We all want to "do a good job"; in our work, in our homes, in our relationships and ultimately in our lives. Sometimes we are succ...
A Kindergarten Student Keeps Her Promise
In 2012 not long after ServiceSpace founder Nipun Mehta gave a commencement speech that went viral, his organization received the following ...
GDPR marketing: winning over the data fundamentalist
Consumer concerns over data - the biggest threat in post-GDPR marketing, or the biggest opportunity? We’ve seen how the rise of the data fun...
Big Lottery Fund to change name in New Year
The Big Lottery Fund will change its name to The National Lottery Community Fund as of 30 January next year. According to the Big Lottery Fu...
Michael Penn: On Hopelessness and Hope
Michael Penn's life abounds with uncommon stories. The son of a Cherokee father and an African American mother, he spent part of his chi...
Virunga ranger among biggest individual fundraisers of 2018 London Marathon
A ranger from Virunga National Park raised over £1 million for charity in this year’s Virgin Money London Marathon: the largest sum raised b...
Charity Governance Awards 2019 offer £35,000 prize pot
The 2019 Charity Governance Awards open for entries on 1 October, with a £35,000 prize fund. Now in their fourth year, the Charity Governanc...
The liberating truth behind smart bequest fundraising -- it's about life
by guest blogger Christiana Stergiou, Fundraisingologist at Moceanic . You are going to die. And probably sooner than you think. Not a gr...
Why do digital? Platypus Digital’s free email marketing course explains
Platypus Digital, the charity digital marketing agency, has created a free email marketing course entitled ‘Why do digital?’ It is designed ...
The Man Who Planted Trees
Who says a single person can't make a difference? This Academy Award-winning short film, based on an exquisitely wrought story by Jean G...
New advice issued to help public determine if charity collections are genuine
The Fundraising Regulator and Local Government Association (LGA) have issued advice for the public on how to determine whether doorstep cha...
Oxford University to support social enterprise creation through innovation arm
Oxford University has announced that it is now supporting the creation of social enterprises by its academics through its innovation arm Oxf...
Hospice competition seeks 360 VR filmmakers to help terminally ill
Hospice charity LOROS is looking for 360 filmmakers to submit virtual reality films in a competition aimed at helping to transform the lives...
10 Memorable Quotes from the 2018 Social Good Summit
The 2018 Social Good Summit once again reminded all of us how much there is to accomplish by 2030 while also giving us the hope that it’s p...
How Crowdfunding Can Help Cultivate True Employee Engagement
Forward-thinking companies understand that both their employees’ purpose and their community’s social good needs play into their corporate s...
Zeal donates digital skills to Age UK Leeds
Digital and creative agency Zeal is supporting Age UK Leeds with staff volunteering their time and digital skills to help with the charity’s...
Morar HPI
Morar HPI is a research and brand consultancy that combines audience access, methodological and sector expertise, design and technology to d...
Don't listen to "armchair fundraisers" if you need to raise funds
How often have you heard alarming statements like this: People are tired of emotional, "manipulative" fundraising. We need to ch...
Budgeting for Your Company’s Matching Gifts Program
At Blackbaud, we take a unique approach to our employee matching gift program, one that is popular amongst other corporate giving programs. ...
How Tony Elischer Foundation is empowering fundraisers
It’s a little over a year since Tony Elischer Foundation was set up in memory of the fabulous and inspiring fundraiser Tony Elischer to nurt...
One Teacher's Brilliant response to Columbine
"A few weeks ago, I went into my son Chase's class for tutoring. I'd e-mailed Chase's teacher one evening and said, "C...
Shortlist announced for Achates Philanthropy Prize
The Achates Philanthropy Prize has announced its 2018 shortlist, celebrating both individuals and companies for first-time cultural giving i...
Almost 40% of small charities providing inaccurate financial information
A report by the Charity Commission has shown that 38% of small charities are providing inaccurate financial information in their financial r...
Businesses’ commitment to social good recognised in Lord Mayor’s Dragon Awards
Penguin Random House UK, Hogan Lovells, Thames 21, and ASSEAL are among the winners of this year’s Lord Mayor’s Dragon Awards, which celebra...
Charities to invite corporate supporters to fundraise for free via Savoo
Savoo, the platform that lets you 'search, save, raise' for charities, is expanding its fundraising opportunities to enable companie...
Modern Mobilization: People Powered Engagement
This article is part of the bbcon 2018 Speaker Series on npENGAGE. Get a taste of the 250+ sessions that will help your organization ...
How to show your donors that they matter (and keep those donors)
Do your donors know their giving makes a difference? They don't if you aren't telling them! Here are some ways to let them know f...
Record 300+ businesses take part in City Giving Day
More than 300 City businesses have taken part in today's (25 September) City Giving Day: a record number according to organiser The Lord...
As A Doctor, I Am Looking to Make Common Cause
"As residents, we worked and lived in the hospital so many nights. It felt like home. On one of my days off, in street clothes, jeans a...
Average contactless donation reaches £6.15 through Tap for Change
People in the UK give an average of £6.15 when making a contactless donation through a Tap for Change box, according to new figures. Earnest...
Localgiving introduces page improvements to enhance functionality & design
Localgiving is introducing a number of improvements to give fundraisers more control over their pages and make it quicker to set them up to ...
Visualisation of thematic trends in funding wins 360Giving challenge
A visualisation of the thematic trends in funding has won the 360Giving Data Visualisation Challenge. The competition launched earlier this ...
How Small & Medium Enterprises Can Support the Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, 193 world leaders came together at the United Nations to launch the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , a universal call to acti...
What fundraisers can learn from the New Coke disaster
Back in the 80s, Coca-Cola was being hammered by a Pepsi ad campaign that showed people preferring Pepsi over Coke in blind taste tests. T...
Odes to Ordinary Things
Inspired by the gift of a book of "Odes to Common Things" by Pablo Neruda, the editors at A Network for Grateful Living, extended ...
New Vodafone award to support tech innovation for social good
Vodafone has launched a programme to support start ups and early stage ventures developing technology solutions for social good. Vodafone Te...
Assura supports Warrington charities with Healthy Communities grants
Assura has announced the awarding of its Healthy Communities Fund grants for this year to four charities working in Warrington. Healthy Comm...
Charitable trusts to benefit from £1m dividend payment
Two charitable trusts that co-own a property business are to benefit from a £1m dividend payment. Andrews Charitable Trust (ACT) and Speak...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)