Cracking Charity Chat. Ep. 15. Kathryn Holloway, Friends of the Earth

Direct Marketing with Kathryn Holloway, Head of Individual Giving and Supporter Care at Friends of the Earth. Kathryn is a brilliant fundraiser, an excellent baker and all round wonderful person. She’s my go-to person on all things direct marketing (DM), so it was lovely to meet up and chat for the podcast. We cover: Supporter […]

Cracking Charity Chat Ep. 14. Louise Firth, Refuge

Equality, diversity and inclusion with Louise Firth. Louise Firth is Director of Fundraising at Refuge and a member of the Institute of Fundraising’s Expert Advisory Panel for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). Having been part of this volunteer panel and on the journey with the Institute of Fundraising (IoF) navigating and leading the way for […]

Cracking Charity Chat Ep. 13. Nick Temple, SIB

Demystifying social investment with Nick Temple It’s episode 13 and I’ve been chatting with Nick Temple, CEO at Social Investment Business (SIB). Nick is social investment sector through and through, having worked at the School for Social Entrepreneurs, Social Enterprise UK and now SIB. We cover what social investment is, how it’s changed since 2002 […]

Cracking Charity Chat Ep. 12. James Jopling, Director – Samaritans in Scotland

In this episode I’m chatting with James Jopling, Director of Samaritans Scotland, soon to be Director at ProjectScotland. James has worked for a lot of the big charities and causes, including Oxfam, Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now CRUK), Shelter, Maggies and Breakthrough Breast Cancer. I met James very briefly when I was shadowing Kath Abrahams […]

Cracking Charity Chat Ep. 11. Anj Handa, Founder, Inspiring Women Change makers

I saw Anj Handa speak at Institute of Fundraising Yorkshire Conference in May this year. She was talking about the incredible Change.org campaign that she ran in a bid to keep her friend, Afusat Saliu in the UK, as there was a real concern that her children would be subjected to FGM. Anj is a […]

Cracking Charity Chat: Ep. 10. Vicki Dawson, Founder and CEO, Children’s Sleep Charity

It’s gone reet proper northern has this one, love! Last week I went over to Doncaster (Donnie, to fellow northerners) to chat with Vicki Dawson, Founder and CEO of The Children’s Sleep Charity. I like to use the podcast to chat with brilliant charity leaders, and I’ve found that many of them get involved in […]

Cracking Charity Chat: Ep. 9 Jennifer McCanna, Leadership Coach

My most recent podcast is with Jennifer McCanna, a leadership coach working with charities including CAF and Action Aid, as well as various clients from the private sector. Jen and I are running a session at the Institute of Fundraising’s Yorkshire Conference on Friday 24 May around emotional intelligence, resilience and leadership and thought it’d be nice […]

Cracking Charity Chat: Ep. 8. Karl Wilding on The Voluntary Sector

I recently caught up with Karl Wilding, Director of Policy and Volunteering at NCVO, We covered a lot so this episode of the podcast is a little longer than the others. You’re probably already following Karl on Twitter so you know the deal – he knows a ridiculous amount about the sector. We talk about: NCVO: […]

Cracking Charity Chat: Ep. 7. Kate Collins at Teenage Cancer Trust

Last week, on World Cancer Day I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Kate Collins, CEO at Teenage Cancer Trust. I hadn’t met Kate before and contacted her cold about the podcast as she has a reputation for being brilliant and lovely. I can confirm that I found both to be true! We covered: […]

Cracking Charity Chat: Ep. 6. Small but vital charities with Mandy Johnson

It is the year of the podcast, but perhaps more specifically, the month of podcasts with Mandy Johnson on! You can hear her talk about mental health, equality and diversity on domoregood podcast and on Simon Scriver’s too. But on Cracking Charity Chat Mandy joins me to talk about small but vital charities. As the […]