Government's £15.5m fund: advice for charities that missed out
Howard Lake | 27 August 2009 | News
Small and medium-sized charities that missed out on the Government’s £15.5m targeted support fund will need to quickly reassess and take action to survive, says charity financial management expert Kate Sayer.
“Without the government’s hoped-for funds, charities may need to make changes and generating even small amounts of income without increasing costs will make a big difference.
“To increase income, charities could consider joining with others to bid for funding, or provide services to other charities. For example, your charity may have specialist knowledge of services to people with mental health problems and a housing charity may be pleased to have your input in their work with some of their clients.”
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Kate Sayer will advise charities on managing in a downturn, staying solvent and surviving well at the Charity Accountants’ Conference, organised by the Directory of Social Change (DSC) and Sayer Vincent, on 17-18 September in Leeds.
The two-day residential conference will offer finance staff and senior managers of voluntary sector organisations legal updates, financial training and advice. To register, visit
www.dsc.org.uk/cac2009.
A new book, A Practical Guide to Managing in a Downturn: Saying Solvent and Surviving Well, written by Kate Sayer and others, will be launched at the conference.
For more information please contact Renee Wolfik, PR Manager for Directory of
Social Change, by email (
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Notes to editors:
· Kate Sayer is a partner at charity specialists Sayer Vincent, consultants and auditors. She is editor and contributing author of A Practical Guide to Managing in a Downturn: Saying Solvent and Surviving Well (2009), and A
Practical Guide to VAT (2008), published by the Directory of Social Change (DSC).
· DSC is the leading provider of information and training to the voluntary sector, publishing resources (including the popular funding directories), and hosting conferences and training courses.
· The Charity Accountants’ Conference, organised by DSC and Sayer Vincent, is on 17-18 September in Leeds. Registration fees start from £225. To book, visit
www.dsc.org.uk/cac2009
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
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