by helen | Sep 1, 2018 | Blog
We’re taking some holiday time to decorate my kid’s bedroom. Whilst endlessly painting, it struck me this is the end of a chapter. Gone are the cool calming creams and here are the bright bold blues and reds of a little boy’s bedroom. It’s the end of the baby era, the...
by helen | Mar 20, 2018 | Blog
It’s Monday lunchtime and I sit waiting for a plane to take me from Adana to Istanbul. I have never been this close the Middle East. The Syrian border is just 2 hours drive away but here, everything seems ‘normal’. It’s hot (for a western girl used to freezing...
by helen | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog
I have worked in the Not for Profit world for a number of years now, and every time I meet someone who used to work in ‘business’ but now works in the charity sector, on the whole, they are really pleased to have made the jump, even though their salary often took a...
by gina | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog
By now we all know (or at least should know) about online fundraising and the various forms it can take ; crowdfunding, website donations, friendraising, petitioning, to name a few. (if you are not familiar with all or any of these, please feel free to give me a...
by gina | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog
Recently published on the very good website De Dikke Blauwe was a piece turning impact measurement on its head and asking what would have happened if charities hadn’t intervened and nothing had been done? PhD economist Frank Huber at the Erasmus University looked at...
