Charity to Charity - affordable, professional support

Having almost half a century of experience as a charity in the county means that we are able to provide advice and guidance to other Abbeyfields in the South of England as well as other charities, which would otherwise have to rely upon consultants who charge full commercial rates for their services.

The range of services, advice and guidance we can provide is extensive. It includes:

Strategic and financial planning 

How can you plan for a changing sector effectively, balancing your needs with your resources in a changing economic environment? Our strategic planning process can help you identify your key goals, assess how realistic they are, and identify the best ways of achieving them in an optimised timescale. We can also offer advice on major strategic matters including mergers and close cooperation between charities.

Media and communications

What are the key messages you need to put across? Who are your target audiences? How can you select the right way to communicate with the key stakeholders upon whom you depend? We can help you develop a cost-effective communications strategy designed to make the best use of the communications channels open to you. We can help with a wide range of activities from producing brochures and annual reports to giving your organisation an effective presence on the internet, making the best use of social networking sites if that’s best for you.

Human resources

The people you employ are your most important asset. We can help you recruit, train, develop and manage your staff providing the level of support at every stage that you may not be able to cost-justify by hiring expert HR practitioners yourself. Significantly more affordable than consultants, we offer a value for money service without cutting corners. 

Governance and compliance

Trustees face a growing list of legal and regulatory requirements, which is never going to get smaller. Failure to comply with these requirements can have serious consequences both for a charity and those who are responsible for managing it. Our governance and compliance service offers Trustees and managers peace of mind. We can help by carrying out an audit of compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements. We can also test your systems, policies, procedures and work practices to see if they are fit for purpose.  We can even offer an internal audit service tailored to specific concerns.  Whatever your needs, we offer what we believe is a unique, one-stop service that will help you stay legal and on the right side of best practice expectations.

Property maintenance

Your premises – from offices to care homes, day centres or community hubs – all require the right husbandry to make sure they are properly maintained and provide a safe environment to those who use them. Property maintenance is a specialised field and we can help you meet both statutory requirements as well as protect the investment you have made in your assets, whether you own, rent or lease them. Our services include one-off asset reviews to component management where we maintain your electrical and mechanical services, safeguard the quality of your water and waste systems, as well as help maintain the general fabric of the buildings you use.

Development services

If you are expanding and need new premises or are redeveloping existing assets, we can help with high quality and affordable support from concept design to final handover.  We can help you articulate your needs, help you through the planning process, help you with tendering and selecting construction partners, and we can project manage the entire process from start on site to practical completion. 

The Abbeyfield Kent Society is an ideal partner for charities than cannot afford or justify paying significant fees to commercial enterprises. We offer the same high standards at a reduced cost and give you the satisfaction that the surplus we make on the fees we charge are used for charitable purposes. 

For more information about The Abbeyfield Kent Society’s support services call 01634 729151 or email support@abbeyfieldkent.org and we’ll do what we can to give you the help you need without it costing you the earth.