Thursday 15 December 2011

Social Investment

New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) has recently published a guide to social investment. It aims to help charities understand the risks and opportunities social investment entails and the steps they need to think through before deciding if it is for them. The paper essentially seeks to answer two questions: what is social investment and should my charity be thinking about taking on social investment? The guide is available here.

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Charity Commission news

The Charity Commission regularly produces a short newsletter. It has recently issued a special edition focused on the release of their new 2012-15 Strategy. The newsletter explains the thinking behind the Commission’s key goals and priorities over the next few years and outlines their approach for how it will deliver  proposals. Click here to read the newsletter and get the full strategy here.

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2011 Evaluation results

Thank you!! – we have received our best ever feedback from our service users in this year’s evaluation exercise. Over 99% of those using any of our services over the last year think they received an excellent (73%) or good (26%) service. Virtually all of our users found our input helpful in improving a wide variety of aspects of their financial management and governance (74% thought us very helpful). Most importantly we received a vast number of valuable comments and helpful suggestions for improvement which we are currently analysing. We will be publishing the full results on our website early in the New Year. Thank you to all of you who took the time to give us your thoughts.

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Bradford collection/drop off service

In the Autumn we said we needed to change how we manage the collection and drop off of accounting records.  We will be retaining this service in Bradford. In the New Year we will be introducing a variety of options depending on the volume of your records and your location in the Bradford district. We will be writing to all relevant organisations which are affected. Also look out for further details which we will issue in the first week of 2012. Important note: In the meantime please do not drop off your records without first contacting us.

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In case you missed it ...

Since the last e-bulletin we have sent out hard copies of the Winter edition of our newsletter the ‘Balanced Sheet’. It is now also available from our website. In the governance section you can also find our latest annual accounts (year end to 31 March 2011). (It’s only fair as we look at enough of yours!)

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Merry Christmas!

We would like to wish all our service users, stakeholders, funders and supporters a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.  Thank you for your support during 2011 and we look forward to serving you in 2012.

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E-Bulletin

Our e-bulletin is issued on a monthly basis and sent directly to registered subscribers. It is also available from our website. Please note that information and resources contained in the e-bulletin are general in nature and not intended as specific advice or recommendations. We welcome any feedback on the content and format so that we can improve it and make sure it meets your needs. Please let us know  if you have any comments or suggestions.

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