In a written submission to the House of Lords committee that will scrutinise the Charities Bill, the Charity Commission has revealed that the number of smaller charities (income of under £500,000) with no reserves had risen to 28% in July 2021. At the same time, there have recently been an additional 8,000 applications to register […]
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Blackbaud to launch 2021 Fundraising Benchmark Report
Each year, Blackbaud publishes a fundraising benchmark report. This year they surveyed more than 1,100 fundraising professionals and the report should offer some powerful insights that you can use in your own fundraising planning. You can pre-register for a free advanced copy of the report here. You will need to provide your contact details, but […]
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 […]
Is your distribution cabinet like this?
You will know that I am a fan of the Security Now! podcast. Each episode has a set of show notes and there is normally a picture to kick things off. If you feel like having a look at https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-837-notes.pdf (it will download a PDF of the show notes) you will see a picture captioned […]
Afghan interpreters suffer data breach
As reported in the BBC tech pages, email addresses and other personal information regarding Afghan interpreters was subject to a data breach. You might imagine how serious this is, and how those affected might be understandably very worried. Looking at what happened, it is suggested that one interpreter who received the email realised that more […]