When Expectations and Reality Differ

Meeting the expectations of our clients and service users is so important, but what happens when you know you can’t, and have to manage their expectations to a new reality? I write this on a Sunday afternoon flight returning from a weeks holiday in Lanzarote. We...

Is Disney Losing Its Way?

I write this on a plane on the way home from a few days in Disneyland Paris with the kids. I must say that after several previous trips and a few Florida Disney holidays, I have always been someone that has held up Disney as one of the best examples of providing a...

Is Your Charity’s Governance More FIFA or PQASSO?

  Over the last few weeks I have been thinking a lot about governance and, in particular, the governance that I see in the charities and other organisations that I deal with, and that I read about. Governance is so important, and the success and future of your...

Make Sure Your Charity Is Compliant

As we come toward the end of the financial year, I thought it would be helpful to remind you of a few things that your charity needs to be thinking of in preparation for some changes that are coming in. 1. Year End Accounts All charities and churches, registered or...