This week, Rebecca and Russell chat to Dr Clare Mills, director of policy and communications at the Charity Finance Group, about the Civil Society Group's recent report on the banking challenges charities encounter.

And in this week's Good News Bulletin, Rebecca and Emily discuss a man riding a lawn mower from Land's End to John O'Groats to raise money for MNDA, and an anteater who has been fitted with an blood monitor to manage her diabetes.

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This week, Rebecca and Emily chat to Jane Ide, the new chief executive of the charity leaders' body Acevo, about the leadership challenges ahead.

And in the week's Good News Bulletin, they look at the success of a Northern Irish scheme to combat loneliness and an appeal by The Dog's Trust for more dogs in workplaces.

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Rebecca and Russell are joined by Rhodri Davies, philanthropy expert in residence at the Pears Foundation, to chat about charities' relationship with cryptocurrencies and blockchain.

And in the good news bulletin, they look at a charity where more than 1,000 volunteers have met their spouse.

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Listen in on a fireside chat session from Third Sector's Fundraising Conference.

Emily is joined by Sarah Shooter, head of development at the Theatre Royal Wakefield and Ama Ofari-Darko, fundraising manager at the Royal Opera House, for a session entitled “Going back to grassroots: building up individual giving with the local community”.

This week's Good News Bulletin, Rebecca and Russell look at the story of a man who raised £100,000 for charity by running the Everest marathon while wearing a 9ft tiger costume and the success of English Heritage's vampiric Guinness World Record attempt. 

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This week Rebecca and Andy talk to Angela Kail, director of consulting at the think tank NPC about how the cost of living crisis is already affecting charities and what they can do to support the people they work with.

And in the Good News Bulletin, there they look at how the new Crossrail line is benefitting the RSPB and how milliners are celebrating the Jubilee.  

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Rebecca and Emily speak to Alan Lally-Francis, head of influencing at Acevo, about improving social mobility in the sector and encouraging charities to participate in the Social Mobility Index.

In this week's Good News Bulletin, a tale of tiny knitted hats.

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This week, Rebecca and Emily are joined by Maddy Desforges, chief executive of the infrastructure body Navca, to find out more about Vision for Volunteering, an initiative which aims to start a conversation about what volunteering should look like in 10 years time. 

More information about the project can be found here: https://www.visionforvolunteering.org.uk/

And as ever, there's a Good News Bulletin of quirky sector stories.

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Rebecca and Emily Burt are joined by Gabby Edlin and Rachel Grocott - the founder and incoming chief executive of the period poverty charity Bloody Good Period.

Gabby Edlin founded Bloody Good Period in 2016, but plans to step down as chief executive at the end of the month.

She and her successor, Rachel Grocott, chat to Rebecca about how the charity has grown, why now was the right time for change and how they have navigated the handover of the charity's leadership.

This week's Good News Bulletin features the story of a potentially explosive donation to a charity shop in Wigan. 

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Rebecca and Emily chat to Martha Awojobi about launching an anti-racism consultancy and the BAMEOnline conference - and what the sector has achieved in combatting racial discrimination in the past two years.

And in the good news bulletin, they discuss a story involving James Bond, a Picasso painting and a new charitable foundation.

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Rebecca and Emily chat to the chief executive of English Heritage, Kate Mavor, about turning a century-old government department into a charity, navigating the financial implications of the pandemic and what it’s like to be unwittingly dragged into the so-called culture wars. 

In the good news bulletin, they look at an English Heritage attempt to break a world record involving vampires, and 99-year-old veteran who is taking to the skies to raise money for Help for Heroes.

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