May 2018

Dear <<First Name>>

Welcome to our latest newsletter - you'll find within it lots of tips, news, links and blogs, which I hope you will find useful.

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WHAT'S NEXT

I'll be delivering another training session on developing a small charity funding strategy for Small Charities Coalition, and I'm on the expert panel for a live Q&A Fundraising Surgery on May 30th, 1-2pm. Check it out, and ask questions! I'm also hopping to Amsterdam later in the year for IFC. See you there?

ON THE BLOG

Here are a couple of recent blog posts:

"In my family, we talk about BK and AK" - what I learned about impact in Oxford

"Last week I went on a trip to Oxford to watch four small charities pitch for funding at Oxford Gives. I want to tell you about a few things that I reflected upon that evening...." Read more.

What can fundraisers learn from the Wenger years?

"It's in there all the time, looking for a way out." These are the opening words of Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby’s account of his own obsession with Arsenal Football Club. I attended my first game in 1979, and, like Hornby, thoughts about my team are also in my head much of the time. So why is it that so few of the 100+ blogs I’ve written here are about the dynamite team who play in red and white?" Read more

WHAT WE'VE BEEN READING

Follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook for many more stories, but here's two interesting things that have caught our eye this week:

Free research from Legacy Voice is available to download here (via Dr Claire Routley)
NCVO's response to the Government's Civil Society Strategy (Karl Wilding)

And if you are on LinkedIn, and like to read good writing about charities, do join the Charity Blogs group.

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With best wishes,

Richard Sved
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