21 NOVEMBER, 2019

Six reasons donors shouldn't always care about impact

In our latest blog, Joe Saxton takes a look into some of the reasons why looking at impact may not be the best course of action when it comes to charities assessing their effectiveness and how donors give their money.

Read Now : Six reasons donors shouldn't always care about impact

Tags:

Campaigning

Donors

Strategy

21 November 2019

Six reasons donors shouldn't always care about impact

Tags:

Campaigning

Donors

Strategy

14 November 2019

The recipe for attention-grabbing messages: TURF analysis

This week's blog looks a technique to identify the most focused and coherent messages for your organisation.

Tags:

7 November 2019

Battle of the Sexes – Who wins out in engaging with charities

With limited budget and resources, knowing your audiences is key to targeting them in the most efficient way. In this week's blog, Debbie takes a closer look at the gender composition of the UK charity supporters and explores the different ways men and women engage with charities.

Tags:

Fundraising

Supporters

31 October 2019

Action for Trustee Racial Diversity – Why are BAME People Under-represented on Charity Trustee Boards?

This week's guest blog is written by Malcolm John the Chair of the Young Harrow Foundation. Malcolm looks into the apparent lack of diversity of charity among charity trustees, highlighting barriers to diversity and suggesting ways to promote inclusiveness.

Tags:

Facts and Figures

Guest Blog

23 October 2019

A tiger by the tail – charities and building movements

Peter Gilheany of Forster Communications reflects on the recent success of Extinction Rebellion, and explores what exactly movements are and, crucially, whether campaigning charities can - or even should - hope to start one.

Tags:

Campaigning

Public Attitudes

Supporters

17 October 2019

Give and Take: why is it so hard to measure public giving in the UK?

In this weeks blog Joe Saxton looks into why there's so much conflicting research about giving trends. It highlights the market research challenges in measuring giving from our new free report that looks at this issue in-depth and unpacks how some surveys can claim that Millennials give the most to charities whilst others claim its Baby Boomers.

Tags:

10 October 2019

How do journalists differ to the public and MPs in their favourite charities?

This week's blog looks at journalists' favourite causes and how they compare with the general public and MPs.

Tags:

Journalists

Market research

Public Attitudes

2 October 2019

The Emergence of NHS Charities

This guest blog from Vanessa Holmes, Head of Fundraising at Milton Keynes Hospital Charity, explores the challenges and benefits of fundraising for a hospital charity

Tags:

26 September 2019

What does the UK public say about their ideal charity?

The blog reflects on the latest climate marches, and looks at the attributes of ideal environmental charities (and more) as defined by the general public.

Tags:

Campaigning

Public Attitudes