Recent news stories about Kids Company have highlighted the importance of looking after your group's finances - not just for today but planning into the future too. It's all too easy to get bogged down in "firefighting" - dealing with the issues that are in front of you and somehow never quite getting the time to address the underlying causes.

So it seems timely to remind you that SYFAB has a KnowHow Guide to Dealing with a funding crisis (and how to avoid one). This sheet gives advice not only on possible routes to try when a crisis hits, but also on strategies you can adopt to help prevent a crisis happening in the first place.

Financial difficulties can seem hopeless but once you start really looking at the problem you may find there is actually plenty you can do to make things better. The important thing is to keep track of what's going on in your group so you don't get any nasty surprises!

Download the sheet from our Funding KnowHow section (you need to be registered and logged in) - select Funding Advice from the "Find resources on..." menu.