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17 November 2021

Gone Viral - blog & video summarising our research on Covid and charities

The fourth in our series of reports on the impact of Covid-19 on charities, this weeks blog summarises our findings from 20 interviews conducted in May/June with charities of varied sizes and sectors on their experience of the pandemic, as well as hopes and fears for the future.

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Campaigning

Consultancy

Health

Innovation

Public Attitudes

Social Trends

Strategy

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28 October 2021

Spook-tacular Halloween Campaigns

Research Officer Tapinder Sidhu reflects on two Halloween charity campaigns she has noticed which really get in the spirit of things.

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Innovation

Media

Social Trends

26 August 2021

Puppy Love: canine charity campaigns and initiatives that have impressed us

Charities helping man’s best friend have given us examples of wonderful campaigns and initiatives that have got our tails wagging. For this International Dog Day, we’re sharing some of these examples with you.

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5 August 2021

Hidden But Vital: Charities and the Pandemic

Discover findings from our Covid-19 research alongside longer term trends we've identified through 15+ years of tracking research with the general public and other key charity audiences.

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6 April 2020

Going viral: how is Covid-19 affecting charities?

We conducted 24 telephone interviews with charities in the last week to find out what life is like for them and their organisations at this time. Find out what they told us.

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6 April 2020

Going Viral | Covid-19: How did charities respond to the first phase of the crisis?

To find out how charities are responding to the first phase of the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak, we conducted twenty-four interviews speaking to a range of charity sector staff from CEOs and directors to fundraising, marketing and communications professionals.

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31 March 2020

COVID-19: How can charities harness the public desire to help?

Our Head of Public Audiences has prepared some research-led suggestions for how charities can tap into the public's desire to help in their communities and beyond during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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12 February 2020

Just My Type: A case for a different way of defining what charities are

Conversations about charity expenditure often lack the nuance and detail required to make fair assessments about the performances of different charities. How can we change this?

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18 December 2019

Generation Game: How might the charity world have changed in 20 years?

What will the world look like for charities 20 years from now? Joe Saxton shares some predictions.

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18 December 2019

20 predictions for the future – how might the charity world have changed in 20 years?

What will world the world look like for charities 20 years from now? Joe Saxton shares some of his predictions for how the third sector might grow and change - for better or for worse - in the years to come.

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14 February 2019

There is no digital revolution in charities*. And probably never will be.

In this week's blog, Joe Saxton argues that the charity advancements in digital we have seen are not enough to warrant the use of the word 'revolution'. What do you think?

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Innovation

Internet

Technology