"Though we typically think of voting in purely political terms, we can think about every choice we make as a vote and every moment in o...
John Lewis & Waitrose announce campaign to raise £5m for struggling families
John Lewis & Waitrose will launch a campaign in November to raise £5 million to help FareShare and Home-Start support struggling familie...
Funding announced to promote blood & organ donation among BAME communities
New government funding totalling £600,000 has been announced to promote blood and organ donation amongst Black, Asian, mixed heritage or eth...
Charitable Travel Fund launches to support tourism communities in need
A fund aimed at supporting tourism communities in need around the world will launch on 1 November. The Charitable Travel Fund will be admini...
What Halloween candy taught me about fundraising
I like candy. That's why I like Halloween -- the only reason, come to think of it. The other day, I ate a couple of Tootsie Fruit Roll...
How to Save the Spring 2021 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Season
2020 has been a tough year for many so far, and the coming winter seems to be preparing us for more of the same. The state of constant chang...
Creating Magic from Fragments
For all of us who have ever gathered a collections of fragments, scraps and bits; formed them into little beings and spent precious magical ...
Pandemic has negatively impacted fundraising for 94% of schools
A survey of school and preschool members of Your School Lottery has found that 99% have raised less money as a result of the pandemic lockdo...
Arthr launches to help arthritis sufferers & generate additional revenue for charity
Social venture Arthr and charity Versus Arthritis have teamed up to create and champion well-designed products that improve everyday life fo...
Predictive Modeling vs. Wealth Screening: Effective Segmentation Programs Require a Healthy Mix
Whenever I am on the road with clients the conversation always turns to a debate about the value of predictive modeling vs. the value of tra...
The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 168: Looking Inside Blackbaud’s Social Good Startup Program
The social good community has massive opportunity and meaningful challenges before us. Recognizing the power of partnerships to build a bett...
How to avoid the nightmare of "Stepford Fundraising"
You've heard of The Stepford Wives. It's a 1972 novel, with a couple of movie adaptations. Just to refresh your memory: It's abo...
Last Child in the Woods
"Passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; it travels along grass-stained sleeves to the heart. If we ar...
First months of lockdown saw public give extra £800m
People in the UK gave £800 million more than usual to charity during the UK’s spring lockdown, but some causes missed out. According to a sp...
Comic Relief announces move away from celebrity-led appeal films
Comic Relief is changing its approach in a move that will see it stop sending celebrities to Africa for its appeals, and instead use local p...
What focus groups can't tell you
Don't make important fundraising decisions based on the findings of focus groups. You will get stung. The information you get from focus...
I Am One of Everybody
"This bright red coat warms me in winter not only because of what it's made from but also because of what its covered with: hundred...
Medical research charities risk losing over a third of fundraising income in 2020
Medical research charities could lose almost 38% of their fundraising income this year, and over 25% next year, according to research by the...
UK sees six-fold increase in social impact investment market in eight years
Social impact investing in the UK has grown six-fold over the past eight years, increasing from £830 million in 2011 to £5.1 billion in 2019...
£1.4m available for charities through new Increasing Access Fund
The Peter Sowerby Foundation has issued an open call for applications to its new £1.4 million Increasing Access Fund. The Increasing Access...
Improvisation skills see composer with dementia launch single for charity
A composition improvised by an 80-year-old composer and former music teacher who was diagnosed with dementia last year is to be released as ...
3 Ideas to Unleash the Hidden Potential in Your Database
Amid the impact of the pandemic, most nonprofits are re-evaluating many of their fundraising strategies . This is especially true of healthc...
2 things you need to do to raise funds
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Climate in the Boardroom
"How does one witness to businesspeople about climate change? Climate change is a problem for the collective and the long term, whereas...
New Resources to Help Social Good Professionals Rethink Change
2020 has been a rough year for many , to say the least. T his year’s dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice have presented many...
Donating working from home tax claims to charities tackling child food poverty
When the Government voted not to fund free school meals people and organisations across the UK were outraged. Local councils pledged to fund...
Law firm seeks 20+ more charities to support
Law firm gunnercooke is looking for at least 20 more not for profits to support through its charity arm, the gunnercooke foundation. The gun...
Christmas period to pose significant challenges for charities, research finds
This Christmas will pose significant challenges for charities with a quarter expecting donation income to be more than 25% lower than last y...
Samaritans announces Julie Bentley as CEO – & other charity mover news
Samaritans, Revitalise Respite Holidays and Co-operatives UK have all appointed new CEOs, while I CAN will be looking for its next one as it...
How your fundraising is a huge waste of time
You're wasting time. Your time. Your donors' time. Because your fundraising is just you talking to yourself about what's imp...
Thomas Merton and the Language of Life
"By listening closely to nature, we can hear an organized energy of life, full of patterns and meaning, that speaks to us. According to...
3 Crucial Steps for Completing the Fundraising Cycle
As a nonprofit fundraising connoisseur, you are in charge of ensuring your organization raises enough funds to successfully support its caus...
An Evolutionary Transition is Coming-- Are You Ready?
"Through the evolution of human consciousness, cultural evolution has the potential to move from being a largely unconscious process pu...
Shelter for the Heart and Mind
"How can we keep walking forward, and even find renewal along the way, in this year of things blown apart? How can we hold to our sense...
Book review – Philanthropy: From Aristotle To Zuckerberg
Philanthropy: From Aristotle To Zuckerberg (Bloomsbury Publishing) is a barnstorming romp through the origins of charity giving right throug...
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