In this episode we speak with Sebastian Hansen about the pros and cons of charities holding their own raffles or getting involved in existing raffles, and why raffles and gaming might be a great option for some charities to raise funds.

We also touch on the ethics, regulations, and challenges of holding raffles and lotteries and what charities should consider when doing so.

E161 - Digital Charity Raffles With Sebastian Hansen

In this episode I speak with Diane Vernon, Founder and Chief Executive of Employability UK.

We speak about the pressures and stresses that young people are having to deal with, and how Diane, her team and volunteers are helping to meet these challenges. 

We speak about the inevitable impact of Covid-19 on the work Diane does with young people and those wishing to support them. We speak about volunteering and what this can do for young people and those who volunteer too.

E167 - Offering Young People A Brighter Future With Diane Vernon

In this episode, recorded a few weeks ago, I speak with Chris Rushbrooke, Chief Bear at Northern Bear. 

We speak about Chris’ career to date, the life lessons he has learn’t along the way including mental health and how bad work experiences have driven him to setup his own company, which focuses on working with charities and companies with strong ethical causes.

We speak about Colin the Caterpillar, and what this can tell us about what charities could and should be doing with how they approach their supporters. 

The theme of this episode though is what charities should be thinking about when it comes to providing a digital offering to their specific audience.

E169 -  Tips For Digital With Chris Rushbrooke

In this episode we speak with Lee Clark, Founder of GivePenny, about online giving and how charities should think about it as part of a wider opportunity to engage meaningfully with their supporters. We also talk about gaming for good and GivePenny’s new gaming event for charities.

E206 - Fundraising socially with Lee Clark

In this episode we speak with philanthropist and CEO of BOMA, John Stephens. We find out more about John’s career, his experience as both a philanthropist and a charity leader, and what has led him to lead an organisation that follows the Graduation Approach to development.

E211 - The Graduation Approach To Development With John Stephens

In this episode we speak with Chloe Amstein,  a strategy consultant who focuses on helping charities to become audience led. If you've ever struggled to know where to start (or even where to end) a brief, Chloe has some words of advice for you. From her wealth of experience in the sector, Chloe breaks down how to write the perfect brief and bring it to life with the resources you have.

E214 - Writing The Perfect Brief With Chloe Amstein

In this episode we speak to Lizzie Emilion about sexual harassment in philanthropic giving, donor dominance and the professionalism of fundraising. We also talk about what people in the sector at all levels can do to prevent sexual harassment from occuring.

E227 - Sexual Harrassment With Lizzie Emilion

In this episode Veronica Bamford-Deane speaks to David Mitchell about crypto-fundraising. They talk about the definitions of cryptocurrency, blockchain and NFTs, some of the opportunities this provides for charities, and what charities need to consider before accepting and promoting crypto fundraising to their audience.

E229 - Cryptocurrency Fundraising With David Mitchell

In this episode, we sat down with Hannah Akitt, Strategist at the social impact agency, Raw London to discuss her predictions on some of the fundraising trends for the year ahead. Unfortunately societal uncertainty and instability is often a huge obstacle for charities. Despite the donor giving trend being down, there are still ways that we can be thinking strategically to help with income generation. Hannah gives practical tips on a range of channels that charities of all sizes can adopt.

E231 - 2023 Fundraising Trends with Hannah Akitt

In this episode guest host, Veronica Bamford-Deane speaks with CEO at TRAID London and co-founder of the first Charity Supermarket, Maria Chenoweth, about International Women’s Day.

E235 - Celebrating International Women's Day with Maria Chenoweth and Veronica Bamford-Deane

In this episode we speak with Michael Chuter, CEO of Pump Aid. We speak about how Pump Aid’s work in Malawi has evolved to take the form of the delivery model best known among commercial retailers. We also talk about how they have changed their charity in order to accommodate this and why.

E237 - Retailer Models For Charities With Michael Chuter

We spoke with Dr Beth Breeze, Director of the Centre for Philanthropy at the University of Kent, to talk about increasing the capacity and confidence of fundraisers through education. In this episode, we explore the importance of development in fundraising; why we should continue to push for the professionalisation of the industry; and, what leaders can do to support and enable their fundraisers.

E242 - Increasing The Capacity And Confidence Of Fundraisers With Dr Beth Breeze

In this episode we speak to friend of the show, Alex Blake, Income and Impact Consultant and Host of Charity Impact Podcast. We speak about building a great charity and what this looks like, and how charities can move from good to great.

E249 - Going From Good To Great With Alex Blake

In this episode we speak to Gwen Green and Bernadette Murphy of Blind Low Vision NZ and their Paws for Purpose campaign – a very successful fundraising and engagement activity which has garnered worldwide coverage. 
We talk about how the campaign was conceived, planned and executed and tips on what other charities can do to run effective campaigns to engage a variety of stakeholders in coming together to raise significant funds for your charity.

E252 - Paws For Purpose With Bernadette Murphy And Gwen Green

This is a special episode where we present the recent ThinkNPC discussion on AI, presented by Tris Lumley, with guests Tania Duarte and Rhodri Davies. They speak about the opportunities, risks, benefits and challenges that AI poses for the charity sector, and how charities and their leadership might navigate these.

E254 - ThinkNPC Discussion On AI

In this episode we speak with Sally Bagwell, Associate Director at NPC. We speak about the challenges leaders face when governing in a crisis, and what tools and tactics they can employ to overcome them.

E255 - Governing In A Crisis With Sally Bagwell

We sat down with Larna Mewett-Mayer, Innovation Manager at Action for Children to discuss her life and journey into the charity sector. As we begin the conversation focussing on her youth, Larna opens up about her time spent being homeless and growing up in a household of domestic violence. As we continue to learn more about her career path in adulthood, we hear about some of the negative experiences she had trying to migrate into the charity sector and how she thinks the sector can be better at recruiting and welcoming employees from a more diverse range of backgrounds.

E256 - Creating A More Inclusive Sector With Larna Mewett - Mayer

In this episode we speak with Duro Oyé, CEO and founder of the multi award winning, social enterprise, 20/20 Levels. We speak to Duro about building effective corporate partnerships that deliver real impact for charities, the challenges that these can pose and how to navigate them.

E259 - Corporate Partnerships With Duro Oyé

We spoke with Joe Nicholson (he/him), Head of Copy at Consider Creative, about the recent report he co-authored entitled ‘Illusion or disillusion – how do LGBT+ people in the UK really feel about giving to charities?’. The research carried out by Consider reveals there’s a lot more that charities could, and should, be doing to represent and engage with the diverse LGBT+ community.  Handily it also provides a huge amount of insight and practical guidance on how to go about doing that in a genuine and meaningful way, that will inspire LGBT+ people to give.

E260 - How LGBT+ People Really Feel About Giving To Charities With Joe Nicholson

In this episode we speak to Emma Bracegirdle about ethical content creation. We speak specifically about video and the considerations charities should make in how they go about creating engaging videos of their work in an ethical way. We also talk about the benefits of doing this, both to the charity and also to those they seek to support.

E262 - Ethical Content Creation With Emma Bracegirdle

In this episode we speak with Manjeet Pabla, fundraiser, coach, consultant and mentor at Lumos Consulting. We speak about mentoring and how it can help senior leaders but also managers and teams of staff throughout charities. We also touch on how mentoring could have helped us in hindsight to have dealt with challenges in the past.

E263 - Mentoring In Charity With Manjeet Pabla

In this episode we speak with Helen Gray, Trust Director at Benefact Trust about the role that churches play in the charity sector. We talk about the part they play in developing a sense of community and what charities can do to both support and benefit from working with them to further their work.

E264 - Churches And The Charity Sector With Helen Gray

This week, we sat down with Andy Mortimer, Head of Communications at Co-op Foundation to talk about how you can use your comms strategy to help tackle inequalities. We take a look at the specific approach the Co-op Foundation took to building out their strategy; explore the importance of understanding the why of communication, not just the how; and, doing all of this without straying away from their golden thread of putting young people and partners at the centre of how they work.

E265 - Using Comms To Help Tackle Inequalities with Andy Mortimer

We sat down with Phil Kerry, CEO at New Horizon Youth Centre to discuss salaries in the charity sector. This week’s episode has a slightly different approach to some of our other chats as Phil wouldn’t consider himself an “expert” in this area but is very open about his opinions on the topic. Phil and myself talk candidly about the subject but it should be stated to the listeners that these are very much the views of us as individuals.

E266 - Salaries In The Charity Sector

In this episode we speak with Charlotte Lamb, Principal for Involvement and Decision Making at NPC, about lived experience. We talk about why charities should consider bringing lived experience into their organisational culture and why this is important and could help them to thrive.

E267 - Lived Experience With Charlotte Lamb

We sat down with Beckie Denny, Founder and Director of The Charity Spark to talk about how they are on a mission to help the charity sector do more even more good. We talk about how showing legitimate impact is so important across the sector, discuss the similarities and differences faced by different size charities and try to tackle some of the biggest social and economic challenges facing us all right now.

E268 - The Charity Spark

In this episode, we speak with Emma Bracegirdle, friend of the show and founder of The Saltways, who we spoke with back in episode 262 or the podcast about ethical content creation and the importance of it in telling authentic and sensitive stories. In this episode we speak with Emma about her experience of running thank-a-thons, and what charities should consider before doing this, and how it can help improve supporter retention and increase a sense of loyalty and desire to give.

E269 - Thank-a-thons With Emma Bracegirdle

In this episode, producers Samuel Davies and Rachael Conroy look back over the past year of podcasts and reflect on what has been said.

E270 - Recap Of 2023

In this episode we speak with friend of the show, Giles Pegram CBE, about fundraising, how it may or may not be changing, and some fundraising first principles that we can all benefit from keeping in mind. Giles is a seasoned fundraiser with heaps of expertise and it was great to catchup up with him again.

E271 - Fundraising First Principles With Giles Pegram CBE

We sat down with Mark Hughes, founder of mch positive impact and Michelle Benson founder of Culture of Philanthropy to talk about strategies and philosophies around effective time management. Mark and Michelle bring a wealth of experience from their individual careers to the discussion. They’ve never met before but you wouldn’t know from the instant rapport they had for the episode which allowed us to delve into both theoretical and practical takeaways plus some great book recommendations to help you manage your time.

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E272 - Time Management with Mark Hughes and Michelle Benson

In this episode we speak with Linda Hien and Meghan Roach from New Horizon Youth Centre.

We talk about their work with young people, and the recent collaboration with the LSE on a new report that focusses on the barriers to support for young people facing homelessness.

E273 - Tackling Youth Homelessness With Meghan Roach and Linda Hien

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