In the recent government reshuffle, Baroness Barran has moved to the Department for Education. Nigel Huddleston MP is the replacement but we no longer have a dedicated minister as Nigel also has responsibility for Sport, the Commonwealth Games, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society & Youth (that’s the order of the listings on the gov.uk website) […]
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£3.5m ‘dream fund’ open for applications
If you would consider applying to lottery organisations, you might like to look at the People’s Postcode Lottery announcement regarding their Dream Fund. A total fund of £3.5 million is available and projects can be funded for 3 years from 2022. In its launch announcement, PPL say that ‘The Dream Fund is encouraging applications from […]
Fundraising Regulator publishes annual complaints report
The Fundraising Regulator has just published its annual complaints report for 2020/21, and you can download a free copy here. The headlines are: 252% increase in complaints about online fundraising, but this reflects the move to online and does not seem to represent an increase in risk. Overall the type of complaints has not changed […]
Offline backups help protect against ransomware
The National Cyber Security Centre (“NCSC”) is focussing on how to protect against ransomware, in its latest NCSC Small Organisations Newsletter (please don’t be put off even if you are a medium or large organisation as it is relevant for you too!). It’s just one of the free resources we signposted at our recent free […]
For some donors, cash is still king
I read an interesting piece of research recently, and it suggested that: A quarter of donors only give in cash Cash donors are more likely to say they have made a gift in their will Cash donors are represented across all ages Could you take advantage of these trends, and make sure you have even […]