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Oct 19, 20214 min read

Getting previous donors to give again

It can take a lot of effort to bring a new donor on board, even if that’s just someone giving you a few pounds in a street collection. If...

Oct 12, 20214 min read

Piggy-backing on news and National Days

Because you work within your organisation it’s easy for you to understand why you do what you do, who you help, and the impact of your...

Oct 5, 20214 min read

Should your charity return to the office?

When restrictions lifted a couple of months ago, it was no longer the government’s message that we all ‘stay at home’. In fact, Rishi...

Sep 28, 20214 min read

How do you thank your supporters?

Whether someone gives your charity their time or their hard-earned cash, it’s simply good manners to thank them. That said, time is...

Sep 21, 20213 min read

Asking for charity donations with a card machine…

In 2019, more than half of the donations made to all UK charities were in cash. Just two years later and times have changed, in that few...

Sep 14, 20214 min read

The impact of Covid on grant applications and awards

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has negatively affected many sectors—the third sector being no exception. In the early days of the...

Sep 7, 20214 min read

Charity events, post-Covid

For small charities, the planning of a larger scale, offline event could take up half their year, with their limited resources and...

Aug 31, 20214 min read

Is it easy to crowdfund for your charity?

Crowdfunding can be an effective method of raising funds for charities of all shapes and sizes. There are many platforms around that will...

Aug 23, 20214 min read

Zoom’s new feature to benefit charities

Given how much digital communication tools proved their worth during the pandemic, it’s no surprise that they’ve become ingrained in our...

Aug 10, 20214 min read

Novel donation stations and ways to give money

recently wrote about how the world seems to have moved to a cashless society—something that was on the (debit) cards that the pandemic...

Aug 3, 20214 min read

Uniform or no uniform, that is the question…

In the private sector, branding is everything. A recognisable logo and brand colours, perhaps, in the hope that potential customers will...

Jul 27, 20214 min read

Do the CEOs of charities get a bad rap?

There was a big hoo-hah in 2016 when the CEO of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) faced a backlash...

Jul 20, 20213 min read

What does your charity or social enterprise hope to achieve?

Whether your charity aims to introduce a measure that will reduce disadvantage and provide opportunities for a minority/section of...

Jul 13, 20214 min read

Short term pain vs. long-term gain

The following principle is the same whether running a business, a charity or other non-profit organisation: some corners are not worth...

Jul 6, 20213 min read

What is a CIC and how does it differ to a registered charity?

There are alternatives to launching a charity when you wish to do good in your community or help a specific cause. One of these is...

Jun 29, 20213 min read

The legal and financial considerations of setting up a charity

In this article we explored the motivation behind the launch of your charity…for example, why you believe it to be the best course of...

Jun 22, 20214 min read

Do you want to change the world? The case for smaller charities…

There are problems in every town, in every city, and in every country of the world. Whilst your charity may aim to address and help with...

Jun 15, 20213 min read

Why do you need to market your charity?

If you’re running a charity, it may not feel as if you’re selling anything that needs promotion, but, actually, you are. A charity needs...

Jun 8, 20214 min read

Why do you want to set up your charity/good cause?

There are, approximately, 169,000 registered charities in the UK at the moment—169,000 organisations that are all vying for a spotlight...

Jun 1, 20214 min read

Charity shops being used as a dumping ground

Charity shops, being classed as ‘non-essential’ have been closed for most of the last fifteen months. This has had an impact on their...