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"We want them to pick up the phone and give us the food rather than thinking, well, the bin's just there, that's a lot easier."
Vic Harper on how The Bread and Butter Thing prioritises service standards in its work to secure food from commercial partners.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4inKbQI
Vic Harper on how The Bread and Butter Thing prioritises service standards in its work to secure food from commercial partners.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4inKbQI
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"We want them to pick up the phone and give us the food rather than thinking, well, the bin's just there, that's a lot easier."
Vic Harper on how The Bread and Butter Thing prioritises service standards in its work to secure food from commercial partners.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4inKbQI
Vic Harper on how The Bread and Butter Thing prioritises service standards in its work to secure food from commercial partners.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4inKbQI
"If you're going to ask people to collect data, you have to enable them to use it and think about what it actually means for the project."
Ruth Hollis on the need for funders to enable moments for pause and reflection.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
Ruth Hollis on the need for funders to enable moments for pause and reflection.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"If you're going to ask people to collect data, you have to enable them to use it and think about what it actually means for the project."
Ruth Hollis on the need for funders to enable moments for pause and reflection.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
Ruth Hollis on the need for funders to enable moments for pause and reflection.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
🎧 How a national charity is fostering hyperlocal connections
@lrouse.bsky.social and Emily Burt hear from Vic Harper about The Bread and Butter Thing's holistic approach to community engagement.
Listen here: bit.ly/4inKbQI
@lrouse.bsky.social and Emily Burt hear from Vic Harper about The Bread and Butter Thing's holistic approach to community engagement.
Listen here: bit.ly/4inKbQI
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🎧 How a national charity is fostering hyperlocal connections
@lrouse.bsky.social and Emily Burt hear from Vic Harper about The Bread and Butter Thing's holistic approach to community engagement.
Listen here: bit.ly/4inKbQI
@lrouse.bsky.social and Emily Burt hear from Vic Harper about The Bread and Butter Thing's holistic approach to community engagement.
Listen here: bit.ly/4inKbQI
"It's all well and good having a commitment from government. But actually what we need to do is see that become a reality"
Leicia Feare on the work that needs to be done for @mission44.bsky.social's campaigns to come to fruition.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3JzgiQr
Leicia Feare on the work that needs to be done for @mission44.bsky.social's campaigns to come to fruition.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3JzgiQr
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"It's all well and good having a commitment from government. But actually what we need to do is see that become a reality"
Leicia Feare on the work that needs to be done for @mission44.bsky.social's campaigns to come to fruition.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3JzgiQr
Leicia Feare on the work that needs to be done for @mission44.bsky.social's campaigns to come to fruition.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3JzgiQr
"There is discomfort. The political agenda for the sector is becoming more complex."
Laura Kerby tells @lrouse.bsky.social how @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social is navigating racist commentary to its message that one in four black men will get prostate cancer.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/498P7Gf
Laura Kerby tells @lrouse.bsky.social how @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social is navigating racist commentary to its message that one in four black men will get prostate cancer.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/498P7Gf
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"There is discomfort. The political agenda for the sector is becoming more complex."
Laura Kerby tells @lrouse.bsky.social how @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social is navigating racist commentary to its message that one in four black men will get prostate cancer.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/498P7Gf
Laura Kerby tells @lrouse.bsky.social how @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social is navigating racist commentary to its message that one in four black men will get prostate cancer.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/498P7Gf
"It's about giving space to organisations that are on the front line delivering services and have been around a lot longer than we have"
Leicia Feare tells @lrouse.bsky.social about how @mission44.bsky.social convenes stakeholders to work on its campaigns.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3JzgiQr
Leicia Feare tells @lrouse.bsky.social about how @mission44.bsky.social convenes stakeholders to work on its campaigns.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3JzgiQr
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"It's about giving space to organisations that are on the front line delivering services and have been around a lot longer than we have"
Leicia Feare tells @lrouse.bsky.social about how @mission44.bsky.social convenes stakeholders to work on its campaigns.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3JzgiQr
Leicia Feare tells @lrouse.bsky.social about how @mission44.bsky.social convenes stakeholders to work on its campaigns.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3JzgiQr
"When Lewis speaks, people listen. But with that recognition comes some challenges."
Leicia Feare tells @lrouse.bsky.social about @mission44.bsky.social's work to build its own profile when the primary media interest is invariably on its founder, Lewis Hamilton.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3JzgiQr
Leicia Feare tells @lrouse.bsky.social about @mission44.bsky.social's work to build its own profile when the primary media interest is invariably on its founder, Lewis Hamilton.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3JzgiQr
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"When Lewis speaks, people listen. But with that recognition comes some challenges."
Leicia Feare tells @lrouse.bsky.social about @mission44.bsky.social's work to build its own profile when the primary media interest is invariably on its founder, Lewis Hamilton.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3JzgiQr
Leicia Feare tells @lrouse.bsky.social about @mission44.bsky.social's work to build its own profile when the primary media interest is invariably on its founder, Lewis Hamilton.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3JzgiQr
"What would you say to people who accuse Prostate Cancer UK of legitimising gambling as an activity?"
@andyricketts.bsky.social asks Laura Kerby about
@prostateuk.bsky.social's partnership with Paddy Power.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/498P7Gf
@andyricketts.bsky.social asks Laura Kerby about
@prostateuk.bsky.social's partnership with Paddy Power.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/498P7Gf
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"What would you say to people who accuse Prostate Cancer UK of legitimising gambling as an activity?"
@andyricketts.bsky.social asks Laura Kerby about
@prostateuk.bsky.social's partnership with Paddy Power.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/498P7Gf
@andyricketts.bsky.social asks Laura Kerby about
@prostateuk.bsky.social's partnership with Paddy Power.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/498P7Gf
"Most charities are just hitting their stride after three years."
@andyricketts.bsky.social hears from Spirit of 2012's Ruth Hollis on the difficulties faced by grantees in securing follow-on funding for successful projects.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
@andyricketts.bsky.social hears from Spirit of 2012's Ruth Hollis on the difficulties faced by grantees in securing follow-on funding for successful projects.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Most charities are just hitting their stride after three years."
@andyricketts.bsky.social hears from Spirit of 2012's Ruth Hollis on the difficulties faced by grantees in securing follow-on funding for successful projects.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
@andyricketts.bsky.social hears from Spirit of 2012's Ruth Hollis on the difficulties faced by grantees in securing follow-on funding for successful projects.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
"Funders always ask about sustainability. And the elephant in the room is that sustainability is really difficult without further funding."
Spirit of 2012's Ruth Hollis on reducing funding cliff-edges when a project nears the end of its cycle.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
Spirit of 2012's Ruth Hollis on reducing funding cliff-edges when a project nears the end of its cycle.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Funders always ask about sustainability. And the elephant in the room is that sustainability is really difficult without further funding."
Spirit of 2012's Ruth Hollis on reducing funding cliff-edges when a project nears the end of its cycle.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
Spirit of 2012's Ruth Hollis on reducing funding cliff-edges when a project nears the end of its cycle.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3LyjyvN
"If it continues like this, the problem you're going to find is that you don't have any senior professional people left in the sector"
@barelycivilsociety.bsky.social on the pitfalls of hollowing out senior charity roles.
🎧 Full conversation on the Third Sector Podcast: bit.ly/4q5mP5w
@barelycivilsociety.bsky.social on the pitfalls of hollowing out senior charity roles.
🎧 Full conversation on the Third Sector Podcast: bit.ly/4q5mP5w
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"If it continues like this, the problem you're going to find is that you don't have any senior professional people left in the sector"
@barelycivilsociety.bsky.social on the pitfalls of hollowing out senior charity roles.
🎧 Full conversation on the Third Sector Podcast: bit.ly/4q5mP5w
@barelycivilsociety.bsky.social on the pitfalls of hollowing out senior charity roles.
🎧 Full conversation on the Third Sector Podcast: bit.ly/4q5mP5w
🎧 Join our editorial team meeting to hear the team's insights on recent sector news and discussions.
Dami Adewale reflects on how @younglivesvscancer.bsky.social is partnering with business ventures developing solutions for its service users.
Listen to the full conversation: bit.ly/3WiLfeb
Dami Adewale reflects on how @younglivesvscancer.bsky.social is partnering with business ventures developing solutions for its service users.
Listen to the full conversation: bit.ly/3WiLfeb
October 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🎧 Join our editorial team meeting to hear the team's insights on recent sector news and discussions.
Dami Adewale reflects on how @younglivesvscancer.bsky.social is partnering with business ventures developing solutions for its service users.
Listen to the full conversation: bit.ly/3WiLfeb
Dami Adewale reflects on how @younglivesvscancer.bsky.social is partnering with business ventures developing solutions for its service users.
Listen to the full conversation: bit.ly/3WiLfeb
"It's often about push factors as well as pull factors."
@barelycivilsociety.bsky.social debunks the myth that charity consultants spend much of their time playing golf and drinking mimosas.
Emily Burt lays out the realities of balancing work and childcare duties.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4q5mP5w
@barelycivilsociety.bsky.social debunks the myth that charity consultants spend much of their time playing golf and drinking mimosas.
Emily Burt lays out the realities of balancing work and childcare duties.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4q5mP5w
October 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"It's often about push factors as well as pull factors."
@barelycivilsociety.bsky.social debunks the myth that charity consultants spend much of their time playing golf and drinking mimosas.
Emily Burt lays out the realities of balancing work and childcare duties.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4q5mP5w
@barelycivilsociety.bsky.social debunks the myth that charity consultants spend much of their time playing golf and drinking mimosas.
Emily Burt lays out the realities of balancing work and childcare duties.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4q5mP5w
"The point is choice. And if people don't have the option to work in a way that is secure and where they have full rights of an employee, that's quite unjust."
@barelycivilsociety.bsky.social on the pros and cons of freelancing and the need for flexible working options.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4q5mP5w
@barelycivilsociety.bsky.social on the pros and cons of freelancing and the need for flexible working options.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4q5mP5w
October 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"The point is choice. And if people don't have the option to work in a way that is secure and where they have full rights of an employee, that's quite unjust."
@barelycivilsociety.bsky.social on the pros and cons of freelancing and the need for flexible working options.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4q5mP5w
@barelycivilsociety.bsky.social on the pros and cons of freelancing and the need for flexible working options.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4q5mP5w
“What I’m interested to examine is to what extent it’s going to affect the breast cancer charity community.”
@andyricketts.bsky.social and @emilyharle.bsky.social consider the implications for smaller charities of Breast Cancer Now's £40m growth ambition.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3WiLfeb
@andyricketts.bsky.social and @emilyharle.bsky.social consider the implications for smaller charities of Breast Cancer Now's £40m growth ambition.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3WiLfeb
October 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
“What I’m interested to examine is to what extent it’s going to affect the breast cancer charity community.”
@andyricketts.bsky.social and @emilyharle.bsky.social consider the implications for smaller charities of Breast Cancer Now's £40m growth ambition.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3WiLfeb
@andyricketts.bsky.social and @emilyharle.bsky.social consider the implications for smaller charities of Breast Cancer Now's £40m growth ambition.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3WiLfeb
"What we all want is evidenced, ethical, safe mental health innovations. And charities have a really unique part to play in that process."
@younglivesvscancer.bsky.social's Helen McShane on how charities can link their service users with developers of tech-enabled innovations.
🎧 bit.ly/4pQv3i4
@younglivesvscancer.bsky.social's Helen McShane on how charities can link their service users with developers of tech-enabled innovations.
🎧 bit.ly/4pQv3i4
October 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"What we all want is evidenced, ethical, safe mental health innovations. And charities have a really unique part to play in that process."
@younglivesvscancer.bsky.social's Helen McShane on how charities can link their service users with developers of tech-enabled innovations.
🎧 bit.ly/4pQv3i4
@younglivesvscancer.bsky.social's Helen McShane on how charities can link their service users with developers of tech-enabled innovations.
🎧 bit.ly/4pQv3i4
"I don't think it's always fair to say that charities are risk averse. We might just be more comfortable with taking risk in different ways"
Helen McShane on how Young Lives vs Cancer is approaching risk in its innovation work with early-stage business ventures.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4pQv3i4
Helen McShane on how Young Lives vs Cancer is approaching risk in its innovation work with early-stage business ventures.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4pQv3i4
October 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"I don't think it's always fair to say that charities are risk averse. We might just be more comfortable with taking risk in different ways"
Helen McShane on how Young Lives vs Cancer is approaching risk in its innovation work with early-stage business ventures.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4pQv3i4
Helen McShane on how Young Lives vs Cancer is approaching risk in its innovation work with early-stage business ventures.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4pQv3i4
The new Code of Fundraising Practice is shorter than previous versions and takes a principles-based approach.
Does this make it more open to interpretation by fundraisers?
@emilyharle.bsky.social asks the Fundraising Regulator's head of policy, Paul Winyard.
🎧 Full podcast: bit.ly/4nccmnh
Does this make it more open to interpretation by fundraisers?
@emilyharle.bsky.social asks the Fundraising Regulator's head of policy, Paul Winyard.
🎧 Full podcast: bit.ly/4nccmnh
September 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The new Code of Fundraising Practice is shorter than previous versions and takes a principles-based approach.
Does this make it more open to interpretation by fundraisers?
@emilyharle.bsky.social asks the Fundraising Regulator's head of policy, Paul Winyard.
🎧 Full podcast: bit.ly/4nccmnh
Does this make it more open to interpretation by fundraisers?
@emilyharle.bsky.social asks the Fundraising Regulator's head of policy, Paul Winyard.
🎧 Full podcast: bit.ly/4nccmnh
"We want to make sure that [unscrupulous CICs] don't have a negative impact on the charitable fundraising brand. Which I think they do, quite frankly."
Paul Winyard on the Fundraising Regulator's goal to help fundraising organisations thrive.
🎧 Podcast interview: bit.ly/4nccmnh
Paul Winyard on the Fundraising Regulator's goal to help fundraising organisations thrive.
🎧 Podcast interview: bit.ly/4nccmnh
September 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"We want to make sure that [unscrupulous CICs] don't have a negative impact on the charitable fundraising brand. Which I think they do, quite frankly."
Paul Winyard on the Fundraising Regulator's goal to help fundraising organisations thrive.
🎧 Podcast interview: bit.ly/4nccmnh
Paul Winyard on the Fundraising Regulator's goal to help fundraising organisations thrive.
🎧 Podcast interview: bit.ly/4nccmnh
"Trustees need to know, if they don't already, the pressure that third sector leaders are facing around the country right now."
@markrusselluk.bsky.social on the important role for trustee boards in promoting the wellbeing of senior leadership teams.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
@markrusselluk.bsky.social on the important role for trustee boards in promoting the wellbeing of senior leadership teams.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
September 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"Trustees need to know, if they don't already, the pressure that third sector leaders are facing around the country right now."
@markrusselluk.bsky.social on the important role for trustee boards in promoting the wellbeing of senior leadership teams.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
@markrusselluk.bsky.social on the important role for trustee boards in promoting the wellbeing of senior leadership teams.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
"You don't apply to be a chief executive unless you've got a certain sense of ego. And I admit I've got one too."
@markrusselluk.bsky.social explains why his ego and the @childrenssociety.bsky.social brand both need to be set aside to enable social change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
@markrusselluk.bsky.social explains why his ego and the @childrenssociety.bsky.social brand both need to be set aside to enable social change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
September 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"You don't apply to be a chief executive unless you've got a certain sense of ego. And I admit I've got one too."
@markrusselluk.bsky.social explains why his ego and the @childrenssociety.bsky.social brand both need to be set aside to enable social change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
@markrusselluk.bsky.social explains why his ego and the @childrenssociety.bsky.social brand both need to be set aside to enable social change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
"If councils can tender bin services for 20 years, why can't they tender children's services for five?"
@markrusselluk.bsky.social on how extending commissioning periods would transform charity finances overnight.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
@markrusselluk.bsky.social on how extending commissioning periods would transform charity finances overnight.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
September 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"If councils can tender bin services for 20 years, why can't they tender children's services for five?"
@markrusselluk.bsky.social on how extending commissioning periods would transform charity finances overnight.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
@markrusselluk.bsky.social on how extending commissioning periods would transform charity finances overnight.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
"There's no model of food aid provision that is okay"
Emma Revie on why @trusselluk.bsky.social never accepts money from those who hold the solutions to ending the need for food banks
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/3JXKRPe
Emma Revie on why @trusselluk.bsky.social never accepts money from those who hold the solutions to ending the need for food banks
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/3JXKRPe
September 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"There's no model of food aid provision that is okay"
Emma Revie on why @trusselluk.bsky.social never accepts money from those who hold the solutions to ending the need for food banks
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/3JXKRPe
Emma Revie on why @trusselluk.bsky.social never accepts money from those who hold the solutions to ending the need for food banks
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/3JXKRPe
"It may be easier in the short term to do something on your own. But is it actually achieving the change you want to achieve?"
Emma Revie on the need for organisations to work together in driving systems change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/3JXKRPe
@trusselluk.bsky.social
Emma Revie on the need for organisations to work together in driving systems change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/3JXKRPe
@trusselluk.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"It may be easier in the short term to do something on your own. But is it actually achieving the change you want to achieve?"
Emma Revie on the need for organisations to work together in driving systems change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/3JXKRPe
@trusselluk.bsky.social
Emma Revie on the need for organisations to work together in driving systems change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/3JXKRPe
@trusselluk.bsky.social
"We hadn't expected that we would be using this as a pre-emptive safeguarding tool"
Ruth Marvel on on an unanticipated benefit of @dofe.org's new impact measurement framework
🎧 Find out more in our full podcast interview: bit.ly/45Hxeeo
Ruth Marvel on on an unanticipated benefit of @dofe.org's new impact measurement framework
🎧 Find out more in our full podcast interview: bit.ly/45Hxeeo
September 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"We hadn't expected that we would be using this as a pre-emptive safeguarding tool"
Ruth Marvel on on an unanticipated benefit of @dofe.org's new impact measurement framework
🎧 Find out more in our full podcast interview: bit.ly/45Hxeeo
Ruth Marvel on on an unanticipated benefit of @dofe.org's new impact measurement framework
🎧 Find out more in our full podcast interview: bit.ly/45Hxeeo