It was only Tuesday morning and, combined, the Parachute team had already received 20+ emails about Include a Charity Week (there were more to come…). The message was a worthy one (“leave a gift to charity in your Will”) but the execution? Let’s just say if I was...
...And what we can learn from it Renowned fundraiser, Ken Burnett, said at a conference in Sydney this year that fundraising is the second oldest profession… I’ll let you remember which is the first. It was such a poignant comment, given the impact of fundraising on...
For charities tackling serious and often heart-wrenching issues, humour might seem out of reach – or even in bad taste. After all, who jokes about homelessness, food insecurity or racial injustice? Yet, in recent years, a few daring organisations have shown that a...
... And what you can do about it While there may be a slight possibility (very small) that there is some (not much) sense in Trump’s decision to freeze international aid (please bear with me). The act of simply pulling the rug out is likely to have change management...