Blogs & Think Pieces

Thoughts about business planning, fundraising, income generation and more.

Change

For many of us the month of September has marked the beginning of something new... The turning of a new...

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Joy – rediscovering the joy of working in culture in challenging times

rediscovering the joy of working in culture in challenging times...

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Cultural Capital – The need for a transparent framework for the redistribution of funding

The Arts Council England's Private Investment in Culture Survey that tells us how much voluntary income comes to the Cultural Sector....

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The Arts Council’s Private Investment in Culture Survey 2019

The Arts Council England's Private Investment in Culture Survey that tells us how much voluntary income comes to the Cultural Sector....

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How do cultural organisations raise money?

Six top tips for building fundraising capacity from our Catalyst:Evolve programme evaluation...

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The Business of Boards

Since BOP and I started evaluating the Catalyst programme in 2013, we’ve worked with more than 500 arts organisations across...

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Philanthropy Landscape

Arts Council England podcasts on fundraising… LISTEN...

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Small Answers to the Big Funding Questions

Funding for the arts has never been in a more difficult place, with both sponsorship and subsidy fading while the...

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Arts Council England Catalyst Evaluation Reports

Arts Council England Catalyst Evaluation Reports YEAR 1 | YEAR 2 | YEAR 3...

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Are You Suffering from Lone Fundraiser Syndrome?

Fundraisers can inhabit a cold and lonely world at the best of times and that experience can be thrown into...

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