Guidance: Developing a balanced score card for your hospice: good practice guide

This guide is one of a series of good practice guides produced by Help the Hospices Board Development Programme, set up to establish the best governance practices in hospices.  The guide looks at the key benefits of adopting a balanced score card approach, the 3 components to it, and the steps involved to create this.

Help the Hospices, 2013  Developing a balanced score card for your hospice: good practice guide. Help the Hospices.

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Guidance: Strategic planning for your hospice: good practice guide

This guide is one of a series of good practice guides produced by Help the Hospices Board Development Programme, set up to establish the best governance practices in hospices.   The  guide looks at the board's role in strategic planning, the key benefits, the steps involved and the main strategy documents.

Help the Hospices, 2013  Strategic planning for your hospice: good practice guide.  Help the Hospices.

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Report: Charity Income Spotlight

Updated quarterly, the Charity Income Spotlight is the most up to date snap shot of charity income. Using the latest data available the report makes year on year comparisons on charity income. Whether you are interested in charities’ overall income, or sub-streams such as voluntary or investment income, this series of reports provides a valuable guide to the latest performance.

Sarasin & Partners, January 2014. Charity Income Spotlight: quarterly report. Charity Financials.

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Report: Charity Investment Spotlight

Charity Investment Spotlight is a new report, examining the investment performance of the top 5,000 UK charities over the last 5 years, with a particular focus on changes in the last year. 

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Article: Financial sustainability - it's not just about the money

The article looks at the role of the Trustee in staying financially stable.  It addresses areas of effective planning and monitoring, good financial and risk management and building organisational skills and capacity.

Moynihan, A. March 2014.  Financial sustainability - it's not just about the money.  Governance Magazine.

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Article: Investment: a fertile hunting ground

This article discusses some options for charities seeking both yield and income from investment.

Smouha, J. April 2014.  Investment: a fertile hunting ground.  Finance Magazine. 


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