http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/profile Latest Articles http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/blogs/content/6556/blog_project_prevention_or_project_eugenics_-_the_campaign_to_sterilise_addicts http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/blogs/content/6556/blog_project_prevention_or_project_eugenics_-_the_campaign_to_sterilise_addicts Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:49:00 GMT The offer of cash to UK addicts who agree to be sterilised by a US charity is so wrong Suzie Who barely knows where to begin. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6456/dispatches_misses_the_point http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6456/dispatches_misses_the_point Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:37:00 GMT Unsurprisingly organisers of the London Marathon are outraged by the recent Dispatches programme. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6447/blog_the_ultimate_legacy_dilemma http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6447/blog_the_ultimate_legacy_dilemma Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:24:00 GMT The dilemma facing GirlGuiding Scotland is fascinating. We are all used to watching charities struggle with whether or not to accept donations from certain companies whose motivations may not be entirely honourable, but it is rare to see this kind of debate over legacy pledges. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6285/blog_rivalry_in_advertising_will_help_no_charities http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6285/blog_rivalry_in_advertising_will_help_no_charities Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:01:00 GMT New codes of practice relating to advertising mean that charities could soon be running campaigns comparing ourselves favourably against direct competitors, but the sector deserves more than cheap shots. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6261/blog_clever_move_for_dec_or_the_triumph_of_internal_politics http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6261/blog_clever_move_for_dec_or_the_triumph_of_internal_politics Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:01:00 GMT I hear on the grapevine that Disasters Emergency Committee has appointed a fundraising manager. And in a shock move they have selected someone with no experience of fundraising. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6249/blog_crisis_or_opportunity_the_case_for_mergers http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6249/blog_crisis_or_opportunity_the_case_for_mergers Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:50:00 GMT It is interesting to see that Crisis are yet again in merger discussions. The number of mergers we are seeing in the sector can only be a good thing even if they are driven by necessity. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6210/blog_best_job_in_the_world http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6210/blog_best_job_in_the_world Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:14:00 GMT It is encouraging to see so many charities make it into the line up of best companies to work for, but for many fundraisers disillusionment can come as part of the job. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6106/blog_pratting_about_-_the_national_bullying_helpline_scandal http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6106/blog_pratting_about_-_the_national_bullying_helpline_scandal Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:13:00 GMT The breach of confidentiality at the National Bullying Helpline undermines the organisation's ability to fulfill its charitable purpose. The charity does not exist to play party politics. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6080/fundraising_standards_or_fundraising_police http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6080/fundraising_standards_or_fundraising_police Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:43:00 GMT Telephone fundraising agencies are an easy target - as the recent News of the World attack shows - and fundraisers should defend them because they are critical to the success of our charity's work. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6052/blog_anything_other_than_fundraising_is_just_a_cost http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6052/blog_anything_other_than_fundraising_is_just_a_cost Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:00:00 GMT I once worked in a charity that bought everyone badges saying ‘I love fundraising’ and tried to instil in all employees the belief that they shared responsibility for fundraising. But there are risks in fundraising enthusiasm. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6051/blog_campaigning_and_fundraising_its_so_pass http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6051/blog_campaigning_and_fundraising_its_so_pass Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:22:00 GMT I'm the kind of girl who likes to stay ahead of the curve. I think I have noticed the next big thing, and it is not integrating campaigning into your fundraising, it is integrating volunteering. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6037/blog_invisible_women_in_fundraising http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6037/blog_invisible_women_in_fundraising Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:03:00 GMT The fact that 47 per cent of women at the top fundraising jobs of charities when women fill almost two-thirds of all charity jobs is shocking. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6015/blog_charityprisonorg_-_charities_have_no_place_running_prisons http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6015/blog_charityprisonorg_-_charities_have_no_place_running_prisons Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:18:00 GMT The sector has gone crazy. Charities running prisons? Thank god that the Charity Commission is stepping in as this is utter madness. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6004/blog_cheque-ing_out http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6004/blog_cheque-ing_out Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:08:00 GMT I am in two minds about whether or not it is such an issue that cheques are being withdrawn. Being an old-fashioned kind of girl I still like to write the odd cheque so will be sad to see them go, but even I am prepared to pay with plastic or online nowadays. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6002/blog_invisible_women_in_fundraising http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/6002/blog_invisible_women_in_fundraising Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:42:00 GMT In her debut blog, Suzie Who says that that there should be more women in top fundraising positions - especially when men seem to have been doing not the best of jobs of it lately...