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 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

We’re delighted to say that, by popular demand, our Friday Fundraising Calls are coming back!On the first Friday of every month (or thereabouts) at 11am we’ll be hosting an online event to bring fundraisers together and share some ideas and insights on how to do fundraising better.In each episode we’ll be joined by senior, experienced … Continued

It’s not easy being a fundraiser. All that asking. All that rejection. And in the middle of all that, getting the materials and investment needed to put the appeals together in the first place. But fear not – in this blog post we’ll provide some ideas and inspiration to help you tackle 5 of the … Continued

‘Fundraiser’s Friend’ is your source of ideas, news and comment by ChangeStar, shared with a community of hundreds of fundraisers and social changemakers. Sign up here if you’re not already receiving your free quarterly Fundraiser’s Friend by email, and join in! AUGUST 2019 ISSUE GOOD WORK! Review of an Oxfam supporter care letter One of … Continued

Individual Giving is a person giving a charity a gift of money. The gift to charity could be one or more of the following: A cash donation* A regular Direct Debit donation A gift in their Will – also called Legacy Giving Purchase of raffle or lottery tickets A donation through payroll Sometimes, the money … Continued

Most fundraisers know that telling stories is fundamental to the success of their charity fundraising campaigns. Good case studies for fundraising are really stories. But how can you get hold of these stories? I’m Director of the fundraising agency ChangeStar. In my experience on both client and agency side, one of the great challenges for … Continued

It’s not easy for charities to raise funds and recruit new donors using press advertising, but at ChangeStar we’ve achieved consistently excellent press results for a range of clients over many years (examples here), and continue to do so now. So, we thought we’d share seven of the key insights we’ve learnt over the years: A … Continued