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I’ve been going through the latest British Social Attitudes survey looking at how attitudes to socially positive behaviour such as paying higher taxes and support for liberal policies compares across age groups. And something quite interesting stands out. The chart below shows support for left...
CAF have just published their annual UK Giving report for 2024. That link takes you to the report so you can read it yourself. However for the busy and the geeks, I’ve produced two summaries. Below you’ll find a top line summary and at the...
When it comes to giving to charity, there’s always a point of connection, an experience, a deep-seated memory that drives that desire to help. David’s story helps explain this. David is a donor. He’s in his early seventies and is retired. His children are grown...
For the past month or so, I’ve been posting videos on LinkedIn examining the causes of the fall in individual giving income – in real terms – by £5 billion since 2005. Here’s the chart that shows what’s happened. It’s been built with data from...
Mention power in fundraising circles and you’ll perhaps find yourself hearing stories detailing how wealthy donors have compromised work, disrupted plans, and helped create a hostile working environment. It’s a subject that’s highly likely to evoke a strong emotional reaction from fundraisers who have struggled...
When a charity reaches out asking for help with their fundraising, especially if they’re facing challenges such as low second-gift rates, high attrition, and limited interest in legacies, my first reaction is to hop online to get a first-hand experience of being one of their...
Back in September 2021, I recorded a presentation about the ongoing impact of Covid-19 on giving for the CIOF National Convention. Recent events have made me think that it would be useful to make the video available more widely. The findings are of particular relevance...
I’ve been lucky enough to have been given early access to some of the key findings from Blackbaud’s 2020 Charitable Giving Report. There’s loads of great insight gained from the analysis of over $40 billion in charitable giving to over 8,800 organisations. But before you...
I’ve often thought that the best fundraising practices that inconveniently clash with that sparkly new product or ad campaign can get unnecessarily sidelined – sometimes completely forgotten – in the drive to ‘innovate’. With that in mind, I put together a list of my favourite...
Month after month for well over a decade, at Bluefrog we have been speaking to donors about their attitudes to giving to charity. That’s around one hundred studies, across many different themes. We’ve learned what people think about regular giving, mid-value gifts, safeguarding, legacies, alumni...
One of the many great things about charities is the people they attract to work for them – the changemakers – the people who actually get stuck into tackling poverty and fighting injustice, who support others when they are in need of help and who...
A few weeks ago, I presented Rogare‘s inaugural Critical Fundraising lecture at Kingston University. My topic was charity rebranding. It’s an area of work I’ve long been interested in. I love great brands, and as a result, I tend to track what happens after a...
Today’s podcast features Louis Diez, the founder of the Donor Participation Project (DPP). Louis set up the DPP with a single goal – to try to reverse the decline in the number of people giving to charity. Until recently, its members have predominantly been US...
There is a Sunday street food market near where I live. It’s not called ‘Come and awkwardly attempt to eat food standing up that would be easier to eat sitting down, but it doesn’t matter because you’ll feel like you’ve done something with the day’....
OK. OK. I know. That’s a truism. You obviously have to have some spare cash if you are going to support a charity, but what makes this a particularly interesting point is the recent report from the Governor of the Bank of England, where he...
Few of us will have been unaffected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget the harrowing images I’ve seen and the horrific stories I’ve heard. No doubt you, like many others, will have happily lent your support...