Cost of Living: Help and Hope

From increased demands on services to reduced donations, the current cost of living crisis is placing the charitable sector under significant pressure.

Webinar speakers

With over 50 years working in the charity sector between them our expert speakers are both knowledgeable and well placed to help you navigate the current climate.

  • Jay Kennedy, Director of Policy & Research, Directory of Social Change
  • Rob Cope, Executive Director of Membership and Charitable Giving, Chartered Institute of Fundraising
  • Debra Allcock Tyler, CEO, Directory of Social Change

From increased demands on services to reduced donations, the current cost of living crisis is placing the charitable sector under significant pressure. Despite this the CAF 2022 Landscape Report found that 81% of charity leaders still feel optimistic about their own organisations future. However, only half felt as positive about the future of the charity sector overall.

Watch this recording to discover:

  • What myths, truths and perceptions are informing views of the charity sector today
  • How fundraisers and leaders can minimise the cost of giving crisis
  • What lights are on the horizon
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Q&A: Major Donors’ Voices – Busting the Myths

This Major Donors’ Voices webinar, drew more than 1,800 registrations, and far more questions than we could answer live. So, we brought fundraising consultants Louise Morris of Summit Fundraising and Davinia Batley of Champion Fundraising back, hosted by Ian Tate, to tackle the ones that came up most. From defining a major gift to making the ask, stewardship on a stretched budget and the rise of donor advised funds — here are their practical, myth-busting answers.
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Major Donors’ Voices – Busting the Myths

Most fundraisers carry a mental picture of the major donor: wealthy, probably male, probably drawn to prestigious events. That picture shapes strategy and according to fundraising specialists Davinia Batley and Louise Morris, it's usually wrong. Drawing on more than 150 interviews with philanthropists and major donors, Davinia and Louise recently delivered a webinar that challenged seven of the most persistent assumptions in the sector. Over 1,700 fundraisers registered to hear it. Here’s the webinar recording and the insights that matter most.
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FundrAIsing: How to improve fundraising opportunities with AI

AI continues to be a hot topic. In this session we will explore the potential opportunities and challenges that rapidly developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology will bring for charities. We will look at how AI is already being used to help deliver charitable social missions in innovative new ways, and how the technology might radically alter the operating environment for charities in the future, by creating both new ways of working as well as new practical and ethical challenges.

Developing and nurturing high value relationships

Developing and nurturing high value relationships

Many organisations dismiss “Major Giving” because they assume it is too expensive, believe they need connections to millionaires or worry about how to justify a ‘big ask’ of donors. In this webinar, Mark Carrigan, MD Carrigan Consulting Ltd draws on his 20+ years of experience in facilitating high value relationships to show that achieving transformational results is attainable for organisations of any size. He outlines the process, provides straightforward frameworks for success, shares hard-truth realities, and offers strategies for avoiding the pitfalls.