Our teams of leading consultants offer insight and practical advice on a number of challenges faced by charities. In this area you can find articles that can help you with your own challenges, from fundraising through to recruitment and strategy. If there is a subject that you would like to see covered please let us know by email.

Governance and strategy
Fundraising and income generation
Recruiting and building senior management teams


Governance and strategy
Building Resilience
Advice on how to make your organisation more resilient to economic changes
The Jekyll and Hyde Board
Tips on building and maintaining a motivated and effective board of trustees
Fundraising and income strategy
Essentials for successful project fundraising
Three essential elements of any large funding project
Maintaining the momentum – keeping a capital appeal on track
How to pick up the fundraising for a capital appeal that is loosing momentum
Developing your fundraising mix
Review of the main sources of funding available and their benefits
Preparing for funding success
How to ensure your organisation is structured for funding success
The Role of the Leadership team in Major Donor Fundraising
How to create an effective major donor programme with the leadership team
Finding hidden millionaires
Fundraising research tips on finding potential major donors
Key steps to a successful major gift strategy
Outline strategy for effective major donor fundraising
Thoughts from a major donor – John Studzinski
Philanthropist John Studzinski gives his view of being a major donor
How to improve your bid-writing
Top tips on how to ensure your bid applications are the best they can be
Recruiting and building senior management teams
Recruiting the right person
Recruitment tips for ensuring you get the right person for your organisation
Aligning your ‘Person Specification’ with your organisational strategy
How to develop a person specification that accurately reflects the person you need
Reinforcing interviews with psychometric tests
The use of psychometric test in the recruitment process
Recruitment Q and A's
This section answers some of the most common recruitment questions

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