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September 06

A selection of articles from the issue are featured below.

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Full contents of the September 2006 issue

 
 
 
New research has found that only half of charities noticed when the Charity Commission rewrote its guidance on campaigning. Has the sector lost its appetite for best practice? Hannah Fearn asks if charity managers are now swamped with advice and guidance, and how it can battle against a rising tide of confusion.
 


 
 
 
The average organisation undergoes a major programme of change every three years. While periods of change can be very stressful for employees, can appointing an interim change manager help ease the process for charities? Hannah Fearn finds out
 

 
 
 
Last year, Greenpeace suffered a PR disaster when its donation management system took up to 100 times more from direct debit supporters’ bank accounts than the sum they had pledged. Gary Flood finds out how to ensure a similar mistake isn’t repeated by other organisations
 

 
 
 

For organisations dependent on volunteer support, practical mechanisms for recruiting and retaining volunteers need to be in place. David Adams examines how to effectively attract, manage and maintain a voluntary workforce

 

 
 
 
Charity funding streams are becoming increasingly diverse, making use of new and previously overlooked sources of revenue. Anastasia Kershaw finds out about the innovative and exciting ways some organisations are ensuring that the money keeps rolling in
 


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Supplement : Investment quarterly

 

Third quarter

 
 
While Middle East conflict continues to push up oil prices and spark fears over inflation and weakening economic performance, UK markets still appear inexpensive; though diversification remains key, says Alistair Peel

 
 
While ethical investment in equities has been gaining mainstream appeal, investing ethically doesn’t have to stop with stock picking. Gail Moss explores the sector’s growth, and the further potential for ‘ethicals’ from bonds to property

 
 
 
Whether an actively managed segregated mandate, or one of the new unitised funds now available, Iain Morse investigates the benefits of currency as an asset class in its own right, and the various ways it can be managed to produce the best returns

 

Focus on: Banking

 


 
 
 
Improvements in technology and security mean that online banking has become an easy, cost-effective method of dealing with accounts. Now increasingly being used by charities, Sandra Haurant finds out what efficiencies can be gained, and how much money can be saved, by going online

 

Banking survey (pdf here)

 
 

 
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