We sat down with Larna Mewett-Mayer, Innovation Manager at Action for Children to discuss her life and journey into the charity sector. As we begin the conversation focussing on her youth, Larna opens up about her time spent being homeless and growing up in a household of domestic violence. As we continue to learn more about her career path in adulthood, we hear about some of the negative experiences she had trying to migrate into the charity sector and how she thinks the sector can be better at recruiting and welcoming employees from a more diverse range of backgrounds.

In this episode we speak with Sally Bagwell, Associate Director at NPC. We speak about the challenges leaders face when governing in a crisis, and what tools and tactics they can employ to overcome them.

We sat down with Paul Wickers, CEO at Huggg, to talk about their innovative tech-platform which is enabling targeted assistance to be provided those who need it most. As the economic fallout of the last few years continues, Paul and his team are working with agencies and organisations who are best placed to provide support to those across the UK who need it most.

This is a special episode where we present the recent ThinkNPC discussion on AI, presented by Tris Lumley, with guests Tania Duarte and Rhodri Davies. They speak about the opportunities, risks, benefits and challenges that AI poses for the charity sector, and how charities and their leadership might navigate these.

In this episode we speak to Gwen Green and Bernadette Murphy of Blind Low Vision NZ and their Paws for Purpose campaign – a very successful fundraising and engagement activity which has garnered worldwide coverage.

We talk about how the campaign was conceived, planned and executed and tips on what other charities can do to run effective campaigns to engage a variety of stakeholders in coming together to raise significant funds for your charity.

In this episode we speak with Chloe Amstein, friend of the show and non-profit strategist who has helped more than 150 charity people become audience led.

We speak about being audience centred and what benefits this can lead to for charities.

In this episode we speak with Marko Kasic, Founder of FundLife. We speak about why and how he setup the NGO, the impact of the Covid pandemic on his work and how they have adapted and thrived. We also find out about FundLife’s strategic approach to making long-term and sustainable impact.

In this episode we speak to friend of the show, Alex Blake, Income and Impact Consultant and Host of Charity Impact Podcast. We speak about building a great charity and what this looks like, and how charities can move from good to great.

In this episode we speak with Jess Denny, Head of Comms and Marketing at Xapien. We speak about prospect research, the ethical dilemmas that arise, the challenges that charities face engaging with and encouraging support from major donors, and the growing use of AI and opportunities it offers.

In this episode we speak with Viktoriya Shtanko, founder of Ukraineappeal.org.uk. We speak about her journey from setting up the charity to evolving it to meet the fast changing needs of those she is seeking to help.