Charity or community organisation
Structure, funding, volunteers, donations and telling your impact story.
Plan my charity or community organisationFree. About 3 minutes. No account needed.
Community organisations rarely fail for lack of goodwill. They fail because the structure was chosen late, the funding was applied for hopefully rather than strategically, and nobody wrote down what the work actually achieved.
What matters most when you start a charity or community organisation
- Structure determines funding. Charity, CIO or CIC — the choice decides which grants you can even apply for. Make it before you apply for anything.
- Impact must be written down. How many people, how often, what changed. Every funder and every donor starts from that paragraph.
- Gift Aid adds 25% for free. Eligible donations are worth a quarter more and it costs the donor nothing. Too many small charities never register.
- Volunteers need a route in. A clear signup form and a reply within a week. Slow replies are why volunteers drift away.
- One story beats a hundred statistics. Tell it with permission, and tell it often.
Answer a few questions and QuiqStart will build a plan around your structure, your funding routes and whether you run events.