Clare Mills
@claremills.bsky.social
Passionate about changing the world through policy work and excellence in communications (Dep CEO at CFG.org.uk). Charity trustee. Big fan of Northumberland, cycling, being outside. Occasional goat pics.
It’s the best day of the year! @cfgsocial.bsky.social’s annual conference is here. Listening to lively conversation with David Holdsworth CEO of @charitycommission.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy and Pesh Framjee - and loads of charity finance professionals! #CFGAC25
June 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It’s the best day of the year! @cfgsocial.bsky.social’s annual conference is here. Listening to lively conversation with David Holdsworth CEO of @charitycommission.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy and Pesh Framjee - and loads of charity finance professionals! #CFGAC25
Seven runs to go and just £14 more in donations will mean we hit £1500 (plus all the lovely Gift Aid)… running later for @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social - thank yoh all got cheering us on! www.justgiving.com/page/clare-m...
Clare's fundraiser for PROSTATE CANCER UK
Help Clare Mills raise money to support PROSTATE CANCER UK
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March 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Seven runs to go and just £14 more in donations will mean we hit £1500 (plus all the lovely Gift Aid)… running later for @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social - thank yoh all got cheering us on! www.justgiving.com/page/clare-m...
Day 16 of Run Every Day in March - which has been a challenge but achieved so far! Today’s added challenge: big bike ride first.
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Clare's fundraiser for PROSTATE CANCER UK
Help Clare Mills raise money to support PROSTATE CANCER UK
www.justgiving.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Day 16 of Run Every Day in March - which has been a challenge but achieved so far! Today’s added challenge: big bike ride first.
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Thanks for inviting me to speak at today’s report launch - i hope we are starting to see change from some of our major banks #Chariy #VolSec @cfgsocial.bsky.social
Now hosting launch of this important report from Muslim Charities Forum - with reminder how cuts in aid and government programmes makes charities even more important: "derisking us risking lives"
#FinancialExclusion
#FinancialExclusion
January 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Thanks for inviting me to speak at today’s report launch - i hope we are starting to see change from some of our major banks #Chariy #VolSec @cfgsocial.bsky.social
December 28, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Oh I feel this. It took me 20 mins to go through this, to order food on the train this week. I was 10 paces from the catering car but due to a “technical issue” they could only do food orders through the app. The whole process resulted in at least five emails, too.
Ok I know nobody cares about this but me, but GOD I care:
1. I have just downloaded your app.
2. You want me to make an account. I don’t want to make an account!
3. When I enter my email, you inform me that I already have an account! This seems like a good thing, but I know it means only pain. 1/2
1. I have just downloaded your app.
2. You want me to make an account. I don’t want to make an account!
3. When I enter my email, you inform me that I already have an account! This seems like a good thing, but I know it means only pain. 1/2
December 14, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Oh I feel this. It took me 20 mins to go through this, to order food on the train this week. I was 10 paces from the catering car but due to a “technical issue” they could only do food orders through the app. The whole process resulted in at least five emails, too.
@lner.co.uk thank you to your staff for their help at Kings Cross (at the barrier by the upstairs first class lounge) when I had a sudden nosebleed on my way to the platform - very much appreciated.
December 12, 2024 at 5:51 PM
@lner.co.uk thank you to your staff for their help at Kings Cross (at the barrier by the upstairs first class lounge) when I had a sudden nosebleed on my way to the platform - very much appreciated.
Anyone have any questions for the next edition of Money Box alive on Radio 4 this Wednesday?
Still looking for questions for Money Box Live on Wednesday- looking at giving to charity. Do you have a question about charity credit cards, charitable Christmas cards, other ways of donating? Let me know. Reply here or email [email protected], especially with any voice note questions
December 10, 2024 at 6:48 AM
Anyone have any questions for the next edition of Money Box alive on Radio 4 this Wednesday?
Thanks for sharing our work on #Charity banking challenges today on @moneybox.bsky.social with @felicityhannah.bsky.social - @cfgsocial.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Thanks for sharing our work on #Charity banking challenges today on @moneybox.bsky.social with @felicityhannah.bsky.social - @cfgsocial.bsky.social
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Nearly nine in ten charitable organisations say they are concerned about affording the government’s increase to the rate of Employer National Insurance Contributions (ERNICs) from 6 April 2025. The results of our post budget survey are in👉 loom.ly/G1iUdj4
December 5, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Nearly nine in ten charitable organisations say they are concerned about affording the government’s increase to the rate of Employer National Insurance Contributions (ERNICs) from 6 April 2025. The results of our post budget survey are in👉 loom.ly/G1iUdj4
Agree with much of this. When we’re working on ‘awareness raising’ - with whom? To what end? What’s the behaviour change we want to create? How are we measuring impact?
Awareness-raising campaigns can be counter-productive:
- They can lead to no action
- They can reach the wrong audience
- They can create harm
- They can even be counter-productive
Instead...
- They can lead to no action
- They can reach the wrong audience
- They can create harm
- They can even be counter-productive
Instead...
November 30, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Agree with much of this. When we’re working on ‘awareness raising’ - with whom? To what end? What’s the behaviour change we want to create? How are we measuring impact?
This week @cfgsocial.bsky.social published Charity Banking Challenges 2024, new research into the issues facing charities and recommendations into making life - well, banking - a bit easier for staff, volunteers and trustees. Let me know what you think!
cfg.org.uk/news/majorit...
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Charity Finance Group | News
cfg.org.uk
November 29, 2024 at 5:07 PM
This week @cfgsocial.bsky.social published Charity Banking Challenges 2024, new research into the issues facing charities and recommendations into making life - well, banking - a bit easier for staff, volunteers and trustees. Let me know what you think!
cfg.org.uk/news/majorit...
cfg.org.uk/news/majorit...
Reposted by Clare Mills
We responded to the letter from the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, with a joint statement alongside NCVO and @acevo.bsky.social on Employer National Insurance Contributions (ERNICs). Read the statement in full loom.ly/C9mWdr4
November 27, 2024 at 12:31 PM
We responded to the letter from the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, with a joint statement alongside NCVO and @acevo.bsky.social on Employer National Insurance Contributions (ERNICs). Read the statement in full loom.ly/C9mWdr4
“Trust and safety advisers and finance directors aren’t celebrities, but heroes in their respective fields. Their office-based work looks boring … but it ensures thriftiness, good stewardship and the ability to grow. It prevents corruption, waste and theft.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I worked in charities for years – here’s how I make sure my money is going to a good cause, not Captain Tom’s family | Gary Nunn
This year, the family of Captain Tom or Naomi Campbell have shown us the pitfalls of celebrity charities, writes journalist Gary Nunn
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November 25, 2024 at 8:07 PM
“Trust and safety advisers and finance directors aren’t celebrities, but heroes in their respective fields. Their office-based work looks boring … but it ensures thriftiness, good stewardship and the ability to grow. It prevents corruption, waste and theft.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Beautiful Warkworth beach yesterday, late afternoon, to brighten everyone’s Monday. Looking forward to the week ahead.
November 25, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Beautiful Warkworth beach yesterday, late afternoon, to brighten everyone’s Monday. Looking forward to the week ahead.
Oystercatchers… saw a beautiful heron later, in the dusk
November 24, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Oystercatchers… saw a beautiful heron later, in the dusk
Off to the beach for a final reset before Monday rolls around - feeling very lucky to have #Northumberland all a round me.
November 24, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Off to the beach for a final reset before Monday rolls around - feeling very lucky to have #Northumberland all a round me.
Visited a @trusselluk.bsky.social Foodbank in south London last week as a trustee of In Kind Direct - inspiring, to see such kindness and compassion for people in need; heartbreaking, that we have so many hungry people in the UK. Please keep supporting.
November 21, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Visited a @trusselluk.bsky.social Foodbank in south London last week as a trustee of In Kind Direct - inspiring, to see such kindness and compassion for people in need; heartbreaking, that we have so many hungry people in the UK. Please keep supporting.
@martinlewismse.bsky.social please could you post your Gift Aid explainer video for all the #charity people on here to share with their supporters! Thanks!
November 19, 2024 at 8:44 PM
@martinlewismse.bsky.social please could you post your Gift Aid explainer video for all the #charity people on here to share with their supporters! Thanks!
Governance day, - morning at school looking at exclusions, afternoon session with one of @cfgsocial.bsky.social board committees, early evening meeting with an apprenticeship provider’s govs. Love the insight and variety; CFG’s volunteering days mean I can take on gov roles, charity and otherwise.
a drawing of a chair with a speech bubble that says " committee work "
Alt: a drawing of a chair with a speech bubble that says " committee work "
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November 19, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Governance day, - morning at school looking at exclusions, afternoon session with one of @cfgsocial.bsky.social board committees, early evening meeting with an apprenticeship provider’s govs. Love the insight and variety; CFG’s volunteering days mean I can take on gov roles, charity and otherwise.
Reposted by Clare Mills
I can tell Bluesky has really taken off because my effort to create a #StarterPack for *everyone who works in and around UK charities* suddenly seems a bit ambitious 😆
Onwards! 💪
Lmk if you want to join!
#Charity folks: Pack 1 go.bsky.app/7dPWqWQ
#Charities folk: Pack 2: go.bsky.app/QWpFmRe
Onwards! 💪
Lmk if you want to join!
#Charity folks: Pack 1 go.bsky.app/7dPWqWQ
#Charities folk: Pack 2: go.bsky.app/QWpFmRe
November 18, 2024 at 7:32 PM
I can tell Bluesky has really taken off because my effort to create a #StarterPack for *everyone who works in and around UK charities* suddenly seems a bit ambitious 😆
Onwards! 💪
Lmk if you want to join!
#Charity folks: Pack 1 go.bsky.app/7dPWqWQ
#Charities folk: Pack 2: go.bsky.app/QWpFmRe
Onwards! 💪
Lmk if you want to join!
#Charity folks: Pack 1 go.bsky.app/7dPWqWQ
#Charities folk: Pack 2: go.bsky.app/QWpFmRe
Always a pleasure (and always productive) to spend time in the @britishlibrary.bsky.social when I’m in London - thank you
'Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring a library'
— Walter Savage Landor
— Walter Savage Landor
November 18, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Always a pleasure (and always productive) to spend time in the @britishlibrary.bsky.social when I’m in London - thank you
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#StarterPack for UK Charity Chief Execs, Trustees & Directors here.... many thanks to @howardlake.bsky.social for pulling this together :-)
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November 17, 2024 at 8:02 PM
#StarterPack for UK Charity Chief Execs, Trustees & Directors here.... many thanks to @howardlake.bsky.social for pulling this together :-)
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
@rachelburden.bsky.social please can you tell Rick he’s not coming up in the search here… also good morning!
November 18, 2024 at 6:16 AM
@rachelburden.bsky.social please can you tell Rick he’s not coming up in the search here… also good morning!
Smashing day in #Northumberland with a real chill in the air. Back to work tomorrow feeling refreshed after a great walk up to Blawearie via the Cateran Hole.
November 17, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Smashing day in #Northumberland with a real chill in the air. Back to work tomorrow feeling refreshed after a great walk up to Blawearie via the Cateran Hole.