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Apr 5, 20233 min read

What is the UK Social Value Act?

The UK Social Value Act, which came into force in 2013, requires public authorities to consider the social, economic, and environmental...

Mar 22, 20234 min read

Thinking of starting your own charity?

Starting a charity in the UK can be a challenging, if not rewarding, process. Charities are organisations that exist to benefit the...

Mar 15, 20233 min read

Small charities are exhausted

That’s not to say that larger charities aren’t feeling the strain at the moment, I’m just hoping to paint a picture of how the third sector.

Mar 8, 20233 min read

Opening a charity bank account

Whilst you can open an account online in minutes for personal use, it gets much harder when you’re opening one for a registered charity

Mar 1, 20234 min read

Are entrepreneurs harming charity shops?

The premise of a charity shop is thus: the general public donates their unwanted items and the shop sells them at a low/affordable price.

Feb 22, 20234 min read

Corporate Volunteering Brings A Lot Of Benefits

Corporate volunteering is one way in which employers and employees can give back (and get something back!).

Feb 15, 20233 min read

Will the third sector miss Amazon Smile?

The global brand recently announced that it was withdrawing its Amazon Smile service. An underrated and often overlooked fundraising tool.

Feb 8, 20234 min read

Social isolation in rural areas

Diminishing social care services have left elderly people in particular isolated from networks of support.

Jan 25, 20233 min read

Weird, or wonderful?!

From pizza slices to sex toys, charities constantly receive donations of wild oddities that probably shouldn't ever go through their doors.

Jan 18, 20233 min read

Too many or too few cooks…

trustee on every board has been unique. Given that the very nature of a human being is to be individual.

Jan 11, 20233 min read

LadBaby’s backlash

When LadBaby (real name Mark Hoyle) and his wife, Roxanne, launched their first charity single five years ago, they received plenty of...

Dec 28, 20223 min read

Needs versus funds

In February, Alan Williams became a champion of his community in Dorset. The local bus company, FirstGroup, ran a Sunday service; however..

Dec 21, 20223 min read

Faith charities

Their religion is often at the forefront of their fundraising applications—but is this more of a hindrance than a help?

Dec 14, 20224 min read

Charity shops of the future?

The revenue charity shops saw during the pandemic was up from that of previous years, and this trend has continued.

Nov 30, 20223 min read

What does being a charity trustee entail?

Many charities also desire trustees that have certain skillsets on their board, to help plug any skills gaps between volunteers...

Nov 9, 20223 min read

Volunteer boundaries

In this economy, with a number of retirees returning to work, just so that they can pay their bills, volunteers are becoming a rarity.

Nov 2, 20224 min read

Unnecessary layers…

I’m suggesting that there are too many layers of management in the third sector. There's very little left for the people at the bottom.

Oct 26, 20224 min read

Direct Debit donations

With how fast tech is developing us into a cashless society, it's no surprise notes and coins are becoming the way of the dodo with payments

Oct 18, 20223 min read

What the country needs is stability

One of the many fallouts from the country’s precarious political position is that we’re experiencing one of the worst cost-of-living crises

Oct 11, 20223 min read

Things are getting desperate

I recently hypothesised about what life would be like without charities, given that they plug the gaps in many frontline public services.