Getting started

You know social media matters. It’s where you share your impact, bring your research to new audiences and get your campaigns seen. 

But you’re not the RSPB, National Trust or the Crab Museum. Memes, reactive content and comedy sketches don’t fit your brand, and somewhere along the way you’ve started to worry you might be too serious for social. Here’s the good news: you’re not. 

Serious subjects can make brilliant social content. You just need a different playbook. 

In this free online seminar for Safeguarding Adults Week, the DBS will explore DBS checks, regulated activity, legal referral duties and information sharing to support safer recruitment.

Join Ann Craft Trust for this free seminar with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), the UK government agency responsible for helping employers make safer recruitment decisions and preventing unsuitable individuals from working with children and adults.

Get Grants offers a FREE virtual taster session of our popular Bid Writing for Charities and Community Groups Course!

Get Grants FREE Introduction to Bid Writing Workshop

The public sector in England is undergoing its most significant reorganisation in decades. Across the country, councils are merging, combined authorities are forming, new mayoral positions are being created and NHS commissioning bodies are merging. For charities, these changes bring both uncertainty and opportunity. This webinar will guide you through how to navigate the new landscape and how to get the most out of current procurement processes. 

This 60-minute session (including Q&A), will cover: 

This free webinar, designed for Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs), will introduce core social media principles and provide participants with the building blocks to create their own social media strategy, to support their organisation’s visibility, engagement, and community reach. 

Date: 18th November 2026 Time: 12:30 – 14:00 Location: Online – a link will be shared with registered attendees. 

Please note: attendees will need to have existing knowledge of how to post on social media. 

The workshop will cover: 

Many charities continue to face challenges in recruiting and retaining trustees - particularly people who bring diverse perspectives, relevant skills and experience, and who are able to fully engage in the role. Recruitment and succession planning are not solely the responsibility of the chair; they are a collective responsibility of the whole Board.

This session will explore the role trustees can play in building a strong, inclusive and effective Board, from identifying gaps and reaching new networks through to welcoming, supporting and retaining trustees once appointed.

Are you a newly appointed treasurer?

With huge gifts available, what is stopping every charity engaging with Legacies? Well, lots of things, some real, some just in our heads. In this session, participants will look at the reality of legacy fundraising, the benefits, drawbacks and process, so you can walk into the stream with your eyes wide open.

Many leaders in the charity sector never set out to become leaders. They were passionate about the cause, good at what they did, took on more responsibility and, somewhere along the way, found themselves leading people, making difficult decisions and carrying expectations they never quite prepared for!

Join Beeston-Clarke Accountants on the 4^th November for their Charity Chatter ‘Natter’ session on the new Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP). Bring your questions on the changes!