46: Planning, motivation, and crochet: how to work from home

02/02/21 • 33 min

The social distancing restrictions that came with COVID-19 forced a period of digital acceleration on the charity sector. Zoom replaced meeting rooms, Miro replaced office brainstorming sessions, and Teams and Slack replaced coffee break chats.
In this week’s podcast, we look at some of the essentials of working from home. We discuss, among other things, how to plan your days, how to keep yourself and your teams motivated, and how to protect remote computers from cybersecurity threats.
Content Editor and host Ioan Marc Jones is joined by colleagues Lisa Chomette (Business Development Manager), Chris Hall (Marketing Manager), Stewart Barber (Client Account Specialist), and Sacha Dhabalia (Marketing Intern).

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45: Brexit and the UK charity sector

On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. After four years of uncertainty, four years of unanswered questions, the UK finally reached a trade agreement on 30 December 2020. The next day, on 31 December 2020, the UK officially left the EU.
In the Charity Digital podcast, we explore the impact of Brexit on the UK charity sector. We discuss, among other things, the charity elements in the UK/EU trade agreement, the creation of the Civil Society Forum, changes to immigration policy, data protection and data transfer, the EU VAT regime, environmental and land management issues, and much, much more.
Panel speakers: Geoff Nuttall (Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the NICVA), Naziar Hashemi (Partner and National Head of Non-Profits at Crowe UK), Caron Bradshaw (Chief Executive of the Charity Finance Group), and Richard Sagar (Policy Manager of the Charity Finance Group).

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47: Why don't charities care about cyber security?

This podcast is sponsored by the National Cyber Security Centre, who provide specialised cyber security guidance for charities. Charities have historically provided an attractive target for cyber criminals. There is a perception that charities will not take the rigorous actions to protect themselves that a corporate organisation would. The attitudes of charity leaders have played into this perception. Our data suggests that interest among charities in cyber security has actually dropped during the pandemic. But the risk to charities in this time has only increased. Many charity leaders have not considered themselves at risk, or have prioritised putting resources into other areas at the expense of cyber security. This podcast explores the reasons behind this. Why aren’t charity leaders prioritising cyber security? We will look into a few possible explanations and discuss them, before moving onto why charities should be more concerned. In this podcast, Business Development Manager and host Lisa Chomette is joined by Cub Llewelyn-Davies (Charity Sector Lead from the National Cyber Security Centre), Michala Liavaag (charity sector expert and former Head of Information, Governance and Security at Marie Curie), and Claire Parris (Strategic Communications Manager from the Communications & Policy Directorate at the Charity Commission).