I know quite a few nonprofit people who are virtually slaves. I'm not talking about their salaries. I'm talking about their lack of...
Digital Transformation: Tips for Moving Your Social Good Organization into the Future
Many of us remember going to the video store to rent a movie. How about the calculator that used to sit in the junk drawer in your kitchen? ...
Why We Walk
Erling Kagge is a Norwegian explorer, lawyer, art collector, author, and the first person to have completed the Three Poles Challenge on foo...
City Bridge Trust appoints first BAME Chairman: charity appointment round up
This edition of UK Fundraising's regular recruitment round up for the charity sector includes three new CEO appointments, and the first ...
Can & bottle deposit scheme could net charities £1 billion annually
A fifth of people would donate the cash they received through a bottle and can deposit return scheme to charity, the Campaign to Protect Rur...
Livestream Fundraising 101: What is Livestream Fundraising?
There has been a lot of buzz lately around “livestream fundraising” but what exactly does that phrase mean? Let’s start at its root… Livest...
You don't have to produce an annual report
Whenever an organization asks me to help them produce their annual report, it's all I can do to stop myself from a long, expletive-fill...
The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 100: Driving Business Performance with Digital Transformation
Digital transformation may sound like a buzzword, but the reality is that it fundamentally changes the way organizations operate and innovat...
School Strike for Climate Change
At a young age, Greta Thunberg realized that all of the facts and solutions about how to stop climate change are known. But why aren't w...
Charity governance performance review reveals room for improvement
A new measure of charity compliance with the Governance Code has found charities scoring an average of 52% according to audit, tax and consu...
33% of Brits would like to volunteer, survey shows
57% of people in the UK don’t participate in any form of volunteer or charity work but 33% say they would like to, according to Foresters Fr...
Britain’s Secret Charity Cheats back for second series
Britain’s Secret Charity Cheats is back on BBC1 for a second series this week. The five-part daytime TV programme concludes on Friday, and f...
3 Steps for a Successful Day of Skilled Volunteer Service
Many of the companies we work with at Common Impact host a “day of service” as a way to give back to their local communities. Days of servic...
3 myths about bequests that could cost you A LOT of revenue
If you don't have a plan for encouraging your donors to leave you in their wills, you are missing out on a lot of revenue. If that...
George Orwell: Some Thoughts on the Common Toad
Novelist and essayist Eric Arthur Blair, pen name George Orwell, is perhaps best known for his prescient depictions of creeping totalitarian...
WaterAid launches Fempowered – natural period products that give back
WaterAid has launched an eco-friendly sanitary subscription box that gives back to women and girls globally. Fempowered launched on Menstrua...
Barnardo’s sees significant rise in shop profits & Gift Aid capture with Cybertill
Barnardo’s has seen profits from its shops rise by 25% with Gift Aid capture reaching 70% since implementing Cybertill’s cloud-based softwar...
Britain’s youngest self-made billionaire joins the Giving Pledge
Britain’s youngest self-made billionaire Ben Delo has joined The Giving Pledge. Delo, who is 35 and the co-founder of crypto trading platfor...
Now is the time for philanthropists to come together to tackle the emergency of our time
Every day, we’re faced with news that humanity faces an existential threat like no other, that the climate crisis and global biodiversity cr...
Pebblebeach Fundraising expands operational services & offers two free reviews
Pebblebeach Fundraising is developing its portfolio of charity and hospice sector services and offering a free, no obligation strategic and ...
Irish energy company to extend its charitable support
Bord Gáis Energy has announced an extension of its partnership with homeless charity Focus Ireland until 2021, the company has announced. Th...
New guide released to help charities choose fundraising software
A new three step guide to help charities select fundraising CRM software has been released by charity software partner Blackbaud Europe. How...
Win That Pitch offers full-service global pitch consultancy
Win That Pitch has launched as the "first global full-service pitch consultancy", offering to help agencies, brands, individuals a...
2020 Vision in Fundraising – Part III
In Part III, we share with you some key fundraising tips, wisdom acquired in over two decades of both working with clients and fundraising...
4 ways your insider experts are radically wrong about fundraising
A lot of fundraising projects devolve into a protracted battle between fundraising specialists and the experts who run nonprofit programs. ...
Wangari Maathai: Marching with Trees
The late Wangari Maathai--biologist, environmentalist, and the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize--founded the Green Belt Moveme...
Rebrands, mergers, & agency appointments round up for May 2019
A brand refresh for Grief Encounter, a new website for the Motor Neurone Disease Association and a merger for three local Mind charities are...
8 events raising funds for charity
A sleep out to raise funds to provide homeless men and women with a safe place to spend the night, a series of concerts supporting Teenage C...
Cure Leukaemia unveils 100 supporter plaques for World Blood Cancer Day
To mark World Blood Cancer Day Cure Leukaemia has unveiled a wall of plaques to the first 100 supporters who have 'donated their name...
We Are Designed for Connection
Diane Poole Heller, a licensed therapist and noted expert in trauma, integrative healing, and secure attachment, talks to Tami Simon of Soun...
CFNI and Pears launch new community fund
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (CFNI) has launched a new fund in partnership with the Pears Foundation focused on encouraging...
The Courageous Mary Oliver
Lisa Starr shares her insights from the last years of her friend Mary Oliver's life. From this deep perspective of love - we see Mary...
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