All Blog articles
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A new focus on outcomes?
By Dan Corry.
On 26 August 2015.
Dan Corry outlines some of the key questions and explains why government funding is likely to be increasingly based on outcomes.
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Forget the emotional appeals—not all donations are equal
By Sally Bagwell.
On 24 August 2015.
NPC's Sally Bagwell argues there is nothing dry or passionless in taking time to ensure your donation achieves what you want it to.
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We all want to know how well our kids are doing, don’t we?
By Tracey Gyateng.
On 20 August 2015.
Today is GCSE results day. But what about the charities that have been working with the the UK's young people to try and facilitate their success?
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Why charities should collect less impact data
By James Noble.
On 14 August 2015.
We revisit the two main reasons we should be collecting impact data, and explain why they mean we should think before we measure.
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Can a fresh approach to budgeting cure charities’ fundraising woes?
By Kate Sayer.
On 11 August 2015.
Fundraising is having a hard time in the press at the moment. Kate Sayer argues that we can't put all the blame on fundraisers.
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Are new charities like the Amy Winehouse Foundation necessary?
By Plum Lomax.
On 7 August 2015.
Looking to address tragedy by forming a charity may be admirable, but can lead to ineffective duplication in the sector says Plum Lomax.
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Standards for social impact measurement
By Matt Robinson .
On 5 August 2015.
Matt Robinson at Big Society Capital, warns that we still know very little about what impact is actually being created by social investing.
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Empathy and digital transformation
By Scott Colfer .
On 31 July 2015.
Scott Colfe argues that empathy is at the heart of successful digital transformation within the charity sector (but is often missing).
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Innovating from the inside out: Insights from ActionAid
By Judith Davey.
On 29 July 2015.
Judith Davey explains that to drive external innovations to the social issues faced by a charity's beneficiaries, innovation must be adopted internally.
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