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For highly educated, highly indebted nonprofit workers, PSLF can be "a light at the end of the tunnel." Check out these highlights from our latest webinar, and join us in thanking Dr. LaTonya Henderson, Carli Coyne Reddy, CSLP, and Michaela (Noé) Rubin for sharing their insights!

As someone has said "don't be a mission creep" Create a strong mission statement "the now & how" of your organization that evolves out of your vision statement "the future and the "why" that propels your theory of change and the impact your organization seeks to make. What's your take? Comment below.

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If you missed our PSLF webinar, please see the highlights below. #PSLF #webinar #loanforgivness

Here's another sample slide from my presentation at the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (MNN) coming up this Thursday! Can't wait! Need someone to speak at your next conference? Let's talk!

I was happy to comment on this report for the Greggs Foundation. Moving forward if the Labour Party gets elected as the new government in July, and introduces free breakfast clubs in all primary schools then it would be worthwhile exploring how the government can work with existing charities such as Greggs Foundation , Magic Breakfast Kellogg Company and school catering companies to add additional value to Labour's commitment to ensure children are not too hungry to learn (secondary pupils are also hungry and a new report from the Nuffield Foundation showed the widening educational gap in this age group. Plus new research is showing the importance of the first 8000 days for child development). It is often forgotten or neglected that children and young people learn across the school day. The effects of breakfast consumption in terms of cognition varies according to the food consumed, but generally has worn of by late morning so the role of food across the school day needs to be considered both in terms of dietary intake but also in terms of cognition, development, sleep and well-being. Planning food across the day in terms of cognition and learning, and the school curriculum will be the most effective approach.The question should not be breakfast or lunch. Rather how can we, by working together across organisations ensure that children and young people have a nutritious, balanced diet across the school day and wrap around school services, preventing double breakfasting and ensuring nutritious food is served at all times. A coherent and integrated approach that takes a gestalt view across the different interventions, including food education, the fruit and veg scheme, would be an important step to enable the Department for Education to plan food services into schools to support children's dietary intake, cognition and learning. If we are serious about school food providing a nutritional safety net that supports child development and learning then we need to take a coherent and integrated approach across the school day and wrap around school services.

For our AA & NH/PI communities, this webinar below on demystifying federal grants is this Thursday! Be sure to tune in to the webinar series if you’re able to join!

Starting 2024 by giving back! For the last 10 years we have supported Candlelighters Trust with the AMAZING work that they do! 2024 also see us supporting the Pontefract Community Kitchen. To find out more about the work they do and how we are involved check out our latest blog!!

Starting 2024 by giving back! For the last 10 years we have supported Candlelighters Trust with the AMAZING work that they do! 2024 also see us supporting the Pontefract Community Kitchen!! To find out more about the work they do and how we are involved check out our latest blog!!

Today marks one month since I started with Benefactor Group as a Senior Consultant in the interim services capacity. Here are four reflections I would love to share: 🗓 30 days goes incredibly fast. If you are an organization hiring for a leadership position, allow your new hire to jump in but also give them space to sit with the new. The Bene team has been incredibly thoughtful about this. 🙋♀️ It’s okay to ask for help. I say this from a place of deep compassion for organizational leaders. I have been there. Lean on people to help you. Having a third-party lens is sometimes the hardest to budget for but the best money you will spend. 📚 Knowledge is power. Easier said than done, professional development and keeping your brain sharp is imperative to our sector. “This is how we have always done it” does not work anymore. 🔆 Nonprofits are amazing, and so are the people that work for them. As we begin to dive deep into interim services and what that looks like for nonprofits, we need to take a moment to acknowledge that this is hard work. Sometimes an organization is not the right fit for the people that are hired and sometimes the person isn’t the right fit for the organization. Let’s normalize saying that is okay. If your organization, or someone you know might benefit from interim services­— a focus on expanding the capacity of nonprofit organizations through change and talent management, transition planning, and sustaining development infrastructure—I’d love to learn from your experiences and explore how Benefactor Group could help! 📢 Let's Chat! And if you want to know more about “Why I Serve?” (there might be some book recs at the end) read below!