In this edition of our Friday Fundraising Calls, our Director, Richard Docwra, is joined by the hugely experienced charity fundraiser and Chief Executive Karen Gallagher to discuss ‘How to build a successful Individual Giving programme’. It can feel like a daunting task to build a successful Individual Giving fundraising programme – particularly in the current … Continued

Our next ChangeStar Friday Fundraising call will be at 11am on Friday 8th July 2022! We’ll be speaking to the hugely experienced charity fundraiser and Chief Executive Karen Gallagher about ‘How to build a successful Individual Giving programme’. If you’d like to grab a FREE place, reply to this email now or email richard@changestar.co.uk. It … Continued

We’re delighted to announce details of our next ChangeStar Friday Fundraising call at 11am on Friday 18th March 2022! We’ll be speaking to the hugely experienced fundraising strategist and media buyer Maddie Bernsten (Director of Just Charity Media) about ‘Finding the best channels to recruit new supporters’. If you’d like to grab a place, email … Continued

We’re delighted to announce details of our next ChangeStar Friday Fundraising call on 11am on Friday 11th February 2022! We’ll be speaking to James Huitson – Senior Global Fundraising Manager at Care International – about a subject that many charities feel they could be doing better – ‘How to transform your income from legacies’. If … Continued

We’re delighted to announce details of our next ChangeStar Friday Fundraising call on 11am on Friday 14th January 2022! We’ll be speaking to Mark Barkaway, the Head of Marketing & Income Generation at Albion in the Community – the charity for Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club – about a subject close to every fundraiser’s … Continued

In this session our Director, Richard Docwra, is joined by Paul White, Head of Donor Care at Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) to explore ‘How to build an Individual Giving programme at a hospital charity’. Over the last few years, Paul and his team (with the help of ChangeStar) have built an IG programme that has … Continued

Our lives – both at home and at work – have been turned upside down by the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s time to reflect on what’s happened, how to move forward and what we can learn to make our lives and world better. I’d like to share a new publication with you that I’ve written for … Continued

  In the last few weeks during lockdown we’ve started organising a Zoom call every Friday at 11am in which fundraisers can get together, chat about key issues and exchange ideas and learning with each other. These calls have been a great success so far, with fundraisers from a wide range of charities taking part. … Continued

Like everyone else, we at ChangeStar have been adjusting to the big changes in our personal and working lives brought about by the coronavirus crisis. We’ve also been trying to find the most effective ways to play a useful role during the crisis to people and organisations who might need our help. This post is … Continued