Charity IT Conference
11 Nov 2009
Recently the UK homelessness charity, Crisis, announced it is using SROI analysis to publicise and put a financial value on the benefits of its ‘Skylight’ schemes. While Crisis should be applauded for this effort — not enough big charities measure their results, and even fewer share the results and the details of their attempts to do this — in this post I want to sanction caution about the use of social return on investment (SROI) as a sole means of capturing charitable impact.
Four in five British charities expect income from voluntary donations to rise or remain steady over the coming year, according to new research.
And their continental counterparts are even more optimistic.
Figures...
Most days we are rung at Thames Reach by somebody who wants to help the homeless; it is really rather gratifying. Media bods come with propositions intended to shed fresh light on ‘The Plight of the...
Guide Dogs has launched its own virtual gifts website to capitalise on the pre-Christmas shopping rush.
The 'Dog-e-gifts' site went live last week, along with a catalogue. The charity hopes to raise...
The Institute of Fundraising is drawing together a coalition to fight against proposed changes to the European Union Data Protection Directive, which could impose tougher restrictions on fundraising Europe-wide.
The...
Stephen Bubb has hit out at claims by the trade union Unite that an “excessive City pay culture” exists in the charity sector.
The union had said it was concerned that some charity chief executives...
Donor circles have been floating around a few US organisations for more than a decade, but can the major donor fundraising technique gain traction in the UK?
The Charity Employees Benevolent Fund will launch officially on Thursday, six years after it was initially proposed and registered as a charity.
A new guide highlighting the tax incentives of corporate giving has been launched by the government, acknowledging that tax efficient giving is underused and misunderstood.
A Guide to Giving for Business...
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