Financial Management Post-COVID

Cheryl Campbell, Kemi Arogundade and Husham Khan from ABBLed join me for the first in a special series of podcasts discussing the hot topics that SBLs are dealing with right now. In Part 1, we're talking all things post-Covid finance and we’re digging into insurance, contracts and lettings aswell as risk management, pupil numbers and contingencies. It’s a good one! The episode at a glance: [2:04] – Not sure what ABBLed is about? Cheryl fills us in!  [6:00] – We get stuck in to the detail and talk around all things income and expenditure [11:10] – We take a closer look at risk management and risk registers and how these tools can help SBLs [15:40] – We talk about the impact of COVID on staff wellbeing and how we can factor this into budget setting [27:17] – Husham explains the ABBLEd ratio, how it can be used to measure your school’s exposure to the commercial sector and what this means for your organisation in terms of risk [32:28] – Cheryl emphasises the importance of an appropriate contingency for your school [41:50] – We discuss how wide-reaching the role of SBL is and why it’s important that SBLs are involved in strategic discussions   [48:30] – Is there such a thing as COVID-proof finances? The panel forms a conclusion…  [52:18] – Husham sums up the top take-aways from this episode Related content: - https://abbled.org/ (Check out the ABBLed website) - https://twitter.com/ABBLed_network (Follow ABBLed on Twitter) - https://twitter.com/CherylSBM (Follow Cheryl on Twitter) - https://twitter.com/kemi_aro (Follow Kemi on Twitter) - https://twitter.com/thefirstsbm (Follow Husham on Twitter) Related Content - https://www.ljbusinessofeducation.co.uk/financial-wellbeing/ (BLOG: How to get all staff involved in the financial wellbeing of your school) - https://www.ljbusinessofeducation.co.uk/risk-strategy/ (BLOG: How to implement a risk man