Charities dedicate their resources and time to helping others, but, in the wake of the pandemic, they’re the ones who need a helping hand.

Enter the National Emergencies Trust’s Local Action Fund.

Michael and Bridget Locke, an inspirational couple from Newport, Wales, have raised nearly £1 million for Cancer Research UK over the last 40 years.

Read on to hear their incredible story.

Rejection is part and parcel of the recruitment process, but, all too often, candidates are not contacted if they’re unsuccessful. Even attending an interview doesn’t guarantee a response.

Here’s how to do it right.

One in five charities mentioned in a will is now community-based. So even if your organisation is small, you can still benefit from legacy fundraising.

Here are four tips to help you improve your strategy.

Two pint-sized fundraisers have become the youngest-ever recipients of the British Empire Medal.

Tobias Weller, AKA Captain Tobias, and Max Woosey, AKA The Boy in the Tent received the honour for their impressive fundraising efforts.

Find out what they did to achieve the honour in our latest post.

Your CV is the first impression hiring managers will have of you. If you want to stand out, it needs to shine.

Here are five things you can do to make it stand out from the crowd.

The pandemic isn’t over, but we’re in a much better position now to start thinking about long-term plans.

Here are four fundraising trends we believe will shape 2022.

Ever considered a role as a corporate fundraiser? We caught up with Charlotte Webster, Corporate Partnerships Manager at The Sick Children’s Trust, to find out what’s involved.

Professional fundraising is not a career route we’re exposed to at a young age. Yet, it’s a smart career choice in a diverse and growing field.

Here are three great reasons to pursue a career in fundraising.

In December 2020, a Leeds-based voluntary organisation launched a first-of-its-kind online charity donation service that enables people to donate to a different charity each month with one direct debit.

Find out how your charity can benefit in our latest blog.

GSK and Save the Children. Fairy Liquid and Make-A-Wish Foundation. Innocent Smoothies and Age UK. These are just three examples of successful corporate fundraising partnerships.

Read on to find out how these partnerships worked, and how you can use one to turbocharge your fundraising income.

Whether we admit it or not, we all fall in and out of love with our jobs all the time.

Here are seven ways to rekindle the love and recreate that spark you felt on day one.

Christmas ad campaigns aren’t just for huge corporations – they’re an invaluable tool in the fundraising kit.

There are loads of amazing campaigns we could mention to inspire you, but, for the sake of time, we’ve whittled it down to three of our favourites from 2021.

The pandemic showcased the best of the charity sector, but it’s left much of the workforce disillusioned, burned out, and desperate to jump ship.

Read on to hear views from the sector, and our take on the situation.

A lot of homeowners only install burglar alarms after they’ve been burgled. Similarly, a lot of charities fail to invest in fraud training and cyber security until they’ve been hacked.

This is a mistake. Read on to find out why.

Passion is essential for any fundraiser, but there are plenty of other qualities that distinguish a good fundraiser from a great one.

We take a deep dive in this post.

Wondering what a Major Donor Fundraiser does?

Sian Welfare, Philanthropy Officer at the MS Society reveals all in our latest blog post.

In the world of fundraising, it’s easy to become burned out or disillusioned when things aren’t going right.


Here are five things you can do to make your charity irresistible to join and impossible to leave.

Have you got an outstanding Board of Trustees? Do you pride yourself on your charity’s high standards of governance? Could you do with an extra £5,000?

Why not enter the 2022 Charity Governance Awards? Read on to find out how.

Social media isn’t a nice to have for your fundraising campaigns. it’s a must-have.

But how can you use it to turbocharge your fundraising?


Read on to find out.