Closed Polls

Is your organisation actively embracing social media?
Yes
38% (18 votes)
No
34% (16 votes)
What is social media?
28% (13 votes)
Total votes: 47

Are you aware of the Good Governance Code?
Yes I am aware
59% (80 votes)
No I am not
23% (31 votes)
Not sure
18% (24 votes)
Total votes: 135

Which area of regulation/law do you find most challenging?
Health and safety
14% (5 votes)
Tax
24% (9 votes)
Charity regulation and law
41% (15 votes)
Health and safety
11% (4 votes)
Other
11% (4 votes)
Total votes: 37

Do you enjoy being a trustee?
Yes, always
38% (20 votes)
Most of the time
44% (23 votes)
Sometimes
12% (6 votes)
Rarely
4% (2 votes)
Not at all
2% (1 vote)
Total votes: 52

Does your charity use a quality management system?
Yes
48% (11 votes)
We're thinking about putting one in place
9% (2 votes)
No
39% (9 votes)
Don't know
4% (1 vote)
Total votes: 23

Has your charity made any staff redundant as a result of the recession?
Yes
17% (8 votes)
No
67% (31 votes)
Considering making redundancies
15% (7 votes)
Total votes: 46

Do you feel you understand investments sufficiently to make the best decisions for your charity?
Yes
26% (9 votes)
No, but I am confident in our investment advisors
21% (7 votes)
No, I would like to be better informed
26% (9 votes)
Other people deal with this
6% (2 votes)
We don't have any investments
18% (6 votes)
I don't know
3% (1 vote)
Total votes: 34

Should trustees be given statutory time off work?
Yes
27% (24 votes)
No, but it should be best practice to allow employees time off to be trustees
63% (57 votes)
No, I think the current situation is fine
10% (9 votes)
I don't know
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 90

Should trustees do more for their charities in tough economic times?
Yes, a lot more
39% (14 votes)
Yes, a bit more
39% (14 votes)
No, what they do is fine
17% (6 votes)
Don't know
6% (2 votes)
Total votes: 36

Should all Charitable Incorporated Organisations, regardless of their income, have to produce accruals accounts?
Yes
37% (14 votes)
No, it should depend on their level of income
42% (16 votes)
I don't know
21% (8 votes)
Total votes: 38