How transparent is your fundraising?

  This morning I took my toddler and newborn to a music class at a local church, (Emmanuel Church) in our area of North London. Whilst there I came across a great example of transparency and fundraising. As you can see from the picture, on their noticeboard the...

Childsi and Open Fundraising collaborate on mobile giving

Apologies for disappearing off the map for a bit. Our baby girl was born a few weeks ago. As a new mum, Childsi’s cause resonates even more strongly with me (I’ve been a huge fan of their work for a while). Childsi help abandoned babies in Uganda. They’ve also built...

Digital: a core competency for all charity staff?

Last week I blogged for The Guardian Voluntary Sector Network about the launch of Lasa’s Charity Digital Survey. Alongside the Digital: what every charity leader should know report (which I also worked on with the Lasa technology team) I wanted to research...

Balancing the professional and personal on Twitter

The Guardian Public Leaders Network ran a really interesting piece this morning by Tim Lloyd (@timolloyd), on how he tweets about his professional life as head of digital communications at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills alongside his hobbies. It’s...

Is your charity looking for trustees?

I’ve been really inspired by all the great stuff going on during Trustees Week . It’s reminded me how being a trustee is a fantastic opportunity to learn new skills and make a difference, and how charities can benefit enormously from trustees’ experience and...

Digital: What Every Charity Leader Should Know

Apologies for not blogging for a while. I’ve been snowed under with the launch of Lasa’s ‘Digital:What Every Charity Leader Should Know’ report. It features crowdsourced insights into how charity leaders can engage with digital to build a more...