Decisions, decisions: How donors decide which charities to support 1
Topics: Individual giving
Beth Breeze
Beth Breeze is a researcher who specialises in philanthropy. She currently undertakes research within the ESRC Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy and recently co-founded the Centre for Philanthropy, Humanitarianism and Social Justice at the University of Kent.
She began her career as a fundraiser for a youth homelessness charity and has worked in a variety of fundraising, research and charity management roles.
Her doctoral thesis, due for completion in 2009, investigates the meaning and purpose of philanthropy in contemporary UK society.
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It is not just major donors and new philanthropists who want to support effective charities, the prompts for giving are complex across the giving spectrum. Beth Breeze discusses the latest research on how...
An extra £100m has been allocated to frontline charitable activity by major philanthropists, according to this year’s Coutts Million Pound Donors report.
Million-pound-plus donations have been largely...
Blog: Let the good times roll: The potential horrors of a post-recession world 0
Topics: Recession | Leadership and strategy
The recession is over in the US. Done. Dusted. Glad that’s over. Phew.
Even beleaguered old Blighty could emerge from the confines of recession by the end of the year, according to some economic soothsayers....
Donkeys vs domestic violence: Brookes challenges public support 0
Topics: Individual giving | Philanthropy
The charity sector should ask why donkey welfare charities raise more income than domestic violence charities, according to Martin Brookes, director of New Philanthropy Capital.
Brookes highlighted the...
Most people still want to keep giving, and not every charity is experiencing increased demand as a result of the recession. Beth Breeze writes as part of a series of four expert articles this month following...
Don’t panic about 11 per cent donation drop, say researchers 0
Topics: Philanthropy | Individual giving
Tania Mason examines the UK Giving results and finds specks of optimism among the recession gloom
Charities should not panic about the news that donations to UK charities have plummeted by 11 per cent...
One of the ironies of our age is that the declining popularity of democracy with a capital ‘D’ is accompanied by a dash-to-vote in many other areas of life. Beth Breeze discusses how the pull of the...
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