Fundraising
Legacy page and donor rhythm at a befriending charity
The Link Visiting Scheme is a befriending charity in Wokingham Borough. Volunteers make regular home visits to older people who are lonely or isolated, and the charity also runs a weekly…
Open → Real exampleHow Nailsea and District Community Transport pays for its minibuses
Nailsea and District Community Transport is a long-established community benefit society with charitable status that carries older and disabled people across the north-eastern half of North…
Open → IllustrativeA food bank stops writing every bid from scratch
An independent food bank in a Yorkshire market town runs from a church hall three mornings a week. It has one part-time coordinator, a rota of volunteers and a board of six trustees.
Open → IllustrativeHow a hospice friends group planned its summer fair with AI
This example is a composite, not a real group. A friends group supporting a hospice in a Yorkshire market town runs a summer fair and a quiz night each year.
Open → Real exampleA school PTA raises the last £20,000 for a playground in two days
Yavneh Primary School PTA raises money for its school through fundraising events. The school wanted a new natural playground costing £50,000.
Open → Real exampleA hedgehog sanctuary with a giving route for every supporter
Hornbeam Wood Hedgehog Sanctuary is a family-run registered charity in Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
Open → IllustrativeA youth charity turns local firms into corporate partners
A youth charity in a Buckinghamshire market town runs a drop-in centre where 13 to 25 year olds can meet, eat and get help with housing, wellbeing and work.
Open →Governance and trustees
Getting the trustee papers right at a heritage trust
This is a composite example rather than a named trust. Picture a heritage trust in a Pennine market town that owns and runs a restored corn mill. Nine trustees meet six times a year.
Open → IllustrativeA rowing club puts its policies in order after becoming a CIO
A community rowing club in a northern city, run by volunteers with one part-time paid coach, moved from an unincorporated members' association to an association CIO so it could hold the…
Open → Real exampleA village hall that put its trustee recruitment in writing
Emersons Green Village Hall is a registered charity and charitable company in South Gloucestershire.
Open →Money and finance
A small animal rescue sorts out its finance admin
Picture a small animal rescue in a northern market town. This is a composite, not a named charity.
Open → IllustrativeA community garden works out the full cost of a session
Picture a community garden on the edge of a housing estate in a northern town. This is a composite, not a named charity.
Open → IllustrativeA homelessness outreach charity tightens its fraud controls
Picture a street outreach charity in a northern cathedral city. This is a composite, not a named charity.
Open →Services and volunteers
Easy Read every month, checked by members
A learning disability self-advocacy charity in a Yorkshire market town (a composite, not a real organisation) runs a weekly drop-in, a members' forum and a monthly newsletter.
Open → IllustrativeA small domestic abuse service decides what AI may never see
Picture a domestic abuse service in a south west coastal town. This is a composite, not a named charity.
Open → IllustrativeTurning volunteer records into evidence at a community nature group
A community nature group in a Lancashire mill town looks after a stretch of river valley on behalf of the council.
Open → IllustrativeSafe boundaries in a peer support service
Picture a peer support charity in a northern market town. It runs a handful of weekly groups for adults living with anxiety and depression, with two part-time staff, a dozen volunteer…
Open → Real exampleA mentoring charity that measured outcomes and admitted the gaps
Hope in Haringey is a charity rooted in Tottenham that works across the London Borough of Haringey.
Open → IllustrativePlain English and translation at a refugee drop-in
A refugee support charity in a northern English city runs a weekly drop-in with two part-time staff and a rota of volunteers.
Open →Comms and supporters
Music@Malling keeps its audience between festivals
Music@Malling is a registered charity in West Malling, Kent, led by working professional musicians.
Open → IllustrativeA church hall project gets its newsletter back
A church-based community project in a Lancashire mill town runs a Thursday community meal, a warm space and a Saturday pantry from the church hall.
Open → IllustrativeRewriting the website at a volunteer-run town museum
This is a composite example rather than a named museum. Picture a volunteer-run local history museum in a Lincolnshire market town, open four afternoons a week from spring to autumn.
Open →People and wellbeing
A carers centre builds a proper induction for its new support worker
Picture a carers centre in a Yorkshire market town. This is a composite, not a named charity.
Open → Real exampleA volunteer-run cafe takes on a paid chef
Cockburnspath Village Hall is a Scottish charitable incorporated organisation (SCIO) registered with OSCR in the Scottish Borders, with an income in the tens of thousands a year.
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