Jay Kennedy, Director of Policy and Research at DSC, reviews 2024 through the policy lens and looks ahead to 2025. Phew, what a year it’s been. As 2024 draws to a close and we hopefully can all look forward to a pause and some much-needed rest, we thought we’d recap some of the main highlights…
2025 is fast approaching, and we’re sure you’re already deep into planning your fundraising efforts for the year ahead. To support you in building a solid strategy and setting your priorities, we’ve gathered a collection of expert fundraising tips from across the charity sector. These insights, creative ideas, and proven methods are designed to help…
We’re upgrading our website servers on the afternoon of Tuesday 3 December. They should only be down for around one hour from around 16:00 or so, but during that period you will not be able to access either website or make any purchases. There will be a message that simply says “website is under maintenance”. Thank you…
By Jay Kennedy, DSC’s Director of Policy and Research After a challenging few years, the Labour government is interested in ‘resetting the relationship’ between government and civil society. This has taken the form of something called a ‘Covenant’, which would be a shared set of principles that both sides would agree to adhere to. In…
By Gabriella Poznansky, DSC’s Senior Content and Communications Officer Welcome to the October Policy Update! Here you will find news and updates from around the charity sector. This month’s update includes some information on DSC’s recent charity campaigning event, the Civil Society Covenant and the Autumn Budget. Experts give advice on charity campaigning Every year…