Cracking Charity Chat Ep. 23. Barrie Hodge, St Basil’s

This episode is the first in a series with a guest host. And that host is me, Fidelis Navas. I am a charity consultant and recruiter, and as Beth concentrates on other projects, I was thrilled to look after Cracking Charity Chat. I consider networking a key skill of mine – so having the excuse […]

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Fundraiser Apprenticeship: what’s it all about?

It feels like this is a real moment in time for fundraisers; our membership body is now the Chartered Institute of Fundraising (CIoF), CPD and wellbeing are both deemed as important (by employers that are any good) and we have a genuine sense of momentum around diversity and inclusivity. The CIoF’s Change Collective Strategy and […]

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Cracking Charity Chat Ep. 22. Paul Streets, Lloyds Bank Foundation

This episode was recorded on 21 July 2020 with Paul Streets, CEO of Lloyds Bank Foundation. Paul has an enviable career spanning the public and voluntary sector, with previous roles in international development, health, human rights and education organisations. He has held CEO roles at Diabetes UK, Health Development Agency and the Postgraduate Medical Education […]

Cracking Charity Chat Ep. 21. Wayne Murray, Audience

A chat with Wayne Murray, Strategy Director at Audience and Trustee at Martlets Hospice, Brighton. We chat about organisational and funding strategy post Covid-19. Wayne wanted to chat about horses a lot, but we also covered a range of topics related to the brief, including: What has changed during Covid-19 How the fundraising model has […]

Cracking Charity Chat Ep. 19. with Ross McCulloch

This podcast was recorded in late February 2020 in Edinburgh with Ross McCulloch from Third Sector Lab. It’s relevant to all people interested in digital, how to embed it practically and culturally, and those after some good examples of what’s working – for example, Shelter’s chatbot. It is particularly relevant to Scottish charity folk as […]

Cracking Charity Chat Ep. 18. M. SHERRINGTON

This episode was recorded late January 2020 with Matthew Sherrington (whose name has too many characters for my website to deal with in a blog title!). He’s worked in the sector for 30 years and is now a consultant. He has a fascinating background, which started at Oxfam in 1989 as a volunteer and went […]

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Looking back: that time I nearly lost my mind

…and making sure it doesn’t happen again. When I look back now on 2019, it seems like it was a pretty good year. Loads of lovely photos of the family out and about, and funny memories of the children making us laugh out loud unexpectedly (“Mum, we need to go home now and put brandy […]

Cracking Charity Chat Ep. 17. Sarah Hill, CEO, IDAS

“No. No thank you Prince Andrew.” This episode is with Sarah Hill, CEO of IDAS, the Independent Domestic Abuse Service, which operates across Yorkshire. Sarah is passionate about tackling violence against women and girls, and providing specialist support for victims and survivors of abuse. As well as being CEO of IDAS, Sarah is on the […]

Cracking Charity Chat. Ep 16. Simon Scriver

Episode 16 with Simon Scriver of Change Fundraising, chatting small charity fundraising and conference refreshments, plus some general wittering. Includes some new features – intro format and song! If you’re familiar with UK or Canadian fundraising , you’ll probably have seen Simon speak or had a chuckle at some of his stuff on the Twitter. The focus […]

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 […]