We were in a meeting with a charity recently when they asked us to give details of our most successful pack.  We thought for a moment and then realised this was a very difficult task as we’ve had so many great results over the years, and because this year has been a particularly good one … Continued

This week is our ‘ChangeStar Cash Appeals Week’, in which we are sharing our years of experience and knowledge about successful cash appeals with the charity sector. As part of this week’s activities, our Director, Richard Docwra, has written a special report – ‘How to write target-smashing cash appeals’ which is now available FREE. In this document we … Continued

We’re pleased to announce the launch of ‘ChangeStar Cash Appeals Week’ – from 26th-30th September 2016. For this event we’ll be sharing our years of experience and knowledge about successful cash appeals with the charity sector. Richard Docwra and the ChangeStar agency team will be: Providing a special report on how to create cash appeals that will result in high giving … Continued

Special blog for ChangeStar Legacies Week: 11-15 July 2016 Legacies are a potentially massive source of funding, but many charities are not doing anywhere near enough to promote them to their supporters properly.  Consequently, your charity could be missing out on millions of pounds of potential income. Our experience at ChangeStar from talking to and … Continued

We’re excited to be running a new event this year – ChangeStar Legacy Week – from 11th – 15th July 2016. During this week, we’ll be sharing our years of experience and knowledge about legacy fundraising with the charity sector. Richard Docwra and the ChangeStar agency team will be: Publishing special legacy-focussed blogs here at www.changestar.co.uk/news Sharing tips for charities … Continued

I was at a meeting recently with a client who is in the initial stages of developing an individual giving programme. During our meeting I reflected on what a positive attitude they had to starting work on this activity, and how it puts them in so much of a better position to succeed than other … Continued

A living legacy A year ago, we published the blog post below about the potential for ‘living legacies’.  We think there are some useful ideas in there, so here it is again…. The Government has made a number of important changes to how people can access their pensions.  Under the new rules, anyone aged over … Continued

We often refer to fundraising as a discipline but many fundraisers don’t seem to realise the importance of this word in their profession. The fact is, good fundraisers need to be disciplined. For example, being prepared to roll out the same pack for years to the same media – just because it’s working. Sticking with … Continued

ChangeStar are pleased to launch the 2016 diary of dates for the voluntary sector in Ireland and Northern Ireland. You won’t find it anywhere else – we’ve compiled the May-onwards calendar below of charity and health awareness days and fundraising events from a wide variety of sources. We trust that we’ve included the big events for your … Continued