The CFG Podcast

About The CFG Podcast

The CFG Podcast brings together charity finance professionals, leaders and experts to explore key issues in charity finance and the sector. Charity Finance Group is the charity that inspires a financially confident, dynamic and trustworthy charity sector - find out more about us at www.cfg.org.uk (http://www.cfg.org.uk).

Publisher

The CFG Podcast

Category

government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Feb 2019

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

10 of 24 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S2026 Ep2: Talking about...The power of peer mentoring

   Communications Coordinator Glyn Sheldon interviews Leadership Coach Nicki Deeson and Director of Operations Henrietta Atkinson about the transformative power of peer mentoring.

2. 

   22 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S2026 Ep1: Talking about...Moving to the charity sector

   CFG's Communications Coordinator, Glyn Sheldon, speaks to three guests who've experienced making the move from the corporate world, into the charity sector: Clive MacTavish from British Red Cross, Andrew Lowe from Leeds Mind and CFG's new Finance and Operations Director, Sarah Ann Moore. The guests explain their journey from the private sector, what they wish they'd known, and explain what charities and businesses can learn from one another. The episode also explores the topic of financial benchmarking, and looks at whether charities could be more transparent about their costs, as well as questions around how to align strategy and impact. For more information about understanding your costs, read our new Know Your Cost Base publication (https://cfg.org.uk/news/new_publication_know_your_cost_base) Check out CFG's membership benefits here: Charity Finance Group | Special Interest Groups (https://cfg.org.uk/membership/charity_membership/special_interest_groups) Read articles on a range of topics on the CFG Knowledge Hub here: Charity Finance Group | Knowledge Hub (https://cfg.org.uk/knowledge-hub) See all of CFG's events here: Events | CFG (https://portal.cfg.org.uk/event/list)

3. 

   3 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   S2025 Ep5: Talking about... Digital transformation with CAF Bank

   CFG's Co-CEO Clare Mills talks about digital transformation with CAF Bank, looking at the bank's transformation journey and sharing the lessons learned. Essential listening for banks and charities going through big change.

Inside a recent episode

S2026 Ep2: Talking about...The power of peer mentoring

Published 21 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I think for finance people particularly, it can be really helpful to have conversations, and I find it very helpful to have conversations about broader concepts and understanding what other organisations might be doing. So it might be about reserves policies, for example, it might be about the management of trustee meetings, it might be about technology and how that might be being utilised. And I think when you're having those conversations with a peer, It's incredibly insightful because when you understand somebody else has done a digital transformation project, for example, or somebody else has moved IT systems or finance systems, it gives you every time that you share that experience from yourself, you're sharing not only the benefits of positives, but you're also sharing, actually, if I could do this differently, I would do that. […]

Who has been a guest on The CFG Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Nicki Deeson
• Henrietta Atkinson
• Richard Sagar
• Carol Rudge
• Debra Allcock-Tyler

Podcast Authority Score: 14 / 100

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Quality

16

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

30

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