​By Philippa Randle - Senior Consultant, Senior Fundraising.As part of Black History Month, we would like to shine the light on the incredible work of Malcolm John, addressing inequality in charity boardrooms and the lack of racial diversity at the governance level.Research shows that 9.6% of trustees in major UK charities are from Black, Asian and other minority backgrounds...

​by Stuart Milliner - Trusts, Statutory and Institutional Fundraising specialist  We have already seen some significant, dynamic shifts from funders to address the rapidly changing environment that charities are operating, but what do senior managers in Trusts, Statutory and Institutional funding think the future holds for their funding streams?Emergency funding Emergency fu...

​I should start by saying, the answers that follow are my views on the sector as a whole and as such, the sector is treated homogeneously. However, there are always outliers; some organisations that are leaders on something and some that don’t do it at all. These are my personal views – I don’t expect everyone to agree and indeed would be surprised if they did! Unlike some i...

​Guest blog by Jane Curtis, The Charity Event SpecialistsEvents Fundraisers are a resilient bunch - if we don’t get enough sign-ups for an event or the weather has its own ideas about our plans, we have a plan B.  The problem with the current situation is that continued, rapid change means having a plan B, C, D & E!  We also shouldn’t underestimate the public and our sup...