Our director Richard has launched episode 3 of his podcast series today – and it’s a particularly interesting one – whether you’re someone involved in seeking social or political change, or just curious about the world! Richard’s conversation in this episode is with Peter Harris, who is a professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex. … Continued

                    We’re very excited to announce that ‘Making the world better’, the new #podcast from our director, Richard Docwra, is now live! In the podcast, Richard talks to people who are making the world better – not just those tackling big issues at a global scale … Continued

                    We’re very excited to announce that our director, Richard Docwra, will be launching a new #podcast net week, called ‘Making the world better’! In the podcast, Richard talks to people who are making the world better – not just those tackling big issues at a … Continued

We will soon be launching a very exciting new agency offshoot, which aims to create things that will make the world better – from communications to new organisations. We are seeking an experienced, driven, entrepreneurial Project Lead to drive the development of our first project – a national organisation to promote media literacy and critical … Continued

The launch of ChangeStar Express At ChangeStar, we speak to lots of charities that are just starting to build individual giving programmes or whose current programmes are too small to make it viable to use an external agency or consultant. We know that our input could make a massive difference to these charities, so we’ve been … Continued

Legacy fundraising is perhaps the most important area of individual giving in terms of the value it can provide to a charity. Yet, many charities – including some of the largest – fail to give it enough investment or priority in their communication plans. This could be for many reasons – from a lack of … Continued

We’ve been putting together an idea over the last few months that we hope will transform the idea of meetings and work – both in the charity sector and beyond. The idea is called ‘Away’. It helps people and organisations to work better, by taking them away from the monotony of the office and the … Continued

There are many social issues in the world that need attention, and that can affect the lives of certain people in significant ways. Some of these problems might lie beyond the remit of existing charities and institutions, whereas other problems might have solutions that simply haven’t yet been dreamt up yet. In #socialhacks, this new … 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