Good Practice

Good practice, case studies, expert advice and tips for charity and voluntary sector managers and practitioners, including fundraising, finance, governance and communications.

Claire Squires and Greenpeace: examples of the power of new media in fundraising

New media: Peter Maple on how to be yourself when you're online

The London South Bank University academic talks to Annette Rawstrone about why it's important to be personal when using new media

Anna Taylor: The wrong image can be damaging

The overuse of emotive images can harm a campaign, says our fundraising columnist

Business partner: The British Safety Council and Digital Giving Ltd

The council developed a game to promote health and safety

Annual report: Viva

The international charity's report used children's stories to illustrate the impact of its work

Case study: Action for Children and Elephant Family

The children's charity and the charity funding the endangered Asian Elephant staged the largest ever Easter egg hunt

The Fundraiser's Toolkit

Expert advice, tips and good practice case studies

Supporting the voluntary sector

Follow the changes to the infrastructure and capacity of the UK voluntary sector and its support organisations.

Measuring the impact of charities

How charities can measure and communicate their impact on their cause area.

Tribunal Report: The pitfalls of holiday pay for casual charity workers

Charities should ensure that contracts clearly state how holiday will be accrued, taken and paid, advises Victoria Willson

When a photo of the boss is at odds with the occasion

Martin Edwards discusses the pitfalls of executive photos

Judge a society by its level of happiness, not by its GDP

It's getting easier to measure how happy people are, and it's important to do so, says Kate Rogers of Schroders

Checklist: Should boards be large or small?

Governance expert Ruth Lesirge advises on what size a charity's board should be

Brand report: Stroke Association

How the main UK charity for combating strokes created a new logo

Charity Finance Skills Zone

Expert advice and tips in specialist areas

Good Governance Resources

Charity mergers

Advice and commentary on charity mergers for chairs, trustees and senior managers. Plus case studies of who has merged and why.

Charities And Digital Media

Expert advice & case studies on using digital media to campaign for change and communicate with supporters.

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Development Officer Barking & Dagenham CVS £29,604, London
Head of High Value Events Save the Children £38,000 - £43,000 + pension, Farringdon
Director The Marr-Munning Trust £47,500 per annum FTE salary (£38,000 pro rata) plus pension contribution, London
Membership Payments Officer Royal Pharmaceutical Society 25,000 pro rata, Based at the Society's HQ in London. The offices are in close proximity to Vauxhall and Waterloo.
Head of Volunteering Development Save the Children £45,000-£50,000 + pension, Farringdon
Fundraising Manager (Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset) The Air Ambulance Service £25,000-£30,000 p/a, plus benefits, Home Based, South West England to cover Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset
Press Officer - Asia Pacific Amnesty International Secretariat £41,124 per annum, London
Fundraising Director National Trust c. £80k + excellent benefits, Heelis, Swindon
Appeals Director Downside Fisher Youth Club (The Downside Settlement) £37, 848 - £40,555 (Inclusive of London Weighting), Southwark, London
Direct Marketing Manager Execucare £37000 - £38000 per annum, London