% per transaction (after first £5000 raised)

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.50 before £5000 (£12.45 after £5000)
Pay as you go:
Processing Fee: 0.5% per transaction. Minimum fee of 5p per transaction, maximum fee of 50p

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.50 before £5000 (£12.45 after £5000)

Built by the registered charity, Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), CAF Donate is an online fundraising tool helping over 8,000 small-to-medium sized UK charities raise £44m in 2020 alone.

CAF Donate allows you to build online donation forms and buttons which embed into your website, so donors are able to complete their donation without being redirected to a third party platform.

You can also set up regular giving options through direct debit, process donations received over the phone, and through the post, and choose CAF to claim Gift Aid on your behalf.

You'll first need to sign up for CAF's free reporting tool, CAF Charity Dashboard, before getting access to in-depth reports about your campaigns, donors and donations.

They offer a slightly-different fee structure to other platforms, with no monthly charges. Instead, they levy a staggered donation fee depending on the type of donation.

The 3.6% processing fee is for one-off donations only. The processing fee is reduced to 2% for regular donations (plus £1 set-up fee for each new direct debit and £1.50 for paper direct debits)
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Service Fee: None

Crowdfunder has raised over £200m for 267,000 projects. The platform has dedicated coaches to help fundraisers maximise the money they raise, and zero platform fees to charities. Gift aid is included as standard, so charities can receive a top up of up to 25% of their totals.

Fundraisers and charities can offer rewards to encourage donations and access a range of match-funding opportunities through Crowdfunder's network of trusts and public bodies.

Crowdfunder's charity credentials have blossomed in the past year as they strive to support organisations of all types working to help the world recover post-pandemic. This includes their VaccinAid partnership with UNICEF UK to deliver COVID-19 vaccines globally, and their upcoming partnership Nectar Donate, which will let Nectar customers spend their points with charities for the first time.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 1.9% plus 23p + VAT per transaction

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None.

Total to Charity: £12.00

Registered charity National Funding Scheme, operating under the public-facing DONATE™ brand, provides a range of mobile and contactless fundraising tools for charitable organisations to maximise their fundraising.

Launched in 2013, DONATE™ is an integrated platform that provides convenient and effortless individual giving via SMS text, contactless and mobile web. Services also include a text-raffle and full charity auction capability. Its simplicity has delivered case studies demonstrating increases of 17x amounts raised.

The DONATE™ platform offers key benefits for charities, including real-time integrated reporting across text/web/contactless, case studies, fundraising advice and PR support, regular payments of donated funds to charities and much more.

What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 4.5%

Gift Aid: If applicable

Service Fee: None
Total To Charity: £9.55

Donr is a text giving service that has been built from the ground to support easy fundraising efforts. The platform prides itself on being easy-to-use and no fuss.

The service gives charities the ability to set their own custom keywords, which supporters can text to a short code mobile phone number to make a quick and easy donation.

Users can sign up to Donr in minutes, create their campaign with Donr Dashboard, add their keywords, and start fundraising. It's as simple as that!

Donr claims that it is the only provider of Text Giving that doesn't charge for keywords.
What charities get for a £10 text donation:
Processing Fee: None

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 5% of donation amount.

Total to Charity: £12.50

For card donations, donors need to pay an additional processing fee of 1.4% + 20p.

Rather than being its own platform, Enthuse allows charities to run their own fundraising platform on their website, and set up branded fundraising pages with their own custom branding.

It lets charities set up branded fundraising pages through a range of paid-for packages, allowing charities to have a more direct relationship with their supporters, which the company says significantly increases the donations charities receive.

Enthuse charges some extra fees for access to its online fundraising technology, which vary according to whether you are setting up a hosted website or integrating donations with your existing website. Donors have the option to cover some of the transaction fee.

The platform allows charities to set up customisable fundraising pages through a range of paid-for packages. Enthuse gives charities complete branding autonomy for their fundraising pages, as well as bespoke data management, event fundraising management, customised corporate fundraising and an inter-connected community fundraising portal.

For a full list of fees, visit the Enthuse website.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
For donations product only:

Processing Fee: 0%

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 0%

Total to Charity: £12.50

For fundraising and donations products together:

Processing Fee: 0%

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 1.9%+20p

Total to Charity: £11.98

Evershare is a new platform that arose to meet the demands of contactless payments, ensuring cashless donations. The platform has combined secure open banking technology with the QR scanning platform, offering a QR-enabled donation platform. Donors simply have to scan, enter their details, and donate.

For more information, visit the Evershare website.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 0.5% + 5p

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: Free to £15

Total to Charity: £12.40

Facebook has recently introduced its Facebook Fundraising option, which allows charities to create a fundraiser and receive donations directly from Facebook, Network for Good, or PayPal Giving Fund.

Charities based in the UK can receive funds either directly from Facebook payments or through PayPal Giving Fund United Kingdom.

All donations are sent to the fundraiser creator's personal current account through Stripe, Facebook's fundraising payment processor.

More information on receiving funds can be found on the Facebook Fundraisers Page.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: None

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.50

Funraisin provides an all-in-one advanced whitelabel platform where supporters get fully branded, highly personalised experiences that ensures the highest conversion rates possible.

The platform focusses on advanced marketing and analytics tools combined with a leading marketplace of third-party integrations. Funraisin also offer a simplified user experience from multiple marketing pathways to keep audiences engaged and promote greater fundraising.

Funraisin provides the capabilities that put charities in control of their data and actionable platform insights with automated tools, which achieve the highest conversions in people signing up, fundraising, and donating.

The platform creates beautiful looking giving campaigns with next level digital fundraising websites including: crowdfunders, offline events, virtual events, peer-to-peer events, matched giving appeals, corporate giving portals, community fundraising hubs, DIY fundraising sites, and more.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: Stripe NFP rates

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 0% to charities and optional 6% to donor

Total to Charity: £12.50
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 2.9% + 20p

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 5% (though GG say 98% of donors cover it)

Subscription fees: None (for all packages)

Total to Charity: £12.00

Give as you Live Donate are an innovative fundraising platform that has raised more than £15 million in funds and has worked with big-name charities, such as the RSPCA, RLNI, Tearfund, Samaritans, and others.

The platform prides itself on supporting charities every step of the way.

Give as you Live Donate includes a free reporting system to see who is raising funds for you, easy to claim Gift Aid with a one-click report, a marketing toolkit, charity branded pages plus bespoke campaign pages, fully customisable donate button, and so much more. New charities joining Give as you Live Donate can benefit from 0% fees until 18th February 2022.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 2.9%

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 1.9%

Total to Charity: £12.50

GiveWP is a Wordpress fundraising plugin that allows you to accept donations through your charity's own Wordpress site. Charities are free to design their donation page as they wish and can offer a variety of payment methods. The platform also allows users to keep track of donors, have multiple donation pages for different products and more.

They charge an annual fee for using the platform and offer a variety of packages, starting at $240.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: None

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.50

Givey is a fundraising platform that exclusively focuses on smaller charities, with a focus on social giving. It lets supporters donate to UK-based charities through social media such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Vimeo.

Smaller charities make up 95% of the sector. Yet 90% of donations go to larger charities. This platform seeks to level the playing field, by helping smaller organisations to reach a like-minded supporter base.

The platform is joint-best for money given to charities, with a £10.00 donation (with Gift Aid) raising £2.50 for charity. Businesses can run match-funding schemes where they can match each employee donation up to double the amount raised, and the platform offers free marketing support for charities.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Service Fee: None

Global Giving is a non-profit organisation that allows people to build free fundraising webpages, as well as connecting charity projects with corporate fundraising opportunities and CSR initiatives. The platform provides corporate and match-funding opportunities, plus training, support and tools for charities.

In 17 years, the platform has raised over $421 Million for over 24, 000 projects. The community is free to join, with no application or subscription fees. Instead, they retain a 5-12% non-profit support fee on donations, plus a 3% processing and transaction fee. This means that a donation of £10 (with Gift Aid) would raise £11.25 for charity.

Global Giving do make a commitment to raise more money than they take in fees from your organisation. For every $1 that goes to Global Giving in fees, they raise an average of $2 for your cause through matching funds, corporate partner donations, bonus rewards, marketing efforts and gift cards.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
GoFundMe has partnered with PayPal Giving Fund to deliver funds. Donations are processed by PayPal and GoFundMe before being sent to the PayPal Giving Fund - a non-profit organisation which collects and distributes them to the chosen charity. All charities registered with the Charity Commission in the UK are listed in GoFundMe's charity directory and funds are passed automatically to the charity by PayPal Giving Fund.

Since starting in 2010, GoFundMe has raised over $5 Billion benefiting over 2 Million individual giving campaigns.

Unlike many competitors, 100% of Gift Aid goes to the charity. In November 2017, GoFundMe announced that it was no longer charging a 5% fee per donation for US, Canada, and UK individual campaigns, and instead rely upon tips left by donors to support the website. Many other platforms have since followed GoFundMe's example and dropped these fees.

The platform offers smaller teams the opportunity to set up fundraising campaigns quickly and easily. The GoFundMe free-to-use charity fundraising platform has recently been launched, with 'donate anywhere' button integration for ease of payment, which could well see the platform offer even greater benefits to charities in the future.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 1.9% + £0.20 per donation

Good Thyngs is a cashless donation and engagement platform that allows you to create, manage, and track online, in-person, and virtual campaigns, without the need for card terminals or any digital skills.

You can collect cashless donations (with Gift Aid data) and much more using easily editable templates. For example, you could create a collectable trail, instant raffle, or selfie filter, and collect marketing opt-in or feedback on the go.

Everything you create generates a URL link and QR code, meaning you can reach your audiences wherever they are - and quickly, too. You can print QR codes onto anything, like posters and stickers, newsletters, and programmes.

The simple technology means that physical objects like collection buckets, medals, leaflets, and wristbands can fundraise for you, with donations crediting you immediately, even if you can't be there in-person.

What charities get for a £10 donation:

Processing Fee: Varies depending on processor

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 2.5%

Total to Charity: £12.25 (minus processor fees)

Founded in 2009, InstaGiv provides customers with the ability to collect one off SMS donations, monthly gifts, bulk fundraiser codes for SMS giving, competitions with an optional donation, free response keywords with no donation attached, and address capture. InstaGiv also have a built-in outbound SMS tool that can provide two-way comms.

InstaGiv offers four options for outbound SMS: charities can receive donations, receive regular giving sign-ups, capture supporter addresses, and receive responses.

InstaGiv have all of the additional tools and features to help charities enhance, monitor, and analyse their fundraising efforts, such as: channels for tracking, Gift Aid, scheduling features for call centre integration, additional response SMS for automated journeys, a fully compliant consent feature, sub-keywords, mobile history and an in-depth real time reporting function, to name a few.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 5%

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.40

As mentioned, Just Giving was one of the first platforms for fundraising online and remains one of the largest. It currently has 22 million users worldwide.

UK charities pay a monthly subscription fee of £15 + VAT or £39 + VAT. Fees vary depending on country, but below reflects the UK charges.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 1.9% + 20p

Gift Aid: Yes (5% charge)

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.11

KindLink has worked with more than 2000 charities, including Prostrate Cancer UK, Age UK, and Mind. The platform is free to use for charities and their supporters. It does not charge a commission for online donations and pass 100% of the funds raised to charities.

KindLink keeps investing in improving and supporting the non-profit platform in order to help charities become more efficient and transparent.

The KindLink platform is embeddable on your charity website, allows payment processing for events, has automated gift aid integration, offers supporter and beneficiary CRM and strong donor engagement options, and several other functionalities.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 1.45% +14p

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.21

Localgiving is a fundraising platform for charities, community groups, and non-profit companies. Organisations can receive one-time and monthly donations, raise funds for an unlimited number of projects and deliver crowdfunding campaigns. Individuals have the ability to set up fundraising pages for their favourite organisations.

It provides its members with small grants, regular match funds, fundraising competitions, free training opportunities and expert fundraising support. In 2020, Localgiving has provided over £2 million in extra funding for its members through grant programmes and match funding campaigns.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
The Big Give is a match funding platform and have worked with over 10,000 charities in the UK. They help these charities to raise vital funds, develop their skills and build their profiles to accurately reflect their cause and encourage people to give.

They run the UK's biggest online match funding campaign, The Christmas Challenge. An account is free to set up and there are no monthly charges. Donation fees are processed through their website via their payment processor, Stripe.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 1.9% + 20p

Gift Aid: Yes (4% fee)

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.01

The Good Exchange is a non-profit bringing projects requiring funding to those with grants to give via transparent automated matching with corporate foundations, businesses and individuals. Each project can also receive public donations.

Charities complete a single online form: outlining details of the project. Once submitted and approved, the campaign is published on the platform, and the giving begins. Live projects will be shortlisted for funding and automatically matched with organisations based on their specific grant-giving criteria.

Over 1,500 charities are registered with the platform, which has raised a total of £11,904,041 for charitable causes.

As of 1st October 2019, The Good Exchange has now removed fees for donors and funders -read more in our news story here.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Service Fee: None

TheGivingMachine is a charity supporting any UK- based good cause, no matter how big or small. The platform has worked with more than 10,000 charities, raising nearly £2 million. The platform has worked with, among others, Mind, The British Heart Foundation, Macmillan Cancer Support, and Prostate Cancer.

The platforms provide a range of fundraising options, including Donate Now, Shop&Give, and Giving Lottery. Each option aims to support good causes, their supporters, and caring businesses to raise money and make the world a better place.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing fee: 2% + 22p charged per transaction

Gift Aid: Yes

Service fee: None

Total to Charity: £9.58

Currently, 13,000 charities are registered with Total Giving and use of the platform is completely free to charities that are signed up. It claims no sign ups or ongoing fees and separates itself from some other fundraising platforms by removing the 'middle man' aspect. Instead, funds donated through Total giving are sent directly to the charity itself.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 1.3% + 20p

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: up to £12.50

Virgin Money Giving is a non-profit platform that wascreated by Virgin Money to help charities raise more money online. They have helped 18,000 UK charities and 890,000 fundraisers to raise more than £685 Million.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Virgin Money Giving has announced that they will stop operating on 30 November 2021. You can find out more information on their website, or check out our article on the subject.

Another cost-effective alternative, the Wonderful Organisation re-launched in March 2021. The platform remains completely fee-free for charities, donors, and fundraisers.

Crucially, they use Pay by Bank technology for all donations. That means the tech is simple, fast, and secure. And, importantly, it offers huge cost-saving efficiency, with corporate sponsors of 90% for a typical donation and, since the processing cost is flat-fee, much greater savings for larger donations.
What charities get for a £10 donation.
Processing Fee: None

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total To Charity: £12.50

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There has been an explosion in the number of dedicated online fundraising platforms for fundraising, letting charities and their supporters quickly and effectively raise funds. But not all of them are free to use, or as cost-effective for charities.

JustGiving was one of the first online fundraising platforms, having collected more than £4 billion for charities since its launch in 2001. As of March 2019, the company waived its 5% platform fee in favour of donors making a voluntary contribution in support of the platform's operations.

There are plenty of other platforms on the market, all of which offer different functionalities at different prices. The important thing for charities is to do the research and pick the best option for them. We hope the below helps.

We've purposely included some lesser-known platforms to give a broader view of the online fundraising landscape. The alternative platforms often have different donation models, are aimed at different types of fundraising, and often take a much smaller cut from donations and do not charge a subscription fee.

Launched in early 2021, BOPP is all about making it as easy as possible for charities to receive payments instantly, with no chargebacks and no card fees.

There is no app required to use BOPP - all charities need to do is sign up on a monthly or Pay As You Go Basis, create their QR codes, and stick them in easily scannable places for their supporters, such as on buckets, posters, and t-shirts. All supporters need to do is scan the QR code with their smart device, authorise the payment, and the process is complete.

Charities using BOPP can create as many QR codes as they like, in lots of different shapes and sizes (no square box necessary!) and there is also the option of sending out a remote payment link to supporters via email and messenger which they can click on to donate.

BOPP is easy to set up, and most importantly, affordable. If purchased through Charity Digital, organisations can receive a 10% discount on BOPP's monthly Value Bundle, making it £9 a month with no fees on the first £5000 raised.

After that charities are charged 0.5% per transaction, up to a maximum of 50p, consistent with BOPP's Pay As You Go rate. All prices exclude VAT.
What charities get for a £10 donation: Value Bundle:
Processing Fee: 0.5% per transaction (after first £5000 raised)

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.50 before £5000 (£12.45 after £5000)
Pay as you go:
Processing Fee: 0.5% per transaction. Minimum fee of 5p per transaction, maximum fee of 50p

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.50 before £5000 (£12.45 after £5000)

Built by the registered charity, Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), CAF Donate is an online fundraising tool helping over 8,000 small-to-medium sized UK charities raise £44m in 2020 alone.

CAF Donate allows you to build online donation forms and buttons which embed into your website, so donors are able to complete their donation without being redirected to a third party platform.

You can also set up regular giving options through direct debit, process donations received over the phone, and through the post, and choose CAF to claim Gift Aid on your behalf.

You'll first need to sign up for CAF's free reporting tool, CAF Charity Dashboard, before getting access to in-depth reports about your campaigns, donors and donations.

They offer a slightly-different fee structure to other platforms, with no monthly charges. Instead, they levy a staggered donation fee depending on the type of donation.

The 3.6% processing fee is for one-off donations only. The processing fee is reduced to 2% for regular donations (plus £1 set-up fee for each new direct debit and £1.50 for paper direct debits)
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Service Fee: None

Crowdfunder has raised over £200m for 267,000 projects. The platform has dedicated coaches to help fundraisers maximise the money they raise, and zero platform fees to charities. Gift aid is included as standard, so charities can receive a top up of up to 25% of their totals.

Fundraisers and charities can offer rewards to encourage donations and access a range of match-funding opportunities through Crowdfunder's network of trusts and public bodies.

Crowdfunder's charity credentials have blossomed in the past year as they strive to support organisations of all types working to help the world recover post-pandemic. This includes their VaccinAid partnership with UNICEF UK to deliver COVID-19 vaccines globally, and their upcoming partnership Nectar Donate, which will let Nectar customers spend their points with charities for the first time.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 1.9% plus 23p + VAT per transaction

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None.

Total to Charity: £12.00

Registered charity National Funding Scheme, operating under the public-facing DONATE™ brand, provides a range of mobile and contactless fundraising tools for charitable organisations to maximise their fundraising.

Launched in 2013, DONATE™ is an integrated platform that provides convenient and effortless individual giving via SMS text, contactless and mobile web. Services also include a text-raffle and full charity auction capability. Its simplicity has delivered case studies demonstrating increases of 17x amounts raised.

The DONATE™ platform offers key benefits for charities, including real-time integrated reporting across text/web/contactless, case studies, fundraising advice and PR support, regular payments of donated funds to charities and much more.

What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 4.5%

Gift Aid: If applicable

Service Fee: None
Total To Charity: £9.55

Donr is a text giving service that has been built from the ground to support easy fundraising efforts. The platform prides itself on being easy-to-use and no fuss.

The service gives charities the ability to set their own custom keywords, which supporters can text to a short code mobile phone number to make a quick and easy donation.

Users can sign up to Donr in minutes, create their campaign with Donr Dashboard, add their keywords, and start fundraising. It's as simple as that!

Donr claims that it is the only provider of Text Giving that doesn't charge for keywords.
What charities get for a £10 text donation:
Processing Fee: None

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 5% of donation amount.

Total to Charity: £12.50

For card donations, donors need to pay an additional processing fee of 1.4% + 20p.

Rather than being its own platform, Enthuse allows charities to run their own fundraising platform on their website, and set up branded fundraising pages with their own custom branding.

It lets charities set up branded fundraising pages through a range of paid-for packages, allowing charities to have a more direct relationship with their supporters, which the company says significantly increases the donations charities receive.

Enthuse charges some extra fees for access to its online fundraising technology, which vary according to whether you are setting up a hosted website or integrating donations with your existing website. Donors have the option to cover some of the transaction fee.

The platform allows charities to set up customisable fundraising pages through a range of paid-for packages. Enthuse gives charities complete branding autonomy for their fundraising pages, as well as bespoke data management, event fundraising management, customised corporate fundraising and an inter-connected community fundraising portal.

For a full list of fees, visit the Enthuse website.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
For donations product only:

Processing Fee: 0%

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 0%

Total to Charity: £12.50

For fundraising and donations products together:

Processing Fee: 0%

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 1.9%+20p

Total to Charity: £11.98

Evershare is a new platform that arose to meet the demands of contactless payments, ensuring cashless donations. The platform has combined secure open banking technology with the QR scanning platform, offering a QR-enabled donation platform. Donors simply have to scan, enter their details, and donate.

For more information, visit the Evershare website.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 0.5% + 5p

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: Free to £15

Total to Charity: £12.40

Facebook has recently introduced its Facebook Fundraising option, which allows charities to create a fundraiser and receive donations directly from Facebook, Network for Good, or PayPal Giving Fund.

Charities based in the UK can receive funds either directly from Facebook payments or through PayPal Giving Fund United Kingdom.

All donations are sent to the fundraiser creator's personal current account through Stripe, Facebook's fundraising payment processor.

More information on receiving funds can be found on the Facebook Fundraisers Page.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: None

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.50

Funraisin provides an all-in-one advanced whitelabel platform where supporters get fully branded, highly personalised experiences that ensures the highest conversion rates possible.

The platform focusses on advanced marketing and analytics tools combined with a leading marketplace of third-party integrations. Funraisin also offer a simplified user experience from multiple marketing pathways to keep audiences engaged and promote greater fundraising.

Funraisin provides the capabilities that put charities in control of their data and actionable platform insights with automated tools, which achieve the highest conversions in people signing up, fundraising, and donating.

The platform creates beautiful looking giving campaigns with next level digital fundraising websites including: crowdfunders, offline events, virtual events, peer-to-peer events, matched giving appeals, corporate giving portals, community fundraising hubs, DIY fundraising sites, and more.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: Stripe NFP rates

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 0% to charities and optional 6% to donor

Total to Charity: £12.50
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 2.9% + 20p

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 5% (though GG say 98% of donors cover it)

Subscription fees: None (for all packages)

Total to Charity: £12.00

Give as you Live Donate are an innovative fundraising platform that has raised more than £15 million in funds and has worked with big-name charities, such as the RSPCA, RLNI, Tearfund, Samaritans, and others.

The platform prides itself on supporting charities every step of the way.

Give as you Live Donate includes a free reporting system to see who is raising funds for you, easy to claim Gift Aid with a one-click report, a marketing toolkit, charity branded pages plus bespoke campaign pages, fully customisable donate button, and so much more. New charities joining Give as you Live Donate can benefit from 0% fees until 18th February 2022.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 2.9%

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 1.9%

Total to Charity: £12.50

GiveWP is a Wordpress fundraising plugin that allows you to accept donations through your charity's own Wordpress site. Charities are free to design their donation page as they wish and can offer a variety of payment methods. The platform also allows users to keep track of donors, have multiple donation pages for different products and more.

They charge an annual fee for using the platform and offer a variety of packages, starting at $240.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: None

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.50

Givey is a fundraising platform that exclusively focuses on smaller charities, with a focus on social giving. It lets supporters donate to UK-based charities through social media such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Vimeo.

Smaller charities make up 95% of the sector. Yet 90% of donations go to larger charities. This platform seeks to level the playing field, by helping smaller organisations to reach a like-minded supporter base.

The platform is joint-best for money given to charities, with a £10.00 donation (with Gift Aid) raising £2.50 for charity. Businesses can run match-funding schemes where they can match each employee donation up to double the amount raised, and the platform offers free marketing support for charities.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Service Fee: None

Global Giving is a non-profit organisation that allows people to build free fundraising webpages, as well as connecting charity projects with corporate fundraising opportunities and CSR initiatives. The platform provides corporate and match-funding opportunities, plus training, support and tools for charities.

In 17 years, the platform has raised over $421 Million for over 24, 000 projects. The community is free to join, with no application or subscription fees. Instead, they retain a 5-12% non-profit support fee on donations, plus a 3% processing and transaction fee. This means that a donation of £10 (with Gift Aid) would raise £11.25 for charity.

Global Giving do make a commitment to raise more money than they take in fees from your organisation. For every $1 that goes to Global Giving in fees, they raise an average of $2 for your cause through matching funds, corporate partner donations, bonus rewards, marketing efforts and gift cards.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
GoFundMe has partnered with PayPal Giving Fund to deliver funds. Donations are processed by PayPal and GoFundMe before being sent to the PayPal Giving Fund - a non-profit organisation which collects and distributes them to the chosen charity. All charities registered with the Charity Commission in the UK are listed in GoFundMe's charity directory and funds are passed automatically to the charity by PayPal Giving Fund.

Since starting in 2010, GoFundMe has raised over $5 Billion benefiting over 2 Million individual giving campaigns.

Unlike many competitors, 100% of Gift Aid goes to the charity. In November 2017, GoFundMe announced that it was no longer charging a 5% fee per donation for US, Canada, and UK individual campaigns, and instead rely upon tips left by donors to support the website. Many other platforms have since followed GoFundMe's example and dropped these fees.

The platform offers smaller teams the opportunity to set up fundraising campaigns quickly and easily. The GoFundMe free-to-use charity fundraising platform has recently been launched, with 'donate anywhere' button integration for ease of payment, which could well see the platform offer even greater benefits to charities in the future.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 1.9% + £0.20 per donation

Good Thyngs is a cashless donation and engagement platform that allows you to create, manage, and track online, in-person, and virtual campaigns, without the need for card terminals or any digital skills.

You can collect cashless donations (with Gift Aid data) and much more using easily editable templates. For example, you could create a collectable trail, instant raffle, or selfie filter, and collect marketing opt-in or feedback on the go.

Everything you create generates a URL link and QR code, meaning you can reach your audiences wherever they are - and quickly, too. You can print QR codes onto anything, like posters and stickers, newsletters, and programmes.

The simple technology means that physical objects like collection buckets, medals, leaflets, and wristbands can fundraise for you, with donations crediting you immediately, even if you can't be there in-person.

What charities get for a £10 donation:

Processing Fee: Varies depending on processor

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: 2.5%

Total to Charity: £12.25 (minus processor fees)

Founded in 2009, InstaGiv provides customers with the ability to collect one off SMS donations, monthly gifts, bulk fundraiser codes for SMS giving, competitions with an optional donation, free response keywords with no donation attached, and address capture. InstaGiv also have a built-in outbound SMS tool that can provide two-way comms.

InstaGiv offers four options for outbound SMS: charities can receive donations, receive regular giving sign-ups, capture supporter addresses, and receive responses.

InstaGiv have all of the additional tools and features to help charities enhance, monitor, and analyse their fundraising efforts, such as: channels for tracking, Gift Aid, scheduling features for call centre integration, additional response SMS for automated journeys, a fully compliant consent feature, sub-keywords, mobile history and an in-depth real time reporting function, to name a few.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 5%

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.40

As mentioned, Just Giving was one of the first platforms for fundraising online and remains one of the largest. It currently has 22 million users worldwide.

UK charities pay a monthly subscription fee of £15 + VAT or £39 + VAT. Fees vary depending on country, but below reflects the UK charges.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 1.9% + 20p

Gift Aid: Yes (5% charge)

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.11

KindLink has worked with more than 2000 charities, including Prostrate Cancer UK, Age UK, and Mind. The platform is free to use for charities and their supporters. It does not charge a commission for online donations and pass 100% of the funds raised to charities.

KindLink keeps investing in improving and supporting the non-profit platform in order to help charities become more efficient and transparent.

The KindLink platform is embeddable on your charity website, allows payment processing for events, has automated gift aid integration, offers supporter and beneficiary CRM and strong donor engagement options, and several other functionalities.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 1.45% +14p

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.21

Localgiving is a fundraising platform for charities, community groups, and non-profit companies. Organisations can receive one-time and monthly donations, raise funds for an unlimited number of projects and deliver crowdfunding campaigns. Individuals have the ability to set up fundraising pages for their favourite organisations.

It provides its members with small grants, regular match funds, fundraising competitions, free training opportunities and expert fundraising support. In 2020, Localgiving has provided over £2 million in extra funding for its members through grant programmes and match funding campaigns.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
The Big Give is a match funding platform and have worked with over 10,000 charities in the UK. They help these charities to raise vital funds, develop their skills and build their profiles to accurately reflect their cause and encourage people to give.

They run the UK's biggest online match funding campaign, The Christmas Challenge. An account is free to set up and there are no monthly charges. Donation fees are processed through their website via their payment processor, Stripe.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 1.9% + 20p

Gift Aid: Yes (4% fee)

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: £12.01

The Good Exchange is a non-profit bringing projects requiring funding to those with grants to give via transparent automated matching with corporate foundations, businesses and individuals. Each project can also receive public donations.

Charities complete a single online form: outlining details of the project. Once submitted and approved, the campaign is published on the platform, and the giving begins. Live projects will be shortlisted for funding and automatically matched with organisations based on their specific grant-giving criteria.

Over 1,500 charities are registered with the platform, which has raised a total of £11,904,041 for charitable causes.

As of 1st October 2019, The Good Exchange has now removed fees for donors and funders -read more in our news story here.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Service Fee: None

TheGivingMachine is a charity supporting any UK- based good cause, no matter how big or small. The platform has worked with more than 10,000 charities, raising nearly £2 million. The platform has worked with, among others, Mind, The British Heart Foundation, Macmillan Cancer Support, and Prostate Cancer.

The platforms provide a range of fundraising options, including Donate Now, Shop&Give, and Giving Lottery. Each option aims to support good causes, their supporters, and caring businesses to raise money and make the world a better place.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing fee: 2% + 22p charged per transaction

Gift Aid: Yes

Service fee: None

Total to Charity: £9.58

Currently, 13,000 charities are registered with Total Giving and use of the platform is completely free to charities that are signed up. It claims no sign ups or ongoing fees and separates itself from some other fundraising platforms by removing the 'middle man' aspect. Instead, funds donated through Total giving are sent directly to the charity itself.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Processing Fee: 1.3% + 20p

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total to Charity: up to £12.50

Virgin Money Giving is a non-profit platform that wascreated by Virgin Money to help charities raise more money online. They have helped 18,000 UK charities and 890,000 fundraisers to raise more than £685 Million.
What charities get for a £10 donation:
Virgin Money Giving has announced that they will stop operating on 30 November 2021. You can find out more information on their website, or check out our article on the subject.

Another cost-effective alternative, the Wonderful Organisation re-launched in March 2021. The platform remains completely fee-free for charities, donors, and fundraisers.

Crucially, they use Pay by Bank technology for all donations. That means the tech is simple, fast, and secure. And, importantly, it offers huge cost-saving efficiency, with corporate sponsors of 90% for a typical donation and, since the processing cost is flat-fee, much greater savings for larger donations.
What charities get for a £10 donation.
Processing Fee: None

Gift Aid: Yes

Service Fee: None

Total To Charity: £12.50

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Our number one overall pick for the best free accounting software is Zoho Books because for zero charge, you're able to access professional features including automated workflows, customised invoices, and the ability to make your own customised VAT returns at the end of each tax year.

With the current cost of living crisis driving an increase in overhead costs for small businesses, opting for free accounting software is sometimes a smart way to save. In the event that your small business is ready to move on to more powerful software however, you might want to check out our best accounting software picks overall.

While Zoho Books is our favourite, we've also picked 5 other free accounting software platforms to help you find the right solution for your small business.

Best Free Accounting Software at a glance

In this article, we will cover:

What is accounting software?

Accounting software is a computer-run program or application designed to manage and streamline financial processes within a business, and used to track financial transactions and generate financial statements, among other accounting-related tasks.

The software can automate many tasks that were originally manual and time-consuming, such as recording sales and purchases, managing accounts payable and receivable, payroll processing, inventory management, budgeting, and generating financial reports.

With accounting software, you should be able to maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records, improve efficiency, reduce errors, and obtain valuable insights into the financial health of your business.

What is Zoho Books?

Zoho made its name with its CRM systems (check out our Zoho CRM review to learn more) but it has offered accounting software since 2011. Zoho Books' free plan is the best overall choice for free accounting software, though things improve further if you pay out for a premium tier.

It combines a simple and intuitive interface with powerful features that means, even on the free tier, Zoho Books effortlessly handles all the basics.

In short, it's a great choice for businesses just starting out.

What can Zoho Books do?

On the free tier, Zoho Books offers all this:

Create, customise and send invoices (up to 1,000 per year)

MTD VAT filing

Automated payment reminders

Expenses & mileage tracking

Create business reports

Run an audit trail

Produce recurring invoices

Integrate with other Zoho apps and other apps like GSuite, Office 365 and Dropbox

Email support

What support does Zoho Books offer?

On the Free plan, Zoho gives support via email, while its paid plans add assistance via email, phone, and live chat.

QuickFile on the other hand, which we'll be reviewing next, primarily offers customer support through email and a community forum. Zoho Books provides a wider range of support options, including live chat and phone support, while QuickFile primarily relies on the forums to provide you with any help you need.

Why is Zoho Books free?

Zoho offers a free plan, but of course, there are drawbacks. For one, it's limited to 1,000 invoices per year, and lacks a number of features that can make a huge difference to the level of debt in which accounting software can help your small business.

You'll also be automatically upgraded to a paid plan if your annual turnover exceeds £35,000.

We've taken a closer look at how Zoho's free plan matches up to its £12 per month (+VAT) Standard plan below.

Zoho Books Free vs Standard

While Zoho's free plan is very useful for businesses just starting out, there are some big reasons you should consider signing up for the Standard plan.

Most notably, the Standard plan lets you create up to 5,000 invoices per year, as opposed to just 1,000 for the Free plan. This means that Zoho Free won't be suitable for businesses with high transaction volumes, and SMEs with serious growth plans should go for a paid plan.

Another key point is that Zoho Standard comes with bank feed integration - meaning once you've linked your business bank account, any transactions you make will automatically appear in Zoho Books. This is opposed to Zoho Free, where you have to download and import bank transactions manually: an annoying and time-consuming task when you're busy running your business.

On a paid tier, you'll also be able to create recurring expenses, add up to three users, track project expenses, use a larger number of payment gateways, integrate with other services including Uber and Zendesk, and get support via voice and chat.

So, while the Free plan definitely has its plus points, the extra features and higher limits of Zoho Standard make it a very persuasive option for UK small businesses.

If your business has more complex needs or requires higher limits, Zoho also offers the Professional (£24 per month +VAT) and Premium (£30 per month +VAT) plans.

You can see how all four Zoho Books plans stack up below:

What is QuickFile?

Founded in 2010, QuickFile is accounting software that's specifically aimed at freelancers, small businesses, and entrepreneurs. It's a simple and intuitive cloud-based solution that helps any small business owner with little accounting knowledge to easily keep track of their finances.

It's also got great reviews on Trustpilot, amassing an average score of 4.7 out of 5 from over 1,100 reviews, with reviewers praising its ease of use and range of features.

What can QuickFile do?

QuickFile boasts an enviable range of features, including:

Integration with over 50 automated bank feeds

Easily manage invoices through a branded portal, which your clients can use to view and pay invoices through a range of online payment providers like PayPal and Stripe

Track and file VAT returns - QuickFile is fully compatible with Making Tax Digital

Generate a range of reports that give insight into your business

Full multi-currency support

Tools to create estimates, purchase orders, and delivery notes

A mobile app that allows you to create invoices/estimates and snap expenses receipts on the go

A seamless 'click to print' service if you need to post hard copies of your invoices, estimates, or statements

QuickFile offers a good range of accounting features, however, compared to other software there are differences in the depth and extent when it comes to certain features, so it all depends on what you need.

FreeAgent, for example, includes features specifically designed for freelancers, such as time tracking, project management, and self-assessment tax return filing.

QuickFile focuses on core accounting functionalities - but does also offer additional features like automated bank feeds and additional file storage for a small extra fee if you were looking to enhance your experience.

What support does QuickFile offer?

While there is no phone support available, QuickFile has a very active online community forum, and promises to answer most questions posted there within a few hours. You can also email their support team directly, but you're likely to get a quicker response by posting a question in the forum.

Why is QuickFile free?

QuickFile is only free for accounts of a certain size. This is slightly technical, but you're limited to 1,000 ledger entries (this includes all invoices, purchases and bank transactions). Once you go over this limit, you pay a set fee of £45+VAT per year (approximately £54 in total at current rates). Moreover, this fee grants you access to some advanced features, such as enhanced bulk invoice entry and VAT bridging tools.

The free version is also supported by ads.

This pricing structure makes it perfect for startups - who can upgrade as their business grows - and means that you can easily try QuickFile for free to see if it's the right fit for your business.

Best accounting software with a free trial

While completely free-for-life software can seem appealing, their heavy functional limitations mean they ultimately won't be a good long-term solution for your business.

All free accounting software comes with caveats and drawbacks, which is why it might be worth the extra few pounds to find the perfect accounting software for your firm.

That's why as well as free software, we'll also be looking at paid accounting systems (the best self-employed accounting software as well) and the top contenders in both categories, so you can be certain about which you want to download.

Here are three of the most popular paid accountancy software programs on the market:

How to choose the right accounting software

Here are some key things you should consider when comparing providers:

Check with your accountant (if you have one): If you do already work with an accountant, then it may be useful to get their input on what software is likely to work best for your business, and which works best with their systems.

Choose your compromise: Every piece of free accounting software discussed in this article has benefits and drawbacks. To work out which one is right for you, you need to decide which of the bad points you can live with. Do you want a basic solution that has no usage limits? A slick cloud-based service that you'll have to pay for once your business reaches a certain size? Regardless of which you choose, chances are you will have to compromise on something - there's a reason this software is free, after all.

Take them for a spin: With free accounting software, you can simply sign up/download, put your data in, and see how each feels. Many of the top paid accounting software providers (see below) also offer free trials, so you can see exactly what the extra outlay will give you in return.

For a more comprehensive overview of the different paid accounting packages available, check out our page on the best accounting software for small UK businesses.

A report by Intuit (Quickbooks) found that 89% of small businesses that use accounting software say it is essential for their business, while 63% say it has helped them save time and be more productive.

How we test accounting software for UK small businesses

At Startups, it's important to us that the product recommendations we make to small UK businesses are useful, accurate, and based on thorough product testing.

We tested ten market-leading accounting software platforms across four main categories of investigation and 24 subcategories - all in all, we covered 111 areas of investigation. Next, we gave a 'relevance weighting' to the final product category scores - this ensures the products' final ratings perfectly reflect the specific needs and requirements of Startups readers.

Our main testing categories for accounting software are:

Help and Support: Help and support refer to the assistance and resources available to users when they encounter issues or need guidance while using the accounting software.

Pricing: Pricing refers to the cost associated with using the accounting software. It includes factors such as licensing fees and subscription plans.

Main functions: This represents the key areas of accounting that the software focuses on. This includes functionalities such as financial statement preparation, income and expense tracking, and managing vendor and customer accounts.

Software Functionality: Refers to the software capabilities such as integrations, mobile capability, and confirming any additional features outside of accounting.
The Startups product testing process

Final thoughts

Free accounting software is hugely attractive to UK small businesses, especially those that are just starting out.
But you don't want your small business to stay small forever.
As this piece has explained, all free accounting software comes with compromises. If you can afford it, finding a paid solution that will grow with your business like QuickBooks or FreshBooks could make this whole process much easier.

All the options discussed on this page are either free or offer a 30-day free trial, so be sure to make use of these options. It's only by actually using the software that you'll be able to work out which is right for you, which compromises are tolerable, and which extra features are really worth paying for.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the easiest bookkeeping software?

FreshBooks is the easiest accounting software to use, thanks to its simple interface and smooth user experience.

How can I do accounting for free?

Accounting software makes it quick and easy to manage your accounts on your own, online and sometimes for free.

Is Wave Accounting really free?

Yes, Wave Accounting is really free. However, its US/Canada focus means it's not particularly suitable for useful for UK businesses, and it doesn't support MTD VAT filing.

Can you get Xero for free?

Xero doesn't have a free plan. However, it does offer a 30-day free trial, so you can sign up risk-free to see exactly what it has to offer.

Is QuickBooks free to use?

QuickBooks doesn't have a free package, but it does offer a 60-day free trial so you can see if it's the right fit for your business.

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Our co-facilitated networks bring together partners to work collaboratively to improve digital inclusion for a specific community. Each network discusses common challenges and best practice, and shares opportunities for partnership working.

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Three Rings is available to charities and third sector organisations. It's built and maintained by Three Rings CIC, a not-for-profit organisation, run entirely by volunteers since 2002. Our aim is to provide high-quality software at a low cost, so you can better forcus your charity's time and resources on achieving your core mission.

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Consider:

The increased costs incurred by earning more income (e.g. More staff time or materials)

Remember, if you make sales exceeding £85,000 in a 12 month rolling period, (2022-23 threshold), you must register for VAT

Think about whether you need to pay Corporation Tax on your profits:

If your profits are applied to charitable objects, you may be eligible for corporation

tax relief

If your profit-generating activities are not the primary purpose of your charity, there are limits on how much you can generate, tax free

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Budgeting We have included a range of practical tools and examples to help record, plan and manage your finances. All the materials are free to download for your organisation's own use. Budget and cash flow template - Excel format An Excel document giving a layout for your financial plans.

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I just can't be bothered': why people are greener at home than in the office

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know I should be bothered but I just can't be", said a colleague recently as they threw some paper towards the bin, "it's weird really because at home we're fastidious about recycling and all that ... but at work I just don't bother." In one sentence highlighting how hard it can be to encourage employees to be as environmentally friendly in the workplace as they are in their own homes.

As an academic interested in employee environmental behaviour I often find myself encouraging colleagues to be more environmentally friendly. However, research confirms that employees act worse at work because they don't have a financial interest (most don't even know the energy spend of their organisation), equipment is often shared so there can be a lack of responsibility and employees can't control many of the elements that could make a difference to energy and resources use, such as heating or lighting.

Full-time employees spend on average more than 37 hours of the week in the workplace, during which they will be heavy users of heating, lighting, air conditioning, ventilation and computers, as well as generating waste and recycling. For this reason, organisations are turning their attention to employees' behaviour to meet their CSR commitments, improve their reputation, reduce their carbon footprint and - in many cases - simply to save money.

A London council, for example, tackled printing by showing that if every employee used one less sheet of paper a day it saved paper equivalent to the height of a local landmark.

When we think about pro-environmental behaviour in the home we focus on conservation behaviour such as recycling, turning off lights or not leaving equipment on standby. In the workplace there are additional roles including encouraging others to act sustainably, joining committees to support sustainable development and making socially-responsible purchasing decisions.

Many of these are what we would consider an extra-role; they are not required as part of employees' jobs. While environmental behaviour in the home is largely private and is motivated by our own individual values, at work factors such as leadership, whether a person's job has an environmental focus, organisational culture and support all have an influence.

As a result, employee environmental behaviours differ between organisation types (private versus public) and even between sites and buildings of the same organisations. Each may have its own constraints in terms of infrastructure, social norms or managerial expectations. Research has found behaviour may even vary during different times of the day or week because of employee's emotional state, job satisfaction or ability to complete work goals.

So what is the answer for employers? There is no one solution to encouraging pro-environmental behaviour, but leadership is a key issue and without managers demonstrating their commitment, staff are unlikely to follow suit. They must also understand the barriers to sustainable behaviour for employees and what might motivate them to make different choices. This can be as simple as making sure that there are enough recycling bins or setting up computer systems effectively so employees can work remotely.

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The Carbon Footprint Calculator has been designed to help UK based SMEs measure their corporate emission footprint following GHG Protocol Guidance, including direct emissions from fuel and processes (Scope 1 emissions) and those emissions from purchased electricity (or Scope 2 emissions) for the assets they operate.

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Free Example UK Charity Environmental And Sustainability Policy Template & 50+ Eco Friendly Ideas

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Recycling information, green businesses, repair cafes and environmental organisations in West Yorkshire, UK.

Here is where you can recycle near you as well as find out about sustainablity and waste reduction where you live.

Bradford Environmental Action Trust works for a sustainable, healthy environment for all people in the Bradford District. They also run the Bradford Real Nappy Project to promote the use of reusable nappies.

URM Glass Recycing are a glass recycling specialists. Their website includes lots of interesting information of the glass recycling process.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is a local charity working to protect and conserve Yorkshire's wild places and wildlife for all to enjoy, managing 104 nature reserves in including iconic sites such as Spurn National Nature Reserve, Staveley Nature Reserve, Potteric Carr and Flamborough Cliffs.

Bradford Environment Forum (BEF) is an informal network of organisations involved in environmental activity within the Bradford District.

BatteryBack is a Leeds-based business which manages the collection and recycling of batteries nationwide.

Sydney Bridge is a Leeds-based not for profit company that aims to achieve zero landfill, protecting the environment by re-using and recycling quality furniture instead of it being dumped into landfill sites.

Surplus Office Supplies are based in Wakefiled and sell quality second hand office furniture at a fraction of the price brand new and offer furniture clearance services to save perfectly good office furniture from needless dumping in landfills.

Repair Cafes In West Yorkshire

Repair cafes are held on various dates, contact the organisers to confirm when the next event will be held.

Heptonstall Repair Café Hebden Bridge W. Yorkshire

Leeds Repair Café Bridge Street, Leeds

East Leeds Repair Café Cross Gates Methodist Church, Austhorpe Road

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Local Councils In West Yorkshire

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Fundraising is about ensuring your organisation has the money and resources to be able to deliver its mission.

Funding Support Leeds offers funding information, advice, support and training to help your organisation raise money and resources. Enabling more third sector organisations and small groups to carry out vital work across Leeds.

Funding Information and Opportunities

A regularly updated document of key funding opportunities is produced and available for you to download.

The document lists details about current funding opportunities for Voluntary and Community Groups and organisations in Leeds - including grants, contracts and social finance (loans). This document is also emailed out to the Leeds Funding Support Network mailing list.

Visit the Sources of Grant Funding for Voluntary and Community Groups in Leeds page to download the latest document.

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Funding Leeds provides a free and easy way to search for funding suitable for your organisation.

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VAL's Project Worker can give support to organisations to help strengthen funding bids through giving feedback on draft bids, or help with identifying funding or fundraising planning.

Leeds Funding Support Network

A network of people involved in fundraising for their organisation - some are new to fundraising where as others have some experience and knowledge which they share with the group.

We hold meetings every quarter and invite funders to tell us about their funding pots and share other fundraising methods from Crowdfunding, to raising money through legacies, fundraising events and more. You will also receive a bi-monthly funding newsletter.

To join the Leeds Funding Support Network sign up to the mailing list here and tick option 6 'Funding information and support'.

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