This new toolkit provides 5 valuable lessons for fundraising that could be critical for the 99% of UK charities with an annual income of £5 million or less. The lessons include: How to start an Individual Giving (IG) programme Do a touch point review before spending money on recruitment How to raise funds for difficult … Continued

Happy new year!  We’re looking forward to 2025 at ChangeStar, as we’ve got some exciting things happening this year. We are looking to expand the scope of our work and the services that we provide, in order to both help the charity sector deal with some of the challenges it is facing, and to help … Continued

In this edition of our Friday Fundraising Calls, our Director, Richard Docwra, is joined by the charity fundraiser and Chief Executive David Murray to discuss the important topic of ‘Fundraising and mental health’. We don’t talk enough about mental health in the fundraising sector. In a job where we’re focussed on helping others it’s too … Continued

Our next ChangeStar Friday Fundraising call will be at 11am on Friday 7th October 2022! We’ll be talking about the critically important topic of ‘Fundraising and mental health’, and speaking to the hugely experienced charity fundraiser and Chief Executive David Murray about his own experiences of this issue. If you’d like to grab a FREE … Continued

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

In this session our Director, Richard Docwra, is joined by is joined by Maddie Bernsten – Director of Just Charity Media – to discuss ‘Finding the best channels for supporter recruitment’. Recruiting new supporters can be expensive, so it’s critical to get it right. In this session we’ll show you how. We talk about how … 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

In this session our Director, Richard Docwra, is joined by is joined by James Huitson – Senior Global Fundraising Manager at Care International – to discuss ‘How to transform your income from legacies’. Many charities still aren’t making the most of their legacy fundraising and their opportunities to gain gifts in wills. In this session … Continued