The problem is that the issue of an offer of deep discounts like this also doesn’t support the hypothesis that there is sustainable demand for the...
Just to observe the "another church in the next village" is exactly what you describe about railways - and if people leave their local church,...
It's also that decisions have long run consequences. And, as the L&B would likely be the beneficiary, that raises the question of "which bit of...
That may be true of the L&B, but I'm a PCC member (=trustee) and we manage to sustain a PCC of 15 on a much lower "membership", and where...
That doesn’t alter the significance of @lynbarn’s question - if you have no trustees, you ultimately have no charity. If a church can’t recruit a...
I’d start with a simple question about why people don’t volunteer as trustees - time, energy and responsibility. There’s a lot there, and it won’t...
That doesn't make the case not worth making. But you do remind me that I need to revisit the list of residuary legatees in my will to align with...
All of which takes us back round to the need to focus on what membership is there for, and good change management where a strong pre-existing...
Surely that’s less about specific organisations, and more about the wider “family”* culture. * - the word “family” cropped up a lot in WSR...
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