Ten nuggets on how the public think their ideal charity should spend its money Introduction Last year we asked the public what concerns...

aBest Practice Guide to portraying beneficiaries and service users The way charities portray the people they aim to benefit is an issue...

What has happened to children’s charities over the last decade? Introduction Over the last 5-10 ten years, children’s charities have...

The common threads and differences in public attitudes to fundraising and charities around the globe In most countries in our sample...

Practical strategies to tackle public concerns about donating to charity The summer of 2013 witnessed a flurry of newspaper coverage...

The challenges of measuring public generosity in the UK Understanding who gives, and why they give, helps charities to monitor giving...

Taking corporate partnerships into new dimensions Introduction The charity world has a conflicted attitude towards companies. There are...

A research report into what charities think a model grant-maker looks like Grant-making trusts are a vital source of funds for many...

A guide to attitudinal segmentation for charities

This is our second look at the world of grants fundraising. We first spoke to fundraisers to understand charities’ perspectives, then for...

Useful stuff on how grant-making works For this report, we interviewed 21 grant-makers. These range in size from grant- makers awarding...

The world of charities, voluntary and community organisations is changing faster than ever before. The pressures are now coming from a...

Understanding charities using archetype analysis

Public attitudes towards the regulation of charity lotteries This is the report on new research, commissioned and carried out by...

How the world might change for charities over the next 20 years because of Covid-19 This has been one hell of a year for charities (and...

An 8 minute video looking at the different trustee recruitment websites, and their pros and cons, as well as showing some websites for...

The pros and cons of charging charity beneficiaries Can (and should) charities charge their beneficiaries to make up for falling...

Charities valued unrestricted funds twice as much as restricted funds for a £100k grant. We asked respondents to imagine they had just...

How successful have charities been over the last few decades It is perhaps the single most important question a charity, or any other...