Article: Have your charity’s insurance needs changed as a result of Covid?

This article recommends charities should be reviewing their insurance cover to take account of any changes in activities as a result of the pandemic.  It covers a number of areas to consider.

Governance Magazine, Sept 2020

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Article: Insuring charity premises

A 2 page article from the Third Sector web site, outlining what you need to consider when insuring hospice premises.  It includes buildings, leased properties, contents insurance, differences between marked value and rebuilding valuations, and hiring of buildings for income generation.

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Guidance: Charity Insurance

This 2 page guide covers what insurance a charity needs, and includes details on Public Liability insurance, Employers Liability insurance, Trustee Liability insurance and Professional Indemnity insurance.   It also lists a number of other insurance covers to consider.

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Article: Why hospices must collaborate to acquire goods and services

This opinion piece in e-Hospice UK, has been written by the Chair of Trustees at St Catherine's Hospice, Crawley following his first attendance at the Hospice Quality Partnership (HQP) meeting .  He comes from a business background and notes that the 200 UK hospices across the UK spend around £500 million annually – excluding salaries – on the goods and services needed to deliver care.  His organisation is joining HQP to explore the benefits and financial savings of collaborative purchasing and encourages other hospices to consider this as an option.

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Article: Property Strategy

From the Charity Finance Year Book, 2017, this article lists 7 ways to help managers with multiple responsibilities to effectively form and execute a proper strategy for their organisation.

Vanstone-Walker, J. 2017 Property strategy.  Charity Finance Year Book

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Article: How your charity can create an effective procurement strategy

The author of this article argues that a simple, confidently implemented procurement strategy, will deliver early bottom line savings that charities can measure and instils trustees and donors with confidence that value for money is achieved.   It includes the 3 important steps to follow: the setting up, the implementation and training.

Cooper, K. June 2016.  How your charity can create an effective procurement strategy.  Finance Magazine, Civil Society.

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Collaborative Working Across Hospices

Hospice Quality Partnership (HQP)
HQP are a social enterprise with partner hospices from across the UK, who all hold an equal share in the company. The aim is to help hospices of all sizes save money, by improving procurement, reducing operating costs and sharing data for best practice.  Fifty five hospices are currently members comprising of adult and children's hospice services.  The partnership has conducted the first analysis of hospice expenditure and produced individual benchmarking reports for participating hospices.

More details at http://www.hospicequalitypartnership.co.uk/

(Information taken from the e-Hospice Web site)

Article: Charity Insurance Pitfalls

Two page article on the four main types of insurance cover: public liability, employers' liability, property insurance, and trustee indemnity insurance, and the potential pitfalls for hospices.  The article also refers to the impact of the new Insurance Act which comes into force on 1st August 2016.

Britton, D. 2016.  Charity insurance pitfalls.  Finance Magazine.

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Guidance: Risk Assessment: a brief guide to controlling risk in the workplace

Published in August 2014 by the Health and Safety Executive, this revised leaflet aims to help employers  identify, assess and control health and safety risks associated with workplace hazards.  The new guidance makes clear that only significant findings need to be recorded and emphasises the importance of controlling the risks identified.  The guidance replaces the previous leaflet ‘Five steps to risk assessment’.

Health & Safety Executive, July 2014.  Risk Assessment: a brief guide to controlling risk in the workplace.  HSE.

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