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CloseSpending cuts, reduced donations and greater demand for your services - helping you survive difficult times.
We hear reports every day that non profits are facing tough times. Challenges of greater demand for services, decreases in donations, funding cuts, suppliers going out of business, contracts not being renewed, increased enquiries about volunteering, are all impacting on day-to-day activities. As the impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review is felt, there will of course be more pressure on our sector. Keep in touch with all the cuts news and views.
We have lots of reources to help you plan and prepare for the tough times. There are grants, people offering free consultancy to non profits as well as lots of sources of advice and support. Here is a round-up of the ones we know about. Please help us build this list by adding your suggestions as comments.
General support
- Helping charities through the economic downturn (Charity Commission): research and resources.
- Coping with Cuts (NCVO).
- Cuts Watch (ACEVO): supporting the third sector through spending cuts - news and resources.
- Public spending cuts and the voluntary and community sector (NAVCA) - resources for infrastructure organisations but useful for front-lines too.
- Tools for Success - self-assessment toolkit: has your organisation got what it takes to be sustainable?
- Resources for arts and cultural organisations: guide produced by Audiences London.
- Plan for the future with Third Sector Foresight.
News and views
- Speakers at ACEVO's 2009 CEO Summit in June 09 gave their views about leading through the recession. Listen to podcasts we recorded with them. You'll need to register/log in to access the ACEVO Summit podcasts.
- Cutswatch podcasts: organisation leaders give their views and advice about the recession.
Government initiatives and funding
- Funding Central (NCVO) is a guide to funding and finance opportunities.
- Great round-up of grants by the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation.
Financial difficulties and spending
- Managing financial difficulties and insolvency in charities (Charities Commission)
- 50 ways to reduce your spending (actually only 11 listed in article but very useful!)
- Charity Finance Directors' Group - resources including advice on fraud, pensions and insolvency.
Managing and leading
- How to manage your workforce in a recession (CIPD)
- Making a redundancy factsheet (LawWorks)
- Staying calm and positive (Cutswatch)
- Motivating staff in hard times - discussion
- Actions of a leader in hard times - discussion
Free support for your organisation
- Small Charities Coalition - join as a friend (for free) and get support from others.
- The Cranfield Trust - is offering free management and consultancy for nonprofits.
Your job and your development
- Dealing with redundancy (Careers Advice)
- Dealing with redundancy (Direct.Gov)
- Find a new job
- New to non profit sector?
- FREE charity CV template
Events
There are lots of training courses and conferences. Have a look at our events section for what's on in your area.
Have your say
How are the cuts affecting your work? Have your say about the cuts.
Use the KnowHow discussion boards to ask a question or give some support to others. If you have a particular problem or question, ask the KnowHow community.
How are you being affected by the current climate? What other resources should we include here? Have your say on the issues and challenges forum.
EmmaAL wrote on Jun 23, 2009 05:22 PM
Audiences London have collated some information about the impact of recession on the not-for-profit arts sector, which you can download for free from our website here: http://www.audienceslondon.org/?lid=1289