If you run charity shops, the good news is that they can open again from 15th June provided they are COVID-Secure. The bad news is that you may face a shortage of volunteers as some people need to continue shielding, self-isolate or generally prefer to stay indoors as much as they can. Thanks to the […]
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BHF launches postal donation service
British Heart Foundation (“BHF”) has launched a post-to-donate service so that people can donate safely as the country starts to emerge from COVID-19 lockdown. In the words of Allison Swaine-Hughes, BHF’s Retail Director ” “Our charity shops run purely on the support of the public, which is why we never take for granted a camera, […]
New Charity Commission report on public attitudes to charities
The Charity Commission has just published a new report titled ‘Regulating in the public interest – The relationship between Charity, charities and the general public‘ Whilst the title might not sound too exciting, it is definitely worth a read as it distils a lot of research and goes into detail on how the public see […]
Be prepared for any drop in income
COVID-19 is affecting charities in different ways. From talking with my clients, smaller organisations seem more likely to have furloughed staff and that makes both fundraising and service delivery challenging. Some have made the WFH (“working from home”) transition with few problems, thanks to great efforts from their Operations and IT teams. And a few […]
Babylon Health admits data breach in GP app
Sometimes I almost despair about the inability of companies to take data protection seriously. If you care about these things, like me, it will have come as a real shock that Babylon Health have admitted that their GP app, with over 2.3 million registered users, has suffered a data breach. For a few hours on […]