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

A special invitation! We’d like to invite you to a live online recording of a new episode of our Director Richard Docwra’s ‘Humans & Hope’ podcast – one that will be of particular interest to anyone working in the not-for-profit world. It’s on Monday 8th November at 3pm GMT, and is about how we can … Continued

In this new podcast series, ChangeStar founder Richard Docwra wants to challenge your views of how we – human beings – think and behave. Most of us have a completely inaccurate view of the creatures we are, and the truth, revealed by researchers over recent decades, is mind-blowing – and could change how we think … Continued

Hospitals, and the charities attached to them, should have some of the most successful Individual Giving programmes within the charity sector. But many have so far failed to get programmes started, or build them in an effective way. In this article, we will explore how hospitals can start to build IG programmes that reach their … 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

We’re delighted to say our director, Richard, has a new book out today!  It’s called ‘Life – and how to think about it’ and is the user’s manual for life that you’ve always wanted! You can buy it here and from all good bookshops. Here are some more details below. Why am I here? What’s … Continued

Hello and happy New Year! I hope you managed to have a good break over Christmas even if things were rather different. At ChangeStar we’re feeling refreshed and ready to take on the year ahead! Below we share 5 things we think are crucial for all fundraisers to do this year, whatever 2021 holds in … Continued