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Pick of the Month - December 2024

1st December, 2024 | By Katy Owen

Welcome to December's Pick of the Month! Dive in to discover insights from some truly inspiring individuals.

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Pick of the Month

Why Your Digital Presence Matters: 5 Learnings for Trustees Driving Governance

31st July, 2025 | By Lucy Grehan-Bradley

In today’s digitally connected world, every trustee has a presence - whether they’ve curated it or not.

This isn’t about self-promotion but rather about showing up with transparency and credibility - values that matter more than ever in an increasingly online world.

Pick of the Month - June 2021

4th June, 2021 | By Edward Drew

And just like that, we’re halfway through this year’s Picks of the Months! This month, we spoke with a Charity Leader who is an influential voice in helping the long-term unemployed, and a Trustee who became a Chair during the pandemic.

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Current interest

National Volunteers’ Week: Engaging Volunteers in Fundraising

1st June, 2021 | By Naomi Chapman

For National Volunteers' Week, the Cause4 team considers how best to engage volunteers in fundraising.

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Fundraising & philanthropy

Pick of the Month - May 2021

4th May, 2021 | By Edward Drew

May the Fourth be with you! This month, we spoke with a Fellow putting the voice of young people front and centre in her work, and two Charity Leaders empowering LGBTQ+ people in Devon and beyond.

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Current interest

What daffodils taught me about fundraising

19th April, 2021 | By Edward Drew

Of all the things daffodils could possibly teach someone, you’d think fundraising is pretty unlikely. But on a cold February evening in 2019, four strangers and I at the Charity Fast-Track bootcamp in London were given a £1 coin and challenged to turn it into something much, much more.

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Fundraising & philanthropy

The Long Road to Fundraising Apprenticeships

15th April, 2021 | By Michelle Wright

Employers in arts, culture and heritage face hard choices about what to invest in and how to effectively plan for the long term, writes Michelle Wright.

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Programme design & innovation

Fundraising & philanthropy

Pick of the Month - April 2021

13th April, 2021 | By Naomi Chapman

April brings with it longer days, lockdown easing… and Pick of the Month! This month we spoke with a Social Entrepreneur campaigning to stop plastic pollution at the source, a leader of a LGBTQ+ theatre, and a Trustee on the Board of a homeless charity in Essex.

Planning for the end of a Trusteeship

12th April, 2021 | By Naomi Chapman

How can Trustees plan for leaving governance roles in a way that supports individuals and the charity which they support?

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Support and advice

A year like no other in arts fundraising

8th March, 2021 | By Sarah Teale

Lessons from a dozen arts fundraisers across the UK, supporting artists and communities during Covid-19.

Pick of the Month - March 2021

3rd March, 2021 | By Edward Drew

This month we spoke with a Social Entrepreneur using fresh surplus bread to brew beer and ales, and a Charity Leader who founded the first news website for Filipinos in the UK.

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Current interest