Blogs & Think Pieces

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

A Beginner’s Guide to Statutory Fundraising

My career in fundraising started by a rather circuitous route. I'd been planning to open a cultural centre in Sheffield...

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Event Management (or how not to panic)

My professional background is in running events with authors in bookshops, although over the past 20 plus years I've ended...

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Panacea or Pain? A User’s Guide to Development Councils

In the United States, Development Councils are omnipresent – the model underlying all successful fundraising campaigns....

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A Guide to Trust Fundraising Part Three: Into the Spotlight

In the third installment of this three-part guide to trust fundraising, we will explore the actual application process, the chance...

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A Guide to Trust Fundraising Part Two: Reaching the Audience

In Part One of this three-part guide we went behind the scenes to prepare for the performance; we looked at...

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A Guide to Trust Fundraising Part One: The Deep Blue Sea

Trust fundraising is often the area in which charities take their first tentative steps; tiptoeing into the shallows of what...

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Ethicality

As the Guardian campaigns for The Wellcome Trust and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to withdraw investments from oil revenues –an...

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The Philosophy of Major Gifts

The £10,000,000 donation from the Dorfman Family to the National Theatre is one of a number of major gifts associated...

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The Need for Fundraising Feasibility Studies

The early stages of a new capital project are phenomenally exciting for any arts organisation – the prospect of being...

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Schemes for Living and Giving

One of my specialisms as a fundraising consultant is capital campaigns. As far as I'm aware, I've now actively worked...

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