Category: Charity Shops

(Click each charity title to be taken directly to the charities online shop). What better way to spread that festive feeling than with a beautifully designed set of Christmas cards? Our charities have each produced a set of thoughtful cards that are sure to put a smile on your loved one’s...

The Charity Retail Association has announced today that, following a competitive tender for the delivery of their Retail Gift Aid training courses, corporate member Nisyst has been appointed to deliver these in 2020. Dave Chunilal, Technical Director said, “Nisyst is delighted to be selected as the Charity Retail Association’s Accredited...

Working in charity retail, one of the biggest and, sometimes, most frustrating challenges we face is tackling the paperwork involved in registering donors and the sometimes tediously long queues they have to endure at the till to make a Gift Aid declaration. All they came into the shop to do...

As a charity, being able to collect Gift Aid is a significant revenue stream for retailers. An extra 25 pence for every pound donated can be claimed through Gift Aid which is estimated to be worth over £48 million to the charity retail industry according to Charity Finance in their...

Nisyst, the Bolton based multi-award-winning developer of charity retail ePoS software (electronic point of sale) CHARiot, has launched a series of new software modules designed to help charity retailers extend and grow their marketplace easily and while also making their internal processes easier and more resource efficient. The two new...

The online world plays a huge role in how businesses and charities work today, especially within the retail industry. With the industry being so vast, it is important retailers display strong cyber security and data privacy capabilities. Recent research shows organisations who invest in cyber security sell more, which is...

We’re only halfway through 2018 but it has been an exciting year already for the charity sector, which continues to raise money for valuable aid and help those in need. It is a known fact; charities have many diverse ways of raising funds and consequently providing help for others. However,...

It’s a scary fact to know that nearly half of all UK organisations suffered a cyber breach or attack within the past 12 months, with the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2017 revealing that nearly seven in ten large organisations identified a breach. 2017 has been a year of increased security, and all...

In mid-2016, a statistic stating that there were a huge 6 million instances of online fraud and cybercrime in the UK alone was released. When the Office for National Statistics released this figure, the nation truly realised the nature of the horrifying fact that this is one of the fastest growing areas...

UK charities rely heavily on emails, whether for internal communication or to contact donors. This is just one of the many reasons cyber security is important, especially when less than 1% of charities in the UK are protected against mail fraud and phishing attacks, a staggering figure reported by Red Sift....