Post-event resources:
Support for staff and volunteers interested in financial issues.
Community First Yorkshire holds regular informal network meetings for staff and volunteers with an interest in financial issues in the voluntary and community sector. This network merges and expands the previous Finance Network and the Treasurers’ Network.
Discussions are often far-ranging covering everything from financial reporting and accounting, auto enrollment and charity insurance to cyber security and risk management. Colleagues benefit from hearing how others manage their financial activities and are also encouraged to connect outside meetings to offer peer support and help with questions raised.
Below you will find information from past Finance Network and Treasurers’ Network meetings.
Upcoming network meetings
Our next meeting is on 4 February, book here.
Are you experiencing a challenge and would welcome support and advice or have a top tip to share with others in the sector?
Share your experience of your community finance role, learn about new resources and policy development, ask questions and share good practice, and explore mutual topics of interest. These inclusive network meetings are open to everyone who works for a charity in a financial role, or volunteers in a financial role, such as a treasurer within North Yorkshire.
Overview of new and previous network meeting topics, useful links and resources.
Finance Staff network meetings (up to October 2023)
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Tuesday 10 October 2023)
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Meeting resources:
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Wednesday 5 July 2023: Joint Treasurer and Finance Staff Network- Payroll and Auto Enrolment Made Easy
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Information sheets on payroll and auto-enrolment
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April 2023: Finance network open discussion
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Resources shared after the meeting:
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January 2023: Joint Finance and Treasurers Network meeting on Charity Insurance
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Resources shared after the session include:
- Presentation on insurance for voluntary and charity sector organisations
- Speaker notes
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November 2022: Finance network open discussion
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Payment systems
- Article published by Charity Digital which covers processing payments online and by card.
Some useful links on the Community First Yorkshire website
- Sign up here for the Community First Yorkshire monthly funding bulletin – a comprehensive list of voluntary sector funders
- Resources from previous network meetings can be found below.
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July 2022: Joint finance and treasurers network meeting
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Resources shared after the session include:
- A presentation from our development officer Nicky Ruddick covering everything you need to know about Gift Aid.
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January 2022: Finance network open discussion
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Topics explored included collecting gift aid, commission rates on cash less payment systems and generating reports, selling merchandise on line, systems for payments of volunteer expenses and use of finance platforms for investments
Resources shared after the session included:
Organisations who have useful websites, offer good training (sometimes free) or produce informative newsletters:
Treasurer network meetings (up to July 2023)
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Wednesday 5 July 2023: Joint Treasurer and Finance Staff Network- Payroll and Auto Enrolment Made Easy
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Information sheets on payroll and auto-enrolment
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July 2022: Gift Aid (joint finance and treasurers network meeting)
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- Presentation from our development officer, Nicky Ruddick, on everything you need to know about Gift Aid.
Specialist resources
There is a wealth of information available on the Money page of our website resources. These can help you manage your money from budgeting tips and looking after your accounts, to getting funding ready. Our top picks are below:
- Charity Commission guidance: Managing Charity Finance
- List of Charity commission guidance publications
- Finance guidance, NCVO
- Managing a charity’s finances
- Charity reporting and accounting: the essentials November 2016
- Charity reserves: building resilience
- Charities and risk management
General resources
We have a wide range of general information applicable to different aspects of running a successful organisation which includes good governance; funding; policies and procedures, volunteer management and operational good practice
Newsletters
Stay up to date with the latest news, opportunities and resources by subscribing to our themed newsletters. You can sign up here.
Contact us
To find out more about the network please contact the Community Support North Yorkshire team: communitysupport@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk
