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Third Sector Podcast

A weekly podcast from Third Sector, the UK’s leading publication for everyone who needs to know what’s going on in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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All Episodes

34:57

Behind the scenes of a £300m fundraising appeal &...

Third Sector Podcast ·

2024/02/23

Lucinda and Andy are joined by Liz Tait, fundraising director at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, to discuss progress with the charity’s biggest and most ambitious fundraising appeal to date.Liz describes the planning process, including the use of campaign peaks to structure and maintain momentum during the multi-year appeal. She provides insight into Gosh Charity’s use of new fundraising methods, such as gaming and streaming channels, and shares learnings for other charities

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30:25

Maximising your online fundraising potential

Third Sector Podcast ·

2024/02/16

Lucinda and Emily are joined by Suzy Edington, fundraising consultant at JustGiving, and Ellie Putt, senior participant experience manager at the Alzheimer’s Society.Suzy outlines the changes in fundraising behaviour on the JustGiving platform since the Covid-19 pandemic, with greater volumes of smaller donations and rising levels of regular giving contributing to revenue growth in 2023.Ellie explains how the Alzheimer’s Society personalises communications with its supporters and equips them with

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23:42

Combatting toxic workplace culture and understanding...

Third Sector Podcast ·

2024/02/09

Lucinda and Andy are joined by the organisational psychologist and author Dr Susan Hetrick to discuss the drivers of and barriers to workplace toxicity.Susan identifies unreasonable performance pressures as a key trigger for organisational toxicity. She explains the terms 'normalisation of deviance' and 'cognitive dissonance', which are the key drivers of a toxic working environment.She stresses the importance of training to equip charity managers with the necessary skills to foster an open and

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36:55

The power of language

Third Sector Podcast ·

2024/02/02

Lucinda and Emily are joined by Hatty Evans, head of brand and marketing at Magic Breakfast, and Georgie Howlett, managing director of Stand Agency, to discuss the importance of language in appealing to donors and service users.Hatty explains how Magic Breakfast, which works to end morning hunger in schools, takes different approaches in its messaging to teachers, parents and donors, emphasising food insecurity, child poverty and academic attainment, respectively.She stresses the importance of

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29:42

Labour’s charm offensive, social media burnout and...

Third Sector Podcast ·

2024/01/26

Lucinda and Andy dissect a recent speech delivered by the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to charity bosses, in which he pledged to reset the relationship between the government and the voluntary sector should his party win the next general election.Senior news reporter Emily Harle joins Lucinda to explore some of the causes and solutions to burnout affecting charity social media teams.They hear from Paulina Stachnik, head of communications at Women for Women International, about how the charity

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30:35

Building your charity’s resilience

Third Sector Podcast ·

2024/01/19

Lucinda and Emily are joined by Ashling Cashmore, head of impact and advisory at the Charities Aid Foundation, and Mandy Rollins, chief executive of Disability Solutions West Midlands.Ashling explains the six characteristics of a resilient charity, as described in a framework formulated by CAF to guide charities on a strengthening journey. These include effective leadership, financial and operational fitness, and a clearly articulated and understood sense of charitable purpose and impact.She

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27:53

What’s driving the cost-of-living crisis?

Third Sector Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Lucinda and Emily are joined by Tom MacInnes, chief analyst at Citizens Advice, to discuss how the charity is using its unique position to improve understanding of the cost-of-living crisis.Tom explains how his team used client enquiry data to identify rising energy and private rental costs as two of the most significant drivers. He highlights the growing trend of clients approaching Citizens Advice with more than one problem and explains how the charity is using its service data to strengthen its

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38:53

What does 2024 have in store for charities?

Third Sector Podcast ·

2024/01/05

Lucinda and Emily are joined by Jane Ide, chief executive of Acevo, and Sue Tibballs, chief executive of the Sheila McKechnie Foundation, to discuss some of the themes and challenges facing the voluntary sector in 2024.These include the upcoming general election and its implications for the sector; the growing trend of charity closures; and opportunities for collaboration, both within the voluntary sector and with other entities driving social change.Sue puts forward her conviction that the coming

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37:50

The 2023 festive retrospective

Third Sector Podcast ·

2023/12/15

Lucinda, Andy and Emily discuss the leading stories and trends from the voluntary sector in 2023.Lucinda delivers an against-the-clock round-up of the year’s charity news before the three discuss their selected top stories. These include the closure announcements by Children England and Lankelly Chase - for very different reasons - and the success of the Big Help Out volunteering initiative.They share their nominations for the year’s strangest stories, namely the ongoing Captain Tom Foundation saga;

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34:55

How to formulate a winning trustee board

Third Sector Podcast ·

2023/12/08

Lucinda and Emily are joined by Ian Joseph, managing director of Trustees Unlimited, to talk about what charities need to think about when creating an effective board.Ian describes the key qualities of a good trustee, from having an emotional connection to a charity’s cause to humility, courage and conscientiousness. He provides pointers on how to find the right trustee, starting with a charity’s personal links before casting the net wider, and stresses the need to formulate both a business and a

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31:53

The pros and cons of a four-day week

Third Sector Podcast ·

2023/12/01

Lucinda and Andy are joined by Miriam Turner, co-executive director of Friends of the Earth, and Victoria Benson, chief executive of the single-parent support charity Gingerbread, to discuss their respective organisations’ move to a four-day working week.Miriam explains how the change is helping to strengthen the environmental justice movement by enabling a more diverse staff body to further the charity’s cause effectively and authentically.She provides insight into the necessary preparations and

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33:05

Julie Bentley on staff and volunteer wellbeing at...

Third Sector Podcast ·

2023/11/24

Lucinda and Emily are joined by Julie Bentley, chief executive of Samaritans, to find out how the charity has rebuilt its volunteer base after it shrank by 30 per cent during the Covid-19 pandemic.Julie describes how Samaritans’ more flexible volunteering packages aim to attract volunteers from all corners of society. She provides her views on the campaigning climate for charities, and the need for more consistent core funding to help the sector overcome the present financial challenges.She also

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35:46

Engaging university students in charity work

Third Sector Podcast ·

2023/11/17

Lucinda and Rory are joined by Wajid Akhter, founder of Charity Week, a student and volunteer-led campaign of Islamic Relief, and Harry Twohig, communities officer at the Brilliant Club, to discuss how charities can tap into students’ inclination to support societal causes.Wajid outlines the aims of Charity Week, which he established in 2000, and describes how its partner charity, Islamic Relief, provides important support while allowing students and volunteers to assume full leadership of the

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25:11

Preventing knife crime: how art can break a cycle of...

Third Sector Podcast ·

2023/11/17

From the team at Third Sector comesThe Diff–a new podcast that spotlights the work of small charities and not-for-profits.In the final episode of its pilot series, The Diff visits the Synergy Theatre Project to hear about its work with prisoners and ex-prisoners. Guests explain how working with prisoners, ex-prisoners, young offenders and young people at risk of offending reveals the many factors that perpetuate cycles of violence in today’s society. They also share the vital importance of lived

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19:34

Preventing knife crime: turning young people into...

Third Sector Podcast ·

2023/11/15

From the team at Third Sector comes The Diff –a new podcast that spotlights the work of small charities and not-for-profits.In the second episode of our pilot mini-series, airing 13-17 November, host Rhianna Dhillon learns how the first-aid charity StreetDoctors empowers young people to become part of the solution to knife crime. Volunteer and medical student Suleiman Shurafa gives a quick-fire guide to the vital first-aid skills that can to save the life of someone who has been stabbed or injured

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32:47

What's behind the knife crime epidemic?

Third Sector Podcast ·

2023/11/14

From the team at Third Sector comes The Diff –a new podcast that spotlights the work of small charities and not-for-profits. In the first episode of our pilot mini-series, airing 13-17 November, we ask: what causes a knife crime epidemic –and what would it take to end one? Patrick Green, chief executive of theBen Kinsella Trust, and Nathaniel Peat, founder of theSafety Box CIC, discuss the multi-layered factors driving knife crime in the UK, and explain how their work helps to tackle the crisis

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40:24

Demystifying social investment

Third Sector Podcast ·

2023/11/10

Lucinda and Andy are joined by Katy Saunders, director at Social Finance, and Mark Jarman-Howe, chief executive of St Helena Hospice, to discuss how charities can make effective use of social investment mechanisms.Katy explains how the social investment market works and describes its growth over the past decade, presenting opportunities to charities to be both investors and recipients of social finance.Mark describes St Helena’s journey into social investment as traditional fundraising streams

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27:17

Knowing where to focus in the face of never-ending need

Third Sector Podcast ·

2023/11/03

Lucinda and Emily are joined by Rebecca Gray, chief executive of Maudsley Charity, a grant-maker for mental health projects.Rebecca describes how the recruitment of a new board in 2018 helped the charity to change its approach to funding across thematic, strategic programme areas with input from stakeholders to help influence the charity’s direction of travel.She explains how the charity balances considerations of need, potential for change and the most appropriate type of funding to make a

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29:34

A day in the life of a charity policy adviser

Third Sector Podcast ·

2023/10/27

Lucinda takes a look behind the scenes at Barnardo’s as she shadows a day in the life of Becky Rice, the charity’s senior policy adviser for mental health and wellbeing.Becky outlines the different aspects of her job: from conducting research to responding to government announcements and speaking to children, young people, practitioners and parents to ensure their perspectives and priorities are at the forefront of the charity’s policy recommendations.She describes her professional path to her

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27:08

Attracting and retaining younger volunteers

Third Sector Podcast ·

2023/10/20

Lucinda and Rory are joined by Sophie Tebbetts, head of programmes at the food poverty charity FoodCycle, to learn about the different techniques used to attract and retain the charity’s 15,000 volunteers.Sophie explains how FoodCycle’s roots in universities have informed its volunteer strategy and enabled it to maintain a healthy roster of volunteers, most of whom fall within the 25 to 45 age range.She stresses the importance of flexibility and streamlined induction processes, as well as open

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