We spoke with Lucy Collette, Managing Director at Classic Challenge to hear about the challenge event landscape over the last few years and what the future looks like.

In this episode guest host, Veronica Bamford-Deane speaks with CEO at TRAID London and co-founder of the first Charity Supermarket, Maria Chenoweth, about International Women’s Day.

In this episode we speak with friend of the show and digital expert Shaf Mansour about how digital has been evolving over the past few months and what solutions it might hold for charities. We speak about what charities need to think about when looking at take up of digital solutions and what we can learn from The Cost of Giving report - https://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/not-for-profit/resources/the-cost-of-giving-crisis/

In this episode, we speak to Liz Gardiner, CEO of Protect, the UK's leading whistleblowing charity. Liz takes us through how whistleblowing can impact not only the organisation but the individual too. She also breaks down the process you might expect if you were to raise a concern and how Protect can help.

In this episode we speak with friend of the show, Alison Taylor CEO at CAF Bank and CAF Charity Services, and Guy Foxell, CEO at One YMCA about planning through turbulent times. We speak about valuing staff, understanding your stakeholders, and how working with both through difficult times can lead to success for your charity.

In this episode, we sat down with Hannah Akitt, Strategist at the social impact agency, Raw London to discuss her predictions on some of the fundraising trends for the year ahead. Unfortunately societal uncertainty and instability is often a huge obstacle for charities. Despite the donor giving trend being down, there are still ways that we can be thinking strategically to help with income generation. Hannah gives practical tips on a range of channels that charities of all sizes can adopt.

In this episode we speak with Jacob Diggle, Director of Strategy, Research and Impact at UK Youth. We speak about the recent UK Youth Report about the economic value of investing in youth work, how children and young people are being affected by current societal challenges, and opportunities for charities to improve their work by working more collaboratively with young people.

In this episode Veronica Bamford-Deane speaks to David Mitchell about crypto-fundraising. They talk about the definitions of cryptocurrency, blockchain and NFTs, some of the opportunities this provides for charities, and what charities need to consider before accepting and promoting crypto fundraising to their audience.

In this episode we speak with Clare Richards and Naomi Rubbra about their work at the charity Footwork and how their backgrounds as architects have led them to co-found this charity to support building communities and community cohesion. We learn more about the current process for planning and development and how bringing the voices of the local community can help to influence this for the benefit of those living there. We also touch on themes that are relevant to all of us in our daily lives such as our environment and our own place in our local community.

In this episode we speak to Lizzie Emilion about sexual harassment in philanthropic giving, donor dominance and the professionalism of fundraising. We also talk about what people in the sector at all levels can do to prevent sexual harassment from occuring.