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Do you know if your fundraising is undermining your charity?

Charity fundraising is coming under scrutiny as a 92 year old woman commits suicide and her family blame the begging letters from charities

Posted by Sarah Brown on 18 May '15 | Tags: charity values responsible organisation charter

Everyone deserves a Happy Christmas

An inspirational charity changing lives all the year

Posted by Sarah Brown on 18 Dec '14 | Tags: charity inspiration changing lives

Volunteering – good for the country, good for business, good for people and good for charities

Some inspirational facts about volunteering and measuring its impact and how new ways of volunteering are developing

Posted by Sarah Brown on 26 Sept '14 | Tags: charity csr social impact

Change lives through an inspirational story

Charities need to create Inspirational stories about how they change lives

Posted by Sarah Brown on 09 Apr '14 | Tags: charity inspiration marketing

Getting creative to generate new enthusiasm and inspiration

Developing exciting ideas for new projects can be really inspirational when an organisation is feeling under stress

Posted by Sarah Brown on 25 Mar '14 | Tags: charity innovation inspiration

Changing beliefs to empower people

However much you help people, their beliefs may stop them taking advantage of opportunities - they need to believe that they are people who can....

Posted by Sarah Brown on 10 Mar '14 | Tags: collaboration charity inspiration

Starting on the journey to income generation

Moving from a culture of donations and grants to earning income can be a big step for some charities and for some it seems impossible but there are lots of different routes and you can start with small steps

Posted by Sarah Brown on 24 Feb '14 | Tags: charity social enterprise marketing local authority

Are you measuring your social impact effectively?

Effectively measuring social impact is critical for any charity or social enterprise that wants to prosper - are you telling a good story?

Posted by Sarah Brown on 10 Feb '14 | Tags: charity social enterprise inspiration

Are you solving the right problem?

Successful innovation i.e. innovation that has an impact depends on creating a solution to a problem that people perceive and then ensuring that they know about your solution. For organisations working with people who have a different view of the world this can be a challenge.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 27 Jan '14 | Tags: innovation charity social enterprise

What we can learn from South Africa

The focus in South Africa is on creating sustainable jobs rather than giving charity, this should be the emphasis in the UK. Creating meaningful work changes communities much more than any hand out could.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 10 Dec '13 | Tags: charity social enterprise entrepreneur

Winning by Doing Good

How changing the world and success can coincide even in a simple business like mending shoes

Posted by Sarah Brown on 29 Oct '13 | Tags: csr family business entrepreneur charity social enterprise

Getting the most from community buildings

It used to be a self evident truth that having a building was a good thing for a charity or community. However as our focus finder tool (c) illustrates things have changed as overheads have risen and occupancy rates have fallen.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 21 Oct '13 | Tags: charity social enterprise community interest company

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