By Debra Allcock Tyler, CEO, DSC Wes Streeting’s egregious comments showed a complete lack of understanding about how the NHS is so reliant on the work of charities. I find myself a curious combination of both livid and confused. We in the Civil Society Group, with the great leadership of the NCVO and Acevo, have…
Ben Wittenberg, Director of Development and Delivery at DSC, looks at the use of AI in funding applications, listing some useful plus points as well as some things to watch out for. Are you using AI to support your grant fundraising activities yet? Based on the conversations we’ve been having with funders about our Funder…
Michelle Benson, Founder of Culture of Philanthropy, shares her four-step strategy for how to get the best out of LinkedIn. Is your charity using LinkedIn to generate new business leads and steward/retain your existing donors? Or are you just using it to look up cold prospects, so you can send them cold messages or connection…
We just wanted to let you know we’re undertaking some essential server upgrades on Funds Online on Wednesday 29 January. Funds Online should only be inaccessible for approximately one hour from around 15:30 or so, and during that period you will not be able to access Funds Online or complete any searches etc. There will…
By Nick Day, DSC’s Associate Trainer Step 1: Where are you now? This is the critical first step! If you don’t really know what is currently working well and what is not, then it can all seem very daunting. Consider all your key digital fundraising assets and the performance of all your digital communications and…
