Author: Debra Allcock Tyler, Chief Executive, DSC My sister is a bit of a super-mum. She is determined that her two boys will be able to fulfil their dreams, so if they exhibit interest in anything she makes it possible for them to do it. On one occasion, they expressed a mild passing admiration for…
Author: Debra Allcock Tyler, Chief Executive, DSC We should not let the regulator tell us how we should behave in getting our messages across. I swore on Facebook recently and a friend told me off for being “unladylike”. It annoyed me actually. Not so much the objection to the swearing. I know some folk are…
Over the next twenty-five years, the value of legacy and in-memory donations will double in real terms, reaching £10 billion by 2045. Today, legacy and in-memory giving are worth £5 billion to UK charities. That’s a tenth of all charity income – something to make fundraising directors and Chief Executives take notice. And over the…
Over the past six years as a fundraiser I have stuffed more than 4,000 funding application envelopes, written around 300 grant proposals and had so many strong coffees my hands are still shaking. I am now a fundraising and philanthropy adviser, representing two philanthropists as a programme officer for their foundations, and I’m convinced this…
