A final academic tilt at the Big Society?
The Financial Times recently published a report that confirmed the success that British universities have achieved in launching successful fundraising campaigns and developing their donor bases. The...
View ArticleState and Society – Shall the Twain Ever Meet?
Of all the projects with which Cause4 is engaged, the one closest to my heart concerns an initiative designed to address findings by The Sutton Trust. These establish that only 1% of young people who...
View ArticleThe Time is Ripe for University fundraising …
A recent report entitled ‘Review of Philanthropy in UK Higher Education Institutes‘ has found that over the past five years total donations (and number of donors) supporting Universities has risen....
View ArticleHigher Education fundraising leading the way
According to a 2004 Higher Education Funding Council report, the funding landscape at Higher Education level was dominated by a small number of select institutions, reliant on a small number of major...
View ArticleBest practice in university fundraising
Before Christmas a useful HEFCE report outlined great leaps forward for University fundraising (income for the sector has risen from £513 million in 2008 to £693 million in 2012). Since then, I’ve...
View ArticleAre the Russell Group universities breaking away from others in fundraising...
“Inequality among universities in terms of their fundraising incomes has grown hugely after the end of a matched funding scheme to boost philanthropy across the sector.” The above quote is taken from a...
View ArticleIncreasing everyday giving: making charitable giving easier
According to a Guardian news report from late 2012, charitable donations, in real terms, fell by 20% in the past year, or a £1.7 billion drop[1]. Despite this, there are many innovative ways in which...
View ArticleIs the future for University fundraising a graduate business?
If someone was to say the word ‘fundraising’, what would you automatically associate it with? Chances are that ‘charity’ would be pretty high up on the list. How many people would have said...
View ArticleIs social work leading the way in charity graduate recruitment?
This blog was written by Iona Thompson, an Intern at Cause4. Last September applications opened for Frontline, the new graduate fast-track scheme aimed at recruiting top graduates into children’s...
View ArticleScottish referendum – what will the impact be on the charitable sector?
Today is set to be a momentous day in the history of the United Kingdom, as Scotland prepares to go to the polls to vote on the future of its country. With turnout expected to be extremely high (97% of...
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