Weird, or wonderful?!
From pizza slices to sex toys, charities constantly receive donations of wild oddities that probably shouldn't ever go through their doors.
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- Jan 18
- 3 min
Too many or too few cooks…
trustee on every board has been unique. Given that the very nature of a human being is to be individual.
- Jan 11
- 3 min
LadBaby’s backlash
When LadBaby (real name Mark Hoyle) and his wife, Roxanne, launched their first charity single five years ago, they received plenty of...
- Dec 28, 2022
- 3 min
Needs versus funds
In February, Alan Williams became a champion of his community in Dorset. The local bus company, FirstGroup, ran a Sunday service; however..
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
Faith charities
Their religion is often at the forefront of their fundraising applications—but is this more of a hindrance than a help?
- Dec 14, 2022
- 4 min
Charity shops of the future?
The revenue charity shops saw during the pandemic was up from that of previous years, and this trend has continued.
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
The rise of warm banks
We’re not living in a third world country, and this issue is not limited to people who rely on what the right-wing call ‘government hand-out
- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
What does being a charity trustee entail?
Many charities also desire trustees that have certain skillsets on their board, to help plug any skills gaps between volunteers...
- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
Desperation sees charity scams increase
It’s naïve to think that crime doesn’t impact the third sector. In this article, I’m not referring to internal fraud...
- Nov 15, 2022
- 2 min
King Charles visits Doncaster
King Charles was in Doncaster to ‘sign off’ the city centre status it recently gained.
- Nov 9, 2022
- 3 min
Volunteer boundaries
In this economy, with a number of retirees returning to work, just so that they can pay their bills, volunteers are becoming a rarity.
- Nov 2, 2022
- 4 min
Unnecessary layers…
I’m suggesting that there are too many layers of management in the third sector. There's very little left for the people at the bottom.
- Oct 26, 2022
- 4 min
Direct Debit donations
With how fast tech is developing us into a cashless society, it's no surprise notes and coins are becoming the way of the dodo with payments
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
What the country needs is stability
One of the many fallouts from the country’s precarious political position is that we’re experiencing one of the worst cost-of-living crises
- Oct 11, 2022
- 3 min
Things are getting desperate
I recently hypothesised about what life would be like without charities, given that they plug the gaps in many frontline public services.
- Oct 3, 2022
- 3 min
What does it mean to be a business’s Charity of The Year?
The charity benefits from a higher profile and more credibility via the business’s network. It typically received a financial boost
- Sep 26, 2022
- 4 min
TikTok: an underused tool for charities?
Every charity must have an online presence, but how many tiktokers have donated money or volunteered for their causes?
- Sep 21, 2022
- 4 min
Third sector recruitment: it’s all or nothing (unfortunately)
You’d imagine, if the job market is weighted towards candidates (which it absolutely appears to be at the moment), you’d make any vacancy..
- Sep 14, 2022
- 4 min
Are young people more willing to donate their time than their money?
It may surprise you to learn that, according to statistics, 49% of young people donated money to charity last year. Yes, they were the least
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
Would an auction be distasteful at a charity event during the current crisis?
There are plenty of ways that money can be raised; however, it’s difficult for charities to find rich pockets of funding.
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