For small charities and community groups
Funding-ready policies, incident plans, training and service reviews, written in plain English by someone who has used them on the front line of mental health and safeguarding work.
Services
Start small with a single review, or book the lot. Prices are fixed and quoted up front, so there are no surprises for your treasurer.
Health check fee credited against a bundle booked within 30 days.
Training covers what to do, who to tell and how to record it, in your words.
A review, not an audit: plain findings your board can act on.
How it works
Ten questions, two minutes, a score and your three most useful fixes.
Twenty minutes on what you need, what funders are asking for and what to tackle first.
Policies, plans, training or a review, delivered on a fixed price and a date we agree.
One-page summaries, a staff session and a review date, so it lives in the service, not a drawer.
Free Policy Health Check
Ten quick questions on safeguarding, incidents, training and fit. You get a score out of 100 and your three fixes straight away, with no sales call attached.
About
Plainly is run by Katie Rattenbury, a senior manager in mental health services with more than fifteen years in the voluntary sector, including deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead duties and out-of-hours crisis management. That means every policy is written by someone who knows what it is like to follow one under pressure.
We work with small charities and community groups across England and Wales, mostly online, with in-person visits for service reviews. Everything is in plain English, aligned with current Charity Commission guidance, and built around how your service actually runs.
Questions
You can, and for some things you should. The problem is that funders spot an unedited template in seconds, and staff do not follow a policy that describes a charity that isn't theirs. We tailor each one to your roles, services and reporting routes, then make it short enough to read.
A single policy review takes about a week. The five-policy bundle takes three to four weeks, including a draft for your comments. Service reviews are scheduled around a site visit.
Yes. Safeguarding, incident management and plain-English policies apply to any charity working with people. Mental health and behaviour that challenges are where we go deepest.
No. We write practical policies and plans aligned with current Charity Commission and statutory guidance. If something needs a solicitor, we will tell you.
We work online with charities across England and Wales, and travel for service reviews and in-person training by arrangement.
Contact
A funder's deadline, an overdue review, a policy nobody reads. Send a line and we'll reply within two working days with a straight answer and a fixed price.
Email: hello@plainlypolicy.com