June 2007 News
The impact of new technologies on charitable giving
I recently gave a presentation on how new technologies are affecting fundraising at an ICT Hub conference. The internet is changing how individuals give to organisations, and how organisations fundraise from individuals in three ways:
- Marketing and communications: making connections with people and spreading messages
- The giving transaction: how money changes hands and how a gift is acknowledged
- Information and power: the relationship between a donor and an organisation
Each of these will present ...
Six key funding trends
This month we have produced a pocket guide analysis of six of the most important funding drivers affecting the voluntary and community sector (VCS). These are:
- Increased expectation of trading and charging for services
- Increasing complexity - contracts and loans
- Strategic and engaged grantmaking
- Stronger expectations of...
The state of the modern family
The Equal Opportunities Commission has undertaken new analysis to identify key trends that shape the behaviour of families in the 21st Century. They found that the key challenge facing society today is that variations in income are creating a large divide between ‘have’ and ‘have-not’ families, with poverty and child development problems affecting the ‘have-nots’ to a stronger extent. Their analysis also confirms the demise of the ‘breadwinner dad’ and the ‘homemaker mum’ and discusses other ...
The rise of ethical consumerism
According to the new monthly Concerned Consumer Index by Populus, there are increasing numbers of consumers who take social, environmental and ethical issues into account when making purchasing decisions. Nearly three in five people say they actively avoid purchasing from certain companies because of questions they have about their social, environmental or ethical track record. The index reveals how people’s values and how they choose to express them are changing; they are increasingly...
