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Aug 23, 20233 min read

Navigating the Changing Landscape of Charitable Funding for Small Charities

Learn innovative strategies to secure support and ensure sustainability in a shifting funding landscape.

Aug 16, 20234 min read

Direct and Indirect Beneficiaries of Charitable Initiatives

charitable initiatives on both direct and indirect beneficiaries, learn how measuring their effects contributes to understanding a charity

Jul 26, 20234 min read

The damage Hannah Ingram-Moore has done…

Explore controversies at Captain Tom Foundation, their impact on charity trust.

Jul 12, 20233 min read

Unlocking the Power of ESG Scores: Assessing Sustainability and Responsible Business Practices

Find out how ESG scores drive responsible practices and create value for businesses.

Jun 28, 20234 min read

What’s a Charity Ambassador?

Discover the essential role charity ambassadors play in advancing nonprofit missions, raising awareness, attracting support...

Jun 7, 20234 min read

Why charities should ask for a 15% management fee in their funding applications

Charities play a vital role in addressing negative issues, supporting vulnerable people in our society, and bringing about positive...

Apr 26, 20233 min read

Are charities more vulnerable to scams and hackers?

Learn how to protect your charitable organization from cyber threats. Invest in robust cybersecurity measures, staff training, and..

Mar 29, 20233 min read

Why does London receive so much more charitable funding?

One of the primary reasons London receives a higher funding allocation is possibly due to its larger population and higher levels...

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 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.

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 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 23, 20223 min read

Desperation sees charity scams increase

It’s naïve to think that crime doesn’t impact the third sector. In this article, I’m not referring to internal fraud...

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.