Kyle B.
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What strategies help CSOs achieve long-term financial sustainability?
We've been operating for seven years and we're still almost entirely dependent on one government grant that gets reviewed every year. Every year around renewal time we're holding our breath. I know this is a risky position to be in and we need to diversify but every time we try to develop new income sources […]
Do volunteers have the same legal rights as employees in T&T?
We rely heavily on volunteers — probably 20 regular volunteers who give a serious amount of time. I've always assumed that because they're not paid we don't really have any legal obligations towards them. But someone recently mentioned that if a volunteer got injured at one of our activities we could be in serious trouble. […]
Do CSOs need to comply with T&T labour laws even though we’re non-profit?
We've always kind of assumed that because we're a non-profit we have a bit more flexibility with employment stuff — like if we can't afford to meet every single requirement at least people would understand. But someone recently told me that's not how it works and we're fully subject to all the normal labour laws […]
How do we retain good staff when we can’t compete with private sector salaries?
We keep losing our best people to better-paying jobs in the private sector. Last year we lost two programme officers within a few months of each other. We genuinely cannot match the salaries but I know there must be other things we can do. We've tried talking about mission and impact but that only goes […]
What is the National Accountability Framework (NAF) and how do I use it?
I keep hearing about the NAF in sector meetings and I picked up a copy but it's quite a long document and I'm not sure how to actually use it practically for our organisation. Is it something we're supposed to formally adopt? Is there an assessment we're supposed to do first? I don't want to […]