Earlier this year a survey of over 1,250 charities revealed that 58% don’t have a defined digital strategy, yet of the 42% that do almost all are more optimistic and expect to increase their measurable impact in 2018*.

“… unfortunately, (there) is a growing divide between charities with progressive, digitally-savvy trustees and executives versus the majority of others, which are falling behind and risk missing out on opportunities to improve the way they fulfil their missions”

Matthew Moorut of TechTrust

We don’t want any charity to fall behind. That’s why we’re running the Charity Digital Conference 2018 where industry experts will demystify all things digital. Here’s a little taster video – Matt Haworth of Reason Digital touches on the opportunities that digital transformation can offer to charities:

Click here for the full Conference Schedule

Click here for the Sobus link to this event.

 

Small Charity Week (18^th – 23^rd June) is the biggest event in the small charity calendar providing free initiatives, competitions and support over six days for charities or local community organisation with an annual turnover under £1.5 million. Events include:

I Love Small Charities Day: Three social media competitions to win funds for your charity.

Big Advice Day: Free advice on any charity topic of your choosing from experts across the sector and business leaders.

Policy Day: Local and national events will be held to support engagement between small charities and policymakers and influencers.

Fundraising Day: Take part in free competitions and initiatives to raise vital funds for your small charity and join events to improve your knowledge on fundraising topics.

Small Charity Big Impact Day: Showcase your small charity and the fantastic impact it makes by applying for the FSI’s Small Charity Big Impact Awards.

Celebration Day: Get involved and run an event to help raise awareness of and celebrate your amazing work.

We are calling on all small charities to get involved and engage with the activities available. Check the website now as some deadlines are fast approaching. See www.smallcharityweek.com for more information and follow @SCWeek2018 for breaking news.

 

Fundraising Conference: Heavily Subsidised Fundraising Conference in London

The Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI) are hosting their annual heavily subsidised fundraising conference for small charities in London on 21^st June (open to charities with a turnover up to £1.5 million).

The conference features experts in a range of different topics, including fundraising guru Adrian Sargeant in addition to the following line up:

• Building Donor Loyalty – Professor Adrian Sargeant, University of Plymouth
• Making Major Gifts Work in a Small Charity, Christine Harris, London School of Economics
• Building Strategic Corporate Partnerships, Brendan Hanlon, Just a Drop
• Online Fundraising – Theory into Practice, Rachel Earnshaw, The Big Give and Suzie Rees, East African Playgrounds
• Future Proofing your Fundraising – Maximising Millennials, Morgan Kainth, Raise your Hands
• Meet the Donor – A panel of Trust and Foundations

Places fill up fast, so book your place today to access this fantastic opportunity: https://bit.ly/2rSxv9J

 

Big Advice Day 2018: Free Expert Advice for Small Charities

Part of Small Charity Week, Big Advice Day 2018 involves a national London event and various regional events across the country where small and local charities and community groups (those with a turnover up to £1.5 million) can access free expert 1:1 advice on a variety of topics.

Have a question or an issue you need help with? Just sign yourself up for an advice clinic and you will be given an hour of dedicated time from an expert in that area. Advice is open in every charity related field including:

• Fundraising – every fundraising topic available from digital to legacies
• Marketing
• GDPR
• PR
• HR
• Law
• Governance
• Policy
• IT
• Finance

Places fill up fast, so book your place today to access this fantastic opportunity: https://bit.ly/1ihBhCK

Hammersmith and Fulham’s Integrated Care Programme is working to improve health and well-being outcomes for local people by integrating care around individuals’ needs. When we talk about integrating care, we mean that a group of existing, local organisations need to work more closely together to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in H&F. To achieve this, we need to:

1. Look at what we know and what people have already told us, because improvements must be based on understanding what local people need.
2. Work together to develop and achieve the results that really matter to local people and help them to lead healthy lives.

We would like to invite you to a workshop focusing specifically on health and well-being priorities for older people. We would be most grateful if you could circulate this invitation to relevant patient and public networks and/or friends. We are seeking attendees who are older people with lived experience of using NHS services, and/or their carers.

You can register for a free ticket via this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-to-discuss-health-and-care-priorities-for-older-people-tickets-4360667003

Alternatively, to get more information about the event, confirm your attendance, or request assistance with getting to the workshop or at the workshop itself, please contact:

Pete Ellis (NHS Hammersmith and Fulham Project Manager): pete.ellis@nhs.net / 020 3350 4869.

Please ensure you include your full name, role / reason for attending, and organisation (if you have one). If you require any kind of assistance or reasonable adjustments, please could you contact us about this by Thursday 7 June.

Date of workshop: Thursday 21 June
Time of workshop: 09:30 – 12:30
Location of workshop: White City Community Centre, 7 India Way, Hammersmith, W12 7QT

Refreshments will be provided.