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16 December 2020

Latest findings on how funders are responding to the pandemic

We've published the results of our second perception audit research, carried out with grantees and unsuccessful applicants of the John Ellerman Foundation.
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Grant-making
Social Trends
Strategy
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16 December 2020

PEST and the Pandemic: The next 20 years in the Charity Sector

This updated PEST report examines how the world might change for charities over the next 20 years because of Covid-19. We have updated our predictions initially published in December 2019.
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Governance
Social Trends
Strategy
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3 December 2020

The impact, the successes and the failures of the charity sector and the Covid pandemic

2020 has been a year of ups, downs, twists, turns and u-turns. In this week's blog, Joe Saxton reflects on an unprecedented year within the charity sector discussing the successes and failures that have characterised 2020.
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Joe's Bit and Blogs
Social Trends
Strategy
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18 November 2020

Planning for the Unknown – How can charities look ahead to 2021?

Our blog this week highlights what we feel you can plan for in 2021 (and beyond!) based on our Charity Awareness Monitor research.
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Campaigning
Social Trends
Strategy
Supporters
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23 September 2020

Percentage giving at lowest level since nfpSynergy started polling

Only 54% of the public report having given in last 3 months, and 28% say they’ve given less in last 12 months than previous years. Find out more about what this could mean for your charity in our blog this week.
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Fundraising
Social Trends
Strategy
Supporters
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29 July 2020

How can charities keep the environment at the top of the post-pandemic agenda?

Explore the role charities can play in ensuring the environment remains at the top of the agenda amidst the economic challenges that lie ahead.
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Public Attitudes
Strategy
Supporters
22 July 2020

International development charities: struggling when needed the most

In this week's blog, Simona Battipaglia looks at the state of the international development sector and public attitudes towards it, highlighting why this is a decisive time for international development charities.
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Fundraising
Market research
Public Attitudes
Social Trends
Strategy
20 May 2020

Eight opportunities that the Coronavirus crisis reveals for the charity sector

After discussing the eight flaws that the Coronavirus crisis revealed about the charity sector in his last week's blog, Joe takes a deeper look into the potential opportunities it generated and discusses the ways in which charities could make the most of those changes.
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Fundraising
Internet
Joe's Bit and Blogs
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Volunteering
14 May 2020

Eight flaws that the Coronavirus crisis reveals about the charity sector

The Coronavirus crisis has intensified and shed light on the weaknesses of the charity sector. This week's blog explores these shortcomings.
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Fundraising
Joe's Bit and Blogs
Politicians
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Volunteering
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7 May 2020

How are Charity Public Affairs Teams engaging with MPs during the Covid-19 outbreak?

What is it like to be working with MPs and trying to influence change in the current political and social climate? We interviewed 7 people from a range of charities who are working with MPs at the moment to discover the challenges (and opportunities) they are facing.

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Governance
Policy
Politicians
Strategy
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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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Campaigning
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6 April 2020

Going Viral | Covid-19: How have charities responded 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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