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Your chance to win £1000 unrestricted funding for your organisation

Easyfundraising and Tesco have partnered up and will give £1000 funding pots to 5 community organisations this October. 

Increase your chances of finding funding for your organisation

Funding is crucial in enabling your organization to deliver its services and finding the right funding is key to success.

Here are some top tips to get you started. 

Captain Tom: lessons learned!

Capt. Sir Tom who won the hearts of the country - and later a knighthood from the Queen - walking laps of his garden to raise money for the NHS. The extraordinary fundraising achievement was well documented and his determination to walk 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday transformed him into a defining figure of England's first national lockdown, making headlines and inspiring people from around the world to donate.

Sadly, in recent weeks, the charity has come under scrutiny as it has been alleged that the daughter of Capt. Sir Tom Moore was paid thousands of pounds via her family company for appearances in connection with her late father's charity.

Managing financial difficulties in your charity arising from cost-of-living pressures.

Like many of you, we receive many updates regarding the state of the voluntary sector.  In recent months there has been a rise in reports of failing charities, with at least one article predicting a loss of 40% of the sector in the next two years! 

A quick and easy way to earn unrestricted funding!

Did you know that one of the easiest ways to earn unrestricted funding is through food shopping?

Transport East Strategy Hub

Share your insight on rural mobility through the new Transport East Strategy Hub.

Latest updates from the Charity Commission, June 2023.

Here are the latest changes being introduced by the Charity Commission relating to the Charities Act 2022 (the Act), which amends the Charities Act 2011.

This page provides short summaries of the changes that came into effect on 14 June 2023 and and 31 October 2022 regarding selling, leasing and disposing of land and using permanent endowment.

The final set of changes are due to come into effect by the end of 2023.

Love Every Drop

CAN has had a long association with Anglian Water, taking their message out into the community and raising awareness of the importance of a commodity that none of us can afford to take for granted any longer. 

You may ask why we do this, and the answer is simple. We are all about community, and our ethos is about working to achieve the best outcomes for the people who live and work in communities across Norfolk.

We all, without exception, use and depend on the easy availability of water but the stark reality is that we need to use less of it!

The Charity Commission’s Charities Act 2022; latest updates.

Charities are a force for good and millions regularly donate to help them help others. However, there were issues within the law within in which charities operate, meaning that time and money were spent on administration when it could be used for charitable causes.

As a result the Law Commission started investigating some of these technical issues in charity law. The majority of the recommendations in their 2017 Technical Issues in Charity Law report were accepted by Government and enacted in the Charities Act 2022.

NHS Complaints - where to turn for help

According to a recent survey overall satisfaction with the NHS fell to 29 per cent – a 7 percentage point decrease from 2021. This is the lowest level of satisfaction recorded since the survey began in 1983. We are all acutely aware of the pressures the NHS are under and very occasionally something goes wrong and needs resolving.
 

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