Small Charity Week 2011 (newsletter 22/6/11)

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Dear friend of KnowHow,

As we're in the middle of Small Charity Week 2011, we've pulled together some of our most recent resources aimed at small charities. KnowHow was created to support small organisations so all of our materials are created with you in mind. Here are some recent additions.

How-to guides

Here are a selection of our favourite how-to guides written for or by small charities:

• How small charities can maximise regular donations.
• How to secure pro bono design services.
• How to raise funds and keep costs down for a small theatre company.
• How to set up a cashflow forecast in a spreadsheet.

Do you have knowledge to share? If so, why not write or edit a how-to guide? If you need to do something and there's not a guide, request one! See all how-to guides.

StudyZone courses

Our StudyZone courses are practical, relevant and affordable. These three are particularly useful for small organisations who are new to these topics:

• Strategy made easy
• Understanding and assessing impact 
• Strategic social media.

Campaigns presentation

Last week Madeleine and Damien presented at the Third Sector Digital Communications and Social Media Convention (nfpsm) as part of the small charities stream. We've uploaded their talk to Slideshare so you can use it too.

They use examples of recent campaigns run by large and small charities to show how organisations such as Greenpeace, Chance UK and the Craftivists Collective use social media to encourage change, involvement and fundraising. The presentation shares six tips to maximise your campaign.

How small charities can use the techniques of big campaigns 

News and special offers

• Free NCVO membership - if your organisation's annual income is under £10,000 then you could join NCVO for free. Find out more about community membership.

• Charity Commission's new guide - The Charity Commission has produced a new guide on risk for small charities - avoiding problems in running your charity.
• Media Trust - 20% discount - to celebrate Small Charity Week, this week Media Trust are offering 20% off their training courses. Use code: scweek11. 
• In Kind Direct - In Kind Direct redistributes surplus goods from manufacturers and retailers to UK charities working at home and abroad. Sign up and save money.
• Small Charities Coalition - The Small Charities Coalition exists to help small charities access the skills, experience and resources they need to achieve their aims. Join today!

Stay in touch

Find out more about Small Charity Week 2011 including the end of the week event at London's South Bank Centre on Friday.

As always we'd love to hear from you. Request new how-to guides and StudyZone courses on the site, email us at knowhow@city.ac.uk or join us on Twitter , LinkedIn and Facebook.

Warm regards,

Madeleine, Luke, Cristina, Tom, Linden (the KnowHow team)