It’s the best day of the year! @cfgsocial.bsky.social’s annual conference is here. Listening to lively conversation with David Holdsworth CEO of @charitycommission.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy and Pesh Framjee - and loads of charity finance professionals! #CFGAC25

Clare's fundraiser for PROSTATE CANCER UK Help Clare Mills raise money to support PROSTATE CANCER UK

Seven runs to go and just £14 more in donations will mean we hit £1500 (plus all the lovely Gift Aid)… running later for @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social - thank yoh all got cheering us on! www.justgiving.com/page/clare-m...

Clare's fundraiser for PROSTATE CANCER UK Help Clare Mills raise money to support PROSTATE CANCER UK

Day 16 of Run Every Day in March - which has been a challenge but achieved so far! Today’s added challenge: big bike ride first.
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Thanks for inviting me to speak at today’s report launch - i hope we are starting to see change from some of our major banks #Chariy #VolSec @cfgsocial.bsky.social

Every post a typo… BREAK

Having a lovely beak from the world of #Charity #Finance to spend some quality time with my bike

Will it be an outside broadcast (ob)?

Oh I feel this. It took me 20 mins to go through this, to order food on the train this week. I was 10 paces from the catering car but due to a “technical issue” they could only do food orders through the app. The whole process resulted in at least five emails, too.

@lner.co.uk thank you to your staff for their help at Kings Cross (at the barrier by the upstairs first class lounge) when I had a sudden nosebleed on my way to the platform - very much appreciated.

Anyone have any questions for the next edition of Money Box alive on Radio 4 this Wednesday?

Money Box - Charity Bank Accounts and Attendance Allowance - BBC Sounds New report finds nine out of ten charities have experienced difficulty with banking.

And here’s the link yyk the programme! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Thanks for sharing our work on #Charity banking challenges today on @moneybox.bsky.social with @felicityhannah.bsky.social - @cfgsocial.bsky.social

Stressed charity professional in a darkened room.

Nearly nine in ten charitable organisations say they are concerned about affording the government’s increase to the rate of Employer National Insurance Contributions (ERNICs) from 6 April 2025. The results of our post budget survey are in👉 loom.ly/G1iUdj4

Agree with much of this. When we’re working on ‘awareness raising’ - with whom? To what end? What’s the behaviour change we want to create? How are we measuring impact?

Hi Fliss, perhaps not as cool as the caterpillars but you might be interested in this: cfg.org.uk/news/majorit...

To round off the week, Mr S and I are having a long weekend down south. A fascinating visit to the Bank of England Museum, 5/5, would recommend. Could lift the gold bar single handed! But it’s still in the museum. www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum

This week @cfgsocial.bsky.social published Charity Banking Challenges 2024, new research into the issues facing charities and recommendations into making life - well, banking - a bit easier for staff, volunteers and trustees. Let me know what you think!

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Hi Awil please add me and @emmalabbott.bsky.social ?

HM Treasury

We responded to the letter from the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, with a joint statement alongside NCVO and @acevo.bsky.social on Employer National Insurance Contributions (ERNICs). Read the statement in full loom.ly/C9mWdr4

Graphic image of a Robin, a small bird with a red feathered breast

Going to see the Robin on my bird feeders in a completely different light this morning 😯

Last year I turned him into an artwork… this year? I’ll add his cloak and scythe maybe.

I worked in charities for years – here’s how I make sure my money is going to a good cause, not Captain Tom’s family | Gary Nunn This year, the family of Captain Tom or Naomi Campbell have shown us the pitfalls of celebrity charities, writes journalist Gary Nunn

“Trust and safety advisers and finance directors aren’t celebrities, but heroes in their respective fields. Their office-based work looks boring … but it ensures thriftiness, good stewardship and the ability to grow. It prevents corruption, waste and theft.”

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So. Many. Castles… my favourite is Edlingham, for hide and seek. And Ros, which has no visible remains - but on a clear say you can see Alnwick, Bamburgh, Chillingham, Dunstanburgh, Ford, Norham AND Warkworth from there! #Northumberland.

Blue sky tinged with pink over the sea and some rocks

Beautiful Warkworth beach yesterday, late afternoon, to brighten everyone’s Monday. Looking forward to the week ahead.

Alt+Txt three oystercatchers on the same, by the sea

Oystercatchers… saw a beautiful heron later, in the dusk

Off to the beach for a final reset before Monday rolls around - feeling very lucky to have #Northumberland all a round me.

Great list Madeleine, I tried and failed to make a starter pack for this! Please could you add @cfgsocial.bsky.social

Great work, please add me, thanks

Visited a @trusselluk.bsky.social Foodbank in south London last week as a trustee of In Kind Direct - inspiring, to see such kindness and compassion for people in need; heartbreaking, that we have so many hungry people in the UK. Please keep supporting.

Hi Nicola, good to see you!