Helpsheets
Offering information, advice and practical actions on grant fraud, cyber security, moving money, financial security and more.
Insights
Legacy Fraud: Where there’s a Will there’s a way!
December 1, 2023
Fraud is a risk to any charitable organization. Fraudsters will not discriminate in relation to the mission of the charity, the number of staff or the amount of funding received…
Fraud Risk in INGOs
December 1, 2023
Fraud is a risk to any charitable organization. Fraudsters will not discriminate in relation to the mission of the charity, the number of staff or the amount of funding received…
Protecting Your Charity’s Online Reputation
November 30, 2023
It could be said that as a charity, it’s more important to protect your reputation than for other kinds of organisation. All organisations rely to a degree on earning the trust of their customers, suppliers, partners and the market at large to flourish and grow, or indeed stay in business.
E-learning
Learn about the steps you can take to keep your charity safe online with this free training course from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre. It covers five key cybersecurity topics over five days.
Ask your staff and volunteers to complete this 30 minute e-learning course on the basics of good cyber security. Created by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, it’s free and easy-to-use.
Templates
A selection of templates which can be tailored to the needs of your charity.
This simple risk assessment template is designed to help you take the first steps in understanding the risks that your organisation faces.
This anti-fraud policy example is designed to help your organisation craft it’s own effective policy documents.
Case studies
In 2016 the British Council established a counter-fraud function to improve fraud awareness and create a culture of reporting across 115 countries. Learn more about the benefits of their approach in this case study.
A review of internal financial controls by Colchester Food Bank resulted in several low-cost improvements to safeguard and expand the food bank’s funding. Learn more about the benefits of their approach in this case study.
A grant-holder discovered systematic fraud carried out by staff in one of its partner organisations and reported it to the funder. This ultimately deprived the local community of much-needed support to improve the quality of life of people affected by HIV. Learn more about what happened and what was changed as a result.
Research
This report highlights the main findings from a survey carried out by the Fraud Advisory Panel and BDO LLP in September 2021 to understand the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fraud within the charity sector.