How lotteries for charities and good causes could raise more money, but regulation is holding them back The impact and importance of...

Introduction Charities have amongst the strongest brands of any organisation, commercial, public or voluntary. The image projected by...

The challenges of creating an effective trustee board Introduction This document is an attempt to pull together some of my experiences of...

Does the number of people who have a medical condition or a disability dictate the size of charities that support them? This report is...

This report follows our previous ‘Ad Infinitum’ report that looked at charity advertising from 2006 up to predictions for 2014. Having...

Why overseas charities face a difficult decade Having secured the 0.7% of aid target for the world’s poor, overseas aid charities have...

Investigating the response of charities to frontline service cuts Introduction Local authorities run many services that charities care...

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...