Alex Kopsch

Peter Dawson

Rosie Burrells

Tim Harrison-Byrne

In 2020, NHS Charities Together raised £150m. In 2019, under a different name, it raised £388,000. That is a 38000% increase. I’m sure there is a story to be told by the charity on how you cope with such an unbelievable increase, which is surely unprecedented in the voluntary sector?  

Peter Dawson

How do charities appeal directly to the communities they operate in? The past two years have given us abundant scope to view how charities have interacted with the localities around them. Grassroot charities were at the heart of the COVID-19 response, displaying their agility and knowledge of the areas they covered to help the most vulnerable people affected by the pandemic. But what of larger charities – how do some of these organisations connect with local bases?

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.

Last week Joe Saxton announced that he was selling nfpSynergy to Cian Murphy and Tim Harrison-Byrne. On this week's blog they talk us through their experience at nfpSynergy and future plans for the company.

Last year, we released our ‘Going Viral’ report, exploring the initial response to the Covid-19 outbreak by charities. This is the second year of Covid-19, and it was time to revisit and delve into the experiences of charities in the sector again to take a longer-term perspective on the pandemic and its impact on the sector.

This week we have some big news to share. Joe Saxton has sold nfpSynergy to colleagues Cian Murphy and Tim Harrison-Byrne, and is graduating from Driver of Ideas to Driver of Ideas (emeritus).