In the May edition of Fundraising Magazine from Civil Society, and normally a benefit of CIoF membership, an article entitled ‘Shared Responsibility’ reflects on research into donor motivation. It highlights that collective action is an important factor, and we wonder how you might build this into your own campaigns? We know of two organisations that […]
Author: Nick Swain
Five steps to protect your organisation from AI-powered cyber threats
In a timely and helpful reminder, the ICO has just published guidance on how to protect your organisation from AI-powered cyber threats. We encourage you to review it at https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2026/05/five-steps-to-protect-your-organisation-from-ai-powered-cyber-threats/ and build your own action plan.
Easy ways to model best practice
The Charity Governance Code is a set of voluntary principles authored by sector leaders including NCVO and ACEVO. It’s helpful and practical, and could be of real benefit as a part of your management and board development plans. It could be worked through, a section at a time, during away days or at each trustee […]
Online training for charity leaders
Civil Society have announced the next few months of online training for charity leaders at https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/training.html. As for some, we head into a slightly quieter part of the year, could now be a good time to invest in some cost-effective training for your charity leaders and/or trustees?
Fundraising Convention is changing
The CIoF have announced that 2026 will see the last Fundraising Convention. According to their press release and following the recent Learning Review, the CIoF is reshaping how they support fundraisers to learn, grow, and connect at every stage of their careers. 2026 will be the last Fundraising Convention, but this is just one part […]