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Charity First series adds title on Academies
Howard Lake | 30 November 2012 | News
The Charity First Series of books for the charity sector has added a new title focusing on Academy Schools, covering the process from conversion to successful operation.
Written by by Stephen Claus, Graeme Hughes, Tracey Johnson and Debra Morris, the book includes sections on the funding agreement, governance and accounts.
It joins seven other titles in the series from SPM Fundessentials:
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- Data Protection for Fundraisers
Lawrence Simanowitz and Mairéad O’Reilly, Bates Wells & Braithwaite
- Fundraising for Small Charities
James K Myers
- Legacy Fundraising from Scratch
Simon George
- Major Gift Fundraising
James K Myers
- Prospect Research
Robin Jones and Rebecca Funnell
- Raising Funds from Grant Makers
Simon George
- Structuring Not-for-Profit Operations in the UK
Julian Smith and Elizabeth Jones, Farrer & Co
Planned titles include:
- Charities in Ireland – A Practical Guide to Structure and Operations
- Fundraising for Faith Organisations – Church Fundraising
- Charity Marketing
- Charity VAT issues
The 61-page Academy Schools – from Conversion to Successful Operation is priced at £12.99 inc VAT and is published as a downloadable PDF.
- £1,000 on offer to schools through Royal Mail 2017 Christmas stamp competition (6 February 2017)
- Win £5,000 in book tokens for your school (9 May 2019)
- Win £5,000 of book tokens for a school library (6 May 2021)
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.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.