Simon is on holiday, so this episode of the podcast is taken over by Julia Worthington (twitter.com/JuliaJuliaw)

Julia Worthington of Amber Coaching for Fundraisers interviews Amy Hinks, Development Manager at The Booth Centre, Manchester about corporate fundraising in a charity with less than one million turnover.

Amy has been at The Booth Centre for 5 years and has transformed their income from 75% grant funding, 25% from donations to the exact opposite, now donations are 75% with corporate income making up a large proposition of that, PLUS the income has doubled.

Julia talks to Amy about how to meet businesses that you can and want to work with, without any cold calling; the importance of living by your charities values and mission to ensure the corporate partnership is a true partnership, with both sides benefitting. They talk about charging for volunteering opportunities and the long-term hidden costs of offering corporate volunteering. Amy’s clarity about why the charity would turn down a partnership is refreshing and inspiring.

"Community fundraising is NOT the poor relation. Communities are what our causes are built on and should always be at the heart of what we do. Community Fundraising builds relationships & opens doors."

Simon is on holiday, so this episode of the podcast is taken over by four members of the IoF Community Fundraising Special Interest Group!

Listen to Millie Coulter (twitter.com/MillieCoulter), Sarah Goddard (twitter.com/FundraiserSarah), Emily Roff (twitter.com/emily_roff) and Alice Castle (twitter.com/crystale_castle) talk about the importance of Community Fundraising.

Read more about the Community Fundraising Special Interest Group here: https://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/groups/sig-community-fundraising/

Simon is on vacation, so this episode of the podcast is taken over by Sarah Lyons, CFRE (twitter.com/SAPL)!

Sarah chats to Liz Chornenki (twitter.com/Lizbeth_City) about ableism and in fundraising. They talk about allyship, using a 'culture' excuse to discriminate, what it's like to be the face of a charity appeal, the lack of diverse mentors, accessibility, Coronation Street, and more!

And have you heard of AFP Canada's national expansion of the Fellowship in Inclusion and Philanthropy Program? You should have! Check it out at hwww.afpinclusivegiving.ca

Simon is on holiday, so this episode of the podcast is taken over by Matt Zeqiri (twitter.com/detoxifiedbrand), fundraiser at Chapter Mental Health in the UK.

Matt chats to a range of experienced fundraisers (as well as some farmyard animals) about the various challenges facing small charities and sole fundraisers.

Simon is on vacation, so this episode of the podcast is taken over by Sam LaPrade, CFRE (twitter.com/SamLapradeCFRE)...a fundraising strategist, coach, world-class keynote speaker and the host of 1310 News radio show An Hour To Give.

Sam chats to David Kravinchuk (twitter.com/DavidKravinchuk) from the Common Good Fundraising Agency and the creator of the Western Canada Fundraising Conference. They talk about nonprofit conferences, including how to get the most out of them, senior leadership investment into personal development, trying to break into the speaking scene, the role of sponsors, CFRE points, and more!

Simon is on vacation, so this episode of the podcast is taken over by Clay Buck (twitter.com/tclaybuck)!

Clay is joined by Barbara O’Reilly (Principal, Windmill Hill Consulting - twitter.com/BOReillyWHC) and Cherian Koshy (Director of Development, Des Moines Performing Arts - twitter.com/cherian_koshy) to talk about the benefits of having a 'fundraising tribe' or your own personal board of directors. And thankfully nobody spills coffee on themselves.

Simon is on holiday, so this episode of the podcast is taken over by four members of the IoF Community Fundraising Special Interest Group!

Listen to Millie Coulter (twitter.com/MillieCoulter), Sarah Goddard (twitter.com/FundraiserSarah), Emily Roff (twitter.com/emily_roff) and Alice Castle (twitter.com/crystale_castle) talk about how to stay your authentic self as a fundraiser.

Along the way they chat about introverts/extroverts, personality tests, getting personal with volunteers, remote working and more!

Read more about the Community Fundraising Special Interest Group here: https://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/groups/sig-community-fundraising/

Simon is on vacation, so this episode of the podcast is taken over by Sarah Lyons, CFRE (twitter.com/SAPL)!

Sarah chats to Brock Warner (twitter.com/brockwarner), Director of Community Giving and Innovation at War Child Canada. They consider how you distinguish between great fundraising innovation and passing fads. Along the way they talk about e-philanthropy, Facebook Fundraising, cryptocurrency, Pokémon Go, e-sports, design thinking and more.

Simon is on vacation, so this episode of the podcast is taken over by two fundraising superstars to talk about their love of data!

Sam LaPrade, CFRE (twitter.com/SamLapradeCFRE) is a fundraising strategist, coach, world-class keynote speaker and the host of 1310 News radio show An Hour To Give.

T. Clay Buck, CFRE (twitter.com/tclaybuck) is individual giving expert, teacher, trainer, President of the Las Vegas chapter of AFP, a member of the Rogare Advisory Council and blogger at The Annual Fund Lab.

Before he goes on holiday (handing the podcast over to some guest hosts) Simon shares some tips for minding your mental health in this tricky business called 'fundraising'.