Charity Management
3 December 2020
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Category: Charity Management
Advice and tips on how to manage and run your charity
#AdventWord 2019: 7 Unity
Unity by Dr. Wendy Longo Flickr 2.89 In all our meetings for church affairs we need to listen together to the Holy Spirit. We are not seeking a consensus; we are seeking the will of God. The unity of the meeting lies more in the unity of the search than in the decision which is
7 December 2019
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Finance
ACAT Conference 2019
This year’s ACAT (Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers) was held at Methodist Central Halls on October 19th. While Westminster was quiet when I arrived at 9:30 it was obviously preparing for the hordes of people expected later on. I always enjoy these conferences, they are a good reminder of the spiritual aspects to my
22 October 2019
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Good Practice
Sharing generic email accounts
Generic Email I recommend generic email addresses to all clients, recommending them for a range of reasons: Correspondence is held in a role specific email box. When a new person starts they can catch up, or search for previous conversations. The generic email box means that when a person leaves the role, or doesn’t want
5 September 2019
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Good Practice
Setting Up Your Organisation’s Email Part II
Okay, in Part I we covered the concepts behind email, now it’s time for the… Actions Create an account for the organisation This ensures that all the data that belongs to your organisation is under your control. With the majority of communication taking place via email, the temptation will be to use the email addresses
20 June 2017
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Finance
ACAT Annual Conference 2016
Responsibility, Impact & Stewardship This year’s ACAT conference was held Saturday October 15th at Woburn House Conference Centre, London. Money & Monks, Markets & Monasteries Our opening address was Br Dr Anthony Purvis, Prior of St Michael’s Priory, Willen, Milton Keynes talking about the relationship between Thomas Merton and Dom James Fox the Abbot of the
15 October 2016
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Pension advice for small charities
Pension Advice There was a time when the only reference books found in a meeting house were similar to those seen at the Clerks’ table at Yearly Meeting. Over the years, as many Area Meetings have registered as charities, this has changed and now legal advice is as necessary as spiritual. While pensions are mentioned
3 February 2016
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Quaker A-Z: J is for Juggling Roles
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. On the Wardenship e-List one of the perennial questions a newly appointed Trustee or member of Premises asks is: “What does your warden do?” As with so many things this question has as many different answers as the number of Quakers
29 April 2014
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Quaker A-Z: I is for Inventories, Insurances and Inclusiveness
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. I is for Inventories, Insurances and Inclusiveness Inventories and Insurances Inventories and Insurances seem to go together – Inclusiveness perhaps less so. Insurances are of course another of those matters where I will advise that professional guidance should be sought. Contents
17 April 2014
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Charity Management
Generic Email Addresses or how to prevent memory loss…
What is a generic email address and why do I think they are important? An example of a generic email address is which for a office or that office holder rather than a person. For Quaker Meetings’ Friends House offer the option to have a standard email address, yourmeeting@quaker.org.uk – which is actually a forwarding
4 July 2013
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Affording our Meeting Houses
This could be taken two ways – how do we ensure that the Meeting House is affordable for both the local community and the worshipping community that uses it. Not only financially, but also with reference back to an earlier post: Beacon or Burden. Hopefully, all Quaker Meetings are a spirit-led, all-age faith community trying
26 May 2013
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Welcome!
What is a remote or virtual meeting house manager? We offer remote professional office management and services for Quaker meeting houses and other small businesses. There is no need to supply a workspace, as we have our own fully fitted modern office with up to date equipment and software. You might need a remote business
25 September 2012
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