Recession Busting Top Tips

Networking, attend CTN’s and other organisations events, receive training and share ideas. Not only will you gain valuable information, sharing with people raises your spirits and reassures you that your're not alone.

Fundraising, use gift aid, service delivery and legacies.

Sponsorships, encourage local supermarkets or schools to sponsor you, even if it's just collecting money through bag packing and collection buckets.

Partnerships, who could you work with to enhance what you do and/or save money?

Seek grants from local community or government. For more information visit,  

Merge with another charity, if you share the same interests why not consider it? ‘Moving in’ with another charity means shared resources and utility costs. For more advice on this visit

http://www.trusteenet.org.uk/resources/charities-credit-crunch-russel-cooke-solicitors

Advertise for volunteers- think outside the box. Create incentives. Could volunteers work from home? Advertise to university/colleges/schools? (Students are desperate for good experience to put on their CVs and UCAS forms to make them stand out) Make sure you advertise to the right people.

Internships. university students and graduates realise the struggle they are about to face upon entering the working world, internships look fantastic on CVs and you will soon find you have lots of highly skilled students applying to volunteer as an intern at your organisation. See W4MP for advice on considering an internship,

http://www.w4mp.org/html/library/guides/0404_internships.htm

Advertise- millions of people use Facebook, You Tube, MySpace, Bebo etc. Join as your charity and find millions of ‘friends’ to add or wait for the millions of people to find you! You can post up coming events and create groups for people to join.

Think sustainable resources, simple things such as turning of the lights, re-using paper and buying refillable ink cartridges for printers.

Look carefully at your charity, for example, are employment polices up to date?

Prioritise your charity's core activities.

Joint funding bids with other organisations.

Staff recruitment restrictions.

Good governance. See the Charity Commissions guide to Good Governance. http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/enhancingcharities/governancecode.asp

Plan ahead.

Attract able trustees with useful skills and experience. See our trusteefinder

wwww.trusteefinder.org.uk

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