After all 400 events were cancelled last year because of COVID-19, Cancer Research UK has confirmed that events will be held from late Summer and into the Autmn. In yet another sign of fundraising being able to resume in communities across the country, Race for Life will be offering 3K, 5L, 10K, Pretty Muddy and […]
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International safeguarding alert
The Charity Commission has issued an alert to help trustees of international aid charities to improve the safeguarding practices. It recognises that whilst some good work has been done, there is much more left to so, and focuses on: Ongoing issues which harm effective safeguarding and key steps for charities to consider Strengthening safeguarding risk […]
Windows 11 unveiled
When Windows 10 was launched in 2015, Microsoft said it would be the final version of the operating system. But now Microsoft is calling Windows 11 its ‘next generation’ operating system. although at first glance its not easy to so what is so new. Windows 11 is based on Windows 10 and will be a […]
How do you categorise your donors?
Most non-profits will categorise donors into Individual, Major, Corporate and Trusts & Foundations and that is important for your analytics and insight, but I am really talking here about donor motivation. From the donor who gets emotional when they think about the impact of their support on the beneficiaries, through to someone who chose you […]
ICO fines pizza company
The ICO has fined Papa John’s (GB) £10,000 for sending more than 168,000 nuisance marketing messages to its customers without consent. Papa John’s relied on the ‘soft opt in’ exemption in order to send marketing texts and emails. However, the ICO ruled that they could not rely on this exemption since: there was no opportunity […]