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  1. BENCHES EMERGE AS POTENTIAL CONDUITS FOR MENTAL HEALTH DISCOURSE

    Over 110 'buddy benches' are now in the UK to encourage conversations about mental health. Find out where they are and how they help.

    #MentalHealthSupport, #BuddyBenches, #UKCharity, #TalkAboutIt, #CommunityAction

    newsletter.tf/uk-buddy-benches

  2. Food Banks Expand Operations Amidst Persistent Need

    Stratford Foodbank is moving to a larger building to help more people who need food. Demand for help has grown recently.

    #StratfordFoodbank, #FoodInsecurity, #CommunitySupport, #FoodAid, #UKCharity

    newsletter.tf/stratford-foodba

  3. Stitching Dignity: Communities Mobilize Against Period Poverty

    See how UK sewing groups are making reusable sanitary pads to help women and girls facing period poverty. Learn about their impact and how to join.

    #PeriodPoverty, #ReusablePads, #CommunityAction, #WomensHealth, #UKCharity

    newsletter.tf/uk-sewing-groups

  4. Stitching Dignity: Communities Mobilize Against Period Poverty

    See how UK sewing groups are making reusable sanitary pads to help women and girls facing period poverty. Learn about their impact and how to join.

    #PeriodPoverty, #ReusablePads, #CommunityAction, #WomensHealth, #UKCharity

    newsletter.tf/uk-sewing-groups

  5. Stitching Dignity: Communities Mobilize Against Period Poverty

    See how UK sewing groups are making reusable sanitary pads to help women and girls facing period poverty. Learn about their impact and how to join.

    #PeriodPoverty, #ReusablePads, #CommunityAction, #WomensHealth, #UKCharity

    newsletter.tf/uk-sewing-groups

  6. Stitching Dignity: Communities Mobilize Against Period Poverty

    See how UK sewing groups are making reusable sanitary pads to help women and girls facing period poverty. Learn about their impact and how to join.

    #PeriodPoverty, #ReusablePads, #CommunityAction, #WomensHealth, #UKCharity

    newsletter.tf/uk-sewing-groups

  7. And if you're in the UK Charity sector and haven't filled out the survey yet, you still have time.

    surveymonkey.com/r/CDSR2026blog

  8. Super interesting interim findings from the 2026 Charity Digital Skills Report. Including:

    - A third (33%) of charities are now using AI to support governance and compliance (e.g. drafting policies, board reporting, etc)

    Any yet,

    - Nearly half (49%) of charities are concerned about moving forward with AI due to fears around data privacy, GDPR, and security

    Have a read here: zoeamar.com/2026/03/26/early-i

    #ai #tech #charities #charitydigireport #charitydigital #ukcharity

  9. Super interesting interim findings from the 2026 Charity Digital Skills Report. Including:

    - A third (33%) of charities are now using AI to support governance and compliance (e.g. drafting policies, board reporting, etc)

    Any yet,

    - Nearly half (49%) of charities are concerned about moving forward with AI due to fears around data privacy, GDPR, and security

    Have a read here: zoeamar.com/2026/03/26/early-i

  10. Super interesting interim findings from the 2026 Charity Digital Skills Report. Including:

    - A third (33%) of charities are now using AI to support governance and compliance (e.g. drafting policies, board reporting, etc)

    Any yet,

    - Nearly half (49%) of charities are concerned about moving forward with AI due to fears around data privacy, GDPR, and security

    Have a read here: zoeamar.com/2026/03/26/early-i

    #ai #tech #charities #charitydigireport #charitydigital #ukcharity

  11. Super interesting interim findings from the 2026 Charity Digital Skills Report. Including:

    - A third (33%) of charities are now using AI to support governance and compliance (e.g. drafting policies, board reporting, etc)

    Any yet,

    - Nearly half (49%) of charities are concerned about moving forward with AI due to fears around data privacy, GDPR, and security

    Have a read here: zoeamar.com/2026/03/26/early-i

    #ai #tech #charities #charitydigireport #charitydigital #ukcharity

  12. Super interesting interim findings from the 2026 Charity Digital Skills Report. Including:

    - A third (33%) of charities are now using AI to support governance and compliance (e.g. drafting policies, board reporting, etc)

    Any yet,

    - Nearly half (49%) of charities are concerned about moving forward with AI due to fears around data privacy, GDPR, and security

    Have a read here: zoeamar.com/2026/03/26/early-i

    #ai #tech #charities #charitydigireport #charitydigital #ukcharity

  13. Just heard about this excellent micro fundraising idea #CharityNinjas which was started by the comedian Jason Manford.. there is a FB page too but they promote small UK charities struggling to reach crowdfunding targets on #JustGiving and encourage people to swoop in and donate £2 and they reach the target in hours. Nominations and more info on this page thecharityninjas.co.uk/ #charity #donate #UKCharity #GoodNews

  14. Just heard about this excellent micro fundraising idea #CharityNinjas which was started by the comedian Jason Manford.. there is a FB page too but they promote small UK charities struggling to reach crowdfunding targets on #JustGiving and encourage people to swoop in and donate £2 and they reach the target in hours. Nominations and more info on this page thecharityninjas.co.uk/ #charity #donate #UKCharity #GoodNews

  15. Just heard about this excellent micro fundraising idea #CharityNinjas which was started by the comedian Jason Manford.. there is a FB page too but they promote small UK charities struggling to reach crowdfunding targets on #JustGiving and encourage people to swoop in and donate £2 and they reach the target in hours. Nominations and more info on this page thecharityninjas.co.uk/ #charity #donate #UKCharity #GoodNews

  16. Just heard about this excellent micro fundraising idea #CharityNinjas which was started by the comedian Jason Manford.. there is a FB page too but they promote small UK charities struggling to reach crowdfunding targets on #JustGiving and encourage people to swoop in and donate £2 and they reach the target in hours. Nominations and more info on this page thecharityninjas.co.uk/ #charity #donate #UKCharity #GoodNews

  17. Just heard about this excellent micro fundraising idea #CharityNinjas which was started by the comedian Jason Manford.. there is a FB page too but they promote small UK charities struggling to reach crowdfunding targets on #JustGiving and encourage people to swoop in and donate £2 and they reach the target in hours. Nominations and more info on this page thecharityninjas.co.uk/ #charity #donate #UKCharity #GoodNews

  18. Don't mean this to be a rant.. but I don't think people realise how bad the funding crisis is in the UK for #UKCharity #CommunityBusiness and similar organisations doing great work. Increased costs of wages, National Insurance, energy bills, equipment, food at a time of increasing need and massive reduction in donations and grants available are all creating a real shit storm. Some funders are significantly changing priorities which means, in our case, we can no longer apply to some who have always supported us in the past. I know of several previously very successful organisations currently close to bankruptcy. We are OK ish for the next 6 months and have a good chunk of regular income from long term room hire which helps pay rent, bills and wages for our office manager.. but getting money for staffing is increasingly hard. The timescales involved in applying to some of the larger funders are a big factor too. The UK Lottery Community Fund take 16 weeks to make a decision and you can't apply until current funding is nearly finished. We are losing a key staff member soon - he's got a job elsewhere as his funding runs out end of this month and we don't yet know if we have Lottery money to pay his wages after that.

  19. Don't mean this to be a rant.. but I don't think people realise how bad the funding crisis is in the UK for #UKCharity #CommunityBusiness and similar organisations doing great work. Increased costs of wages, National Insurance, energy bills, equipment, food at a time of increasing need and massive reduction in donations and grants available are all creating a real shit storm. Some funders are significantly changing priorities which means, in our case, we can no longer apply to some who have always supported us in the past. I know of several previously very successful organisations currently close to bankruptcy. We are OK ish for the next 6 months and have a good chunk of regular income from long term room hire which helps pay rent, bills and wages for our office manager.. but getting money for staffing is increasingly hard. The timescales involved in applying to some of the larger funders are a big factor too. The UK Lottery Community Fund take 16 weeks to make a decision and you can't apply until current funding is nearly finished. We are losing a key staff member soon - he's got a job elsewhere as his funding runs out end of this month and we don't yet know if we have Lottery money to pay his wages after that.

  20. Don't mean this to be a rant.. but I don't think people realise how bad the funding crisis is in the UK for #UKCharity #CommunityBusiness and similar organisations doing great work. Increased costs of wages, National Insurance, energy bills, equipment, food at a time of increasing need and massive reduction in donations and grants available are all creating a real shit storm. Some funders are significantly changing priorities which means, in our case, we can no longer apply to some who have always supported us in the past. I know of several previously very successful organisations currently close to bankruptcy. We are OK ish for the next 6 months and have a good chunk of regular income from long term room hire which helps pay rent, bills and wages for our office manager.. but getting money for staffing is increasingly hard. The timescales involved in applying to some of the larger funders are a big factor too. The UK Lottery Community Fund take 16 weeks to make a decision and you can't apply until current funding is nearly finished. We are losing a key staff member soon - he's got a job elsewhere as his funding runs out end of this month and we don't yet know if we have Lottery money to pay his wages after that.

  21. Don't mean this to be a rant.. but I don't think people realise how bad the funding crisis is in the UK for #UKCharity #CommunityBusiness and similar organisations doing great work. Increased costs of wages, National Insurance, energy bills, equipment, food at a time of increasing need and massive reduction in donations and grants available are all creating a real shit storm. Some funders are significantly changing priorities which means, in our case, we can no longer apply to some who have always supported us in the past. I know of several previously very successful organisations currently close to bankruptcy. We are OK ish for the next 6 months and have a good chunk of regular income from long term room hire which helps pay rent, bills and wages for our office manager.. but getting money for staffing is increasingly hard. The timescales involved in applying to some of the larger funders are a big factor too. The UK Lottery Community Fund take 16 weeks to make a decision and you can't apply until current funding is nearly finished. We are losing a key staff member soon - he's got a job elsewhere as his funding runs out end of this month and we don't yet know if we have Lottery money to pay his wages after that.

  22. Don't mean this to be a rant.. but I don't think people realise how bad the funding crisis is in the UK for #UKCharity #CommunityBusiness and similar organisations doing great work. Increased costs of wages, National Insurance, energy bills, equipment, food at a time of increasing need and massive reduction in donations and grants available are all creating a real shit storm. Some funders are significantly changing priorities which means, in our case, we can no longer apply to some who have always supported us in the past. I know of several previously very successful organisations currently close to bankruptcy. We are OK ish for the next 6 months and have a good chunk of regular income from long term room hire which helps pay rent, bills and wages for our office manager.. but getting money for staffing is increasingly hard. The timescales involved in applying to some of the larger funders are a big factor too. The UK Lottery Community Fund take 16 weeks to make a decision and you can't apply until current funding is nearly finished. We are losing a key staff member soon - he's got a job elsewhere as his funding runs out end of this month and we don't yet know if we have Lottery money to pay his wages after that.

  23. Moving away from #mailchimp for the community project I run and want something Europe based.. looking at #Brevo #Mailjet which both look fine and free versions will be more than enough for our needs..but just spotted #Systeme too which has email marketing but many other features which may be useful in the future. Any thoughts or comments from people using any of these. Only need it for general sporadic emails to our business and community supporters about events and news for now .. but may want to sell things like seeds, plants, recipe books, upcycled fabric things at some time in the future. #UkCharity #nonprofit #communitybusiness

  24. Moving away from #mailchimp for the community project I run and want something Europe based.. looking at #Brevo #Mailjet which both look fine and free versions will be more than enough for our needs..but just spotted #Systeme too which has email marketing but many other features which may be useful in the future. Any thoughts or comments from people using any of these. Only need it for general sporadic emails to our business and community supporters about events and news for now .. but may want to sell things like seeds, plants, recipe books, upcycled fabric things at some time in the future. #UkCharity #nonprofit #communitybusiness

  25. Moving away from #mailchimp for the community project I run and want something Europe based.. looking at #Brevo #Mailjet which both look fine and free versions will be more than enough for our needs..but just spotted #Systeme too which has email marketing but many other features which may be useful in the future. Any thoughts or comments from people using any of these. Only need it for general sporadic emails to our business and community supporters about events and news for now .. but may want to sell things like seeds, plants, recipe books, upcycled fabric things at some time in the future. #UkCharity #nonprofit #communitybusiness

  26. Moving away from #mailchimp for the community project I run and want something Europe based.. looking at #Brevo #Mailjet which both look fine and free versions will be more than enough for our needs..but just spotted #Systeme too which has email marketing but many other features which may be useful in the future. Any thoughts or comments from people using any of these. Only need it for general sporadic emails to our business and community supporters about events and news for now .. but may want to sell things like seeds, plants, recipe books, upcycled fabric things at some time in the future. #UkCharity #nonprofit #communitybusiness

  27. Moving away from #mailchimp for the community project I run and want something Europe based.. looking at #Brevo #Mailjet which both look fine and free versions will be more than enough for our needs..but just spotted #Systeme too which has email marketing but many other features which may be useful in the future. Any thoughts or comments from people using any of these. Only need it for general sporadic emails to our business and community supporters about events and news for now .. but may want to sell things like seeds, plants, recipe books, upcycled fabric things at some time in the future. #UkCharity #nonprofit #communitybusiness

  28. Here's a question for every large #UKcharity and principled organisation that I might care about...

    lrg.io/technology-and-our-futu

  29. Here's a question for every large #UKcharity and principled organisation that I might care about...

    lrg.io/technology-and-our-futu

  30. Here's a question for every large #UKcharity and principled organisation that I might care about...

    lrg.io/technology-and-our-futu

  31. Here's a question for every large #UKcharity and principled organisation that I might care about...

    lrg.io/technology-and-our-futu

  32. Here's a question for every large #UKcharity and principled organisation that I might care about...

    lrg.io/technology-and-our-futu

  33. For #UKCharity #UKThirdSector folk on here..realise there aren't many!! #NationalLottery just launched a new #CostOfLiving grant to be spent before next March...covers projects like #WarmSpaces, #Food #debt #bill advice..can also cover core costs and pay retrospectively for your own ent/bills... Grants of £10k to £75k tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/fundin

  34. For #UKCharity #UKThirdSector folk on here..realise there aren't many!! #NationalLottery just launched a new #CostOfLiving grant to be spent before next March...covers projects like #WarmSpaces, #Food #debt #bill advice..can also cover core costs and pay retrospectively for your own ent/bills... Grants of £10k to £75k tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/fundin

  35. For #UKCharity #UKThirdSector folk on here..realise there aren't many!! #NationalLottery just launched a new #CostOfLiving grant to be spent before next March...covers projects like #WarmSpaces, #Food #debt #bill advice..can also cover core costs and pay retrospectively for your own ent/bills... Grants of £10k to £75k tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/fundin

  36. For #UKCharity #UKThirdSector folk on here..realise there aren't many!! #NationalLottery just launched a new #CostOfLiving grant to be spent before next March...covers projects like #WarmSpaces, #Food #debt #bill advice..can also cover core costs and pay retrospectively for your own ent/bills... Grants of £10k to £75k tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/fundin

  37. For #UKCharity #UKThirdSector folk on here..realise there aren't many!! #NationalLottery just launched a new #CostOfLiving grant to be spent before next March...covers projects like #WarmSpaces, #Food #debt #bill advice..can also cover core costs and pay retrospectively for your own ent/bills... Grants of £10k to £75k tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/fundin

  38. UK Hong Kong scheme ‘funding charity with links to Chinese Communist party’

    Community groups accuse leadership of Wai Yin Society of having ‘unusually close’ ties with CCP
    A consortium of Hong Kong community groups have accused the UK government’s flagship programme for welcoming Hongkongers of funding an organisation with alleged links to the Chinese Communist party (CCP).

    theguardian.com/world/2023/jul

    #HongKong #UKCharity #charity #CCP

  39. UK Hong Kong scheme ‘funding charity with links to Chinese Communist party’

    Community groups accuse leadership of Wai Yin Society of having ‘unusually close’ ties with CCP
    A consortium of Hong Kong community groups have accused the UK government’s flagship programme for welcoming Hongkongers of funding an organisation with alleged links to the Chinese Communist party (CCP).

    theguardian.com/world/2023/jul

    #HongKong #UKCharity #charity #CCP

  40. UK Hong Kong scheme ‘funding charity with links to Chinese Communist party’

    Community groups accuse leadership of Wai Yin Society of having ‘unusually close’ ties with CCP
    A consortium of Hong Kong community groups have accused the UK government’s flagship programme for welcoming Hongkongers of funding an organisation with alleged links to the Chinese Communist party (CCP).

    theguardian.com/world/2023/jul

    #HongKong #UKCharity #charity #CCP

  41. UK Hong Kong scheme ‘funding charity with links to Chinese Communist party’

    Community groups accuse leadership of Wai Yin Society of having ‘unusually close’ ties with CCP
    A consortium of Hong Kong community groups have accused the UK government’s flagship programme for welcoming Hongkongers of funding an organisation with alleged links to the Chinese Communist party (CCP).

    theguardian.com/world/2023/jul

    #HongKong #UKCharity #charity #CCP

  42. After several conversations this week with friends running charities all increasingly frustrated by the system and constantly chasing funding... reminded me about some people doing things differently.. here's Sam Conniff and his Ted talk on how we maybe ought to #BeMorePirate 😃 ☠️ #charity #UKCharity #Anarchism #ABCD #SamConniff youtu.be/yYlTJFqVd08

  43. After several conversations this week with friends running charities all increasingly frustrated by the system and constantly chasing funding... reminded me about some people doing things differently.. here's Sam Conniff and his Ted talk on how we maybe ought to #BeMorePirate 😃 ☠️ #charity #UKCharity #Anarchism #ABCD #SamConniff youtu.be/yYlTJFqVd08

  44. After several conversations this week with friends running charities all increasingly frustrated by the system and constantly chasing funding... reminded me about some people doing things differently.. here's Sam Conniff and his Ted talk on how we maybe ought to #BeMorePirate 😃 ☠️ #charity #UKCharity #Anarchism #ABCD #SamConniff youtu.be/yYlTJFqVd08

  45. Now I'm properly off the bird site..want to try and find #UKCharity #ABCD #PublicLivingRoom folk on here...but feels many haven't moved over yet. I run Settle Community and Business Hub in #NorthYorkshire which is much smaller but based on #ImpactHub model and would love to connect with others doing similar stuff.

  46. Now I'm properly off the bird site..want to try and find #UKCharity #ABCD #PublicLivingRoom folk on here...but feels many haven't moved over yet. I run Settle Community and Business Hub in #NorthYorkshire which is much smaller but based on #ImpactHub model and would love to connect with others doing similar stuff.