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Best explanation of involving beneficiaries – Mind and CRUK
The health and disability charities are particularly good at making clear how beneficiaries are in involved in the development of their...
Joe Saxton
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Best strategy on a page – John Muir and Acevo
Strategies can get to be really long documents, so all credit to those organisations who try and sum things up on a page. Two very...
Joe Saxton
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Best strategy on a website – Blood Cancer UK
One of the challenges of any strategy is how to present it to staff, volunteers, and stakeholders. Blood Cancer UK has tackled this by...
Joe Saxton
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Best small charity –Facial Palsy UK
Facial Palsy UK is a tiny charity with an income of under £100k a year. But its strategy is clearly set out in a word document: no...
Joe Saxton
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Best Medium Charity – Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
The Cherie Blair Foundation is a £2million charity that focus on women entrepreneurs. It is probably the best single strategy I read....
Joe Saxton
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Best Large Charity – RNLI
The lifeboats is my favourite large charity strategy (RNLI has over £200 million of income), although it is a little on the long side at...
Joe Saxton
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Gratitude in Giving: Unveiling Heartfelt Thank You Letters from Charitable Donations
Welcome to this two-part project that delves into my experiences as I facilitated donations on behalf of HeyHeyJoe. This installment,...
Samiksha Rai
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Strategy blog 6: the common flaws of charity strategies
I have read over 120 charity strategies now and here are some of the most common flaws I have found in them (these are my personal views...
Joe Saxton
5 min read


The golden threads - analysing and solving your charity's strategic challenges.pdf
There are probably five or six reports I have written or co-written in the last twenty years which I thought introduced new ideas on...
Joe Saxton
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Strategy blog 5:Interesting nuggets from the strategy survey
Our strategy survey has a whole range of interesting info, and all detail is available in our powerpoint presentation available here. But...
Joe Saxton
1 min read


My life in five start-ups benefiting charities
Sandwiches for Save the Whales As a 14-year-old I got heavily into Save the Whales and decide to raise some money. I went to boarding...
Joe Saxton
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Strategy blog 4: the components of a strategic plan
Welcome This is the fourth in the series of blogs from Heyheyjoe looking at strategy in charities and non-profits. The previous three...
Joe Saxton
5 min read


Mastering the Art of Storytelling: Our top ten charity video picks
Introduction Videos are a key part of social media and how people absorb information about the world. With the rise of tik tok, shorters...
Samiksha Rai
3 min read


Strategy blog 3: Ten things to do in preparing a new strategy
Welcome This is the third in the series of blogs from Heyheyjoe looking at strategy in charities and non-profits. The previous two blogs...
Joe Saxton
4 min read


10 fascinating nuggets to notice about our google charity search report
1. Searches for Ukraine, particularly the terms volunteer and donate in various different forms spiked for about a month after the...
Joe Saxton
1 min read


Strategy blog 2: What is a strategy and why are they important for charities?
Introduction This blog is part of a series of blogs and research about charities and strategies. This one looks at what a strategy is,...
Joe Saxton
5 min read


What’s in a Name?
Teasing out the key issues if a charity wants to change their name Introduction This paper is designed to look at some of the issues...
Joe Saxton
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