Whilst we wait for the latest fundraising insights to return after the summer break, we thought you might find this article from sofii interesting – https://sofii.org/article/special-direct-mail-clinic-the-one-with-danielle-wallace.
Author: Nick Swain
CyberUK 2027 in Liverpool
Next year’s CyberUK event, promoted as ‘the UK’s flagship cyber security event’, is to be help in Liverpool on 11-13 May 2027. If this is of interest, you can stay up to date with this and other NCSC news by subscribing at https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/register/subscribe.
Insight In Fundraising conference 2026
With a theme of ‘Turning Headwinds into Tailwinds: Transforming Challenge into Impact’, the conference is just 4 weeks away. It’s organised by CIoF Insight in Fundraising and you can find out more at https://ciof.org.uk/learning-and-events-listing/turning-headwinds-into-tailwinds-transforming-challenge-into-impact/.
ICO hits company selling call blockers with £190k fine for nuisance calls
The ICO has reported that it has fined a company for targeting elderly people, bombarding them with the very nuisance calls it claimed that its products could protect them from. The ICO report makes salutary reading, and you can find it at https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2026/08/ico-hits-company-selling-call-blockers-with-190k-fine-for-nuisance-calls/.
The strain of AI-assisted complaints
We read a BBC Tech article recently at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dk6wzjw23o that suggests a rising tide of complaints written with the help of AI are substantially increasing the workload of schools, local councils and other public bodies. We are hearing this comment echoed by a number of charities, where AI-generated subject access requests can often run to […]