Charity Impact – Details, episodes & analysis

This episode covers the transformative journey of grantmaker, the Smallwood Trust. I speak to Paul Carbury (CEO) and Ambreen Shah (Trustee), as they shed light on the Trust’s metamorphosis over the past six and a half years. Expect insights into the trust’s evolution from implementing governance changes, to experimenting with funding models, to modifying their strategic plan and recruitment processes. Through their journey, they’ve become intentional about identifying and addressing inequalities within their mission—an enlightening transformation for both the trust and the charities they support.

We’ll uncover the challenges and triumphs of redistributing power and assets within the context of funding for women's organizations. We’ll explore how the Smallwood Trust strikes the balance between nurturing long-term relationships with well-established organizations, and bringing in fresh perspectives through funding new charities. We cover various aspects from reducing gendered poverty through local initiatives, to the importance of building trust and amplifying voices from disenfranchised communities.

We also discuss Smallwood's board shadowing programme — designed to empower women and bring diversity to the boardroom. Paul and Ambreen share their experiences and insights into how this programme has broken down power dynamics and empowered individuals to become trustees.

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The Charity Impact Podcast aims to help you increase your charity’s income and impact by sharing the experience and expertise of our guests.

Whatever your role or level of experience, we think you’ll be inspired and informed by our guests who are absolutely the stars of the show!

We aim to showcase a diverse range of guests, including people whose voices have been less heard as well as established leaders in our field.

So, whether you are CEO, fundraiser, trustee, manager, practitioner, funder, or any other flavour of social leader, welcome to the Charity Impact Podcast!

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Keywords: Charity Leadership, Workforce Development, Great Teams, Emotional Intelligence, Shared Purpose, Trust, Continuous Learning.

In this episode, we learn about charity Leadership and workforce development with Rob Laycock, co-founder of Yes We Can Community CIC. Known for his expertise in supporting the voluntary sector in the Northeast, Rob shares valuable insights into harnessing the potential of individuals and creating effective teams. Together with his colleague Stephanie Cole, they've successfully reframed leadership as an action-oriented concept, emphasising the development of leadership, governance, and collaborative networks.

Rob provides detailed insights in the following areas:

(00:00) - Leadership and Workforce Development Challenges

(09:41) - Best Self, Great Teams, and Leadership

(18:46) - Communication & Emotional Intelligence in Leadership

(25:02) - Creating Effective Teams and Collaboration

(36:38) - Effective Communication, Conflict Management, Fun in Organizations

(46:17) - Budgeting and Allocation for People Development

(01:00:08) - Investing in Nonprofit People and Teams

(01:07:38) – Recommendations.

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The Charity Impact Podcast aims to help you increase your charity’s income and impact by sharing the experience and expertise of our guests.

Whatever your role or level of experience, we think you’ll be inspired and informed by our guests who are absolutely the stars of the show!

We aim to showcase a diverse range of guests, including people whose voices have been less heard as well as established leaders in our field.

So, whether you are CEO, fundraiser, trustee, manager, practitioner, funder, or any other flavour of social leader, welcome to the Charity Impact Podcast!

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Keywords: Charitable Giving in the UK, Giving Behaviour, UK Giving Report 2023, Giving Trends, Philanthropy, Volunteering, Fundraising, Cost Of Living Crisis, Donations, Philanthropists, Charity Resilience.

Description: Charities Aid Foundation’s UK Giving research is the largest study of giving behaviour in the UK, with survey responses from a representative sample of the public each month. Around 13,000 responses were received in total. Some longer-term trend analysis is also included, using data collected over the past five years. This year’s report offers insights into how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting donations, and how the landscape has changed since the pandemic, seemingly permanently.

In this episode we discuss the findings in the report including trends in public giving. We also hear about the giving behaviour of high new worth individual philanthropists who CAF work with and we consider what all this means for charities now and in the future.

Our guests: Catherine Mahoney is Research Manager at the Charities Aid Foundation specialising in philanthropic giving trends.

Mark Greer is Managing Director, Giving and Impact at Charities Aid Foundation. He leads CAF’s philanthropy services in the UK, including donor advised funds for private clients, corporate giving services, grant making services and social investment arm, Venturesome.

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Transformational Fundraising Tactics – SPECIAL OFFER

Transformational Fundraising Tactics is a series of live online courses, from UK Fundraising, to help fundraisers raise more money and improve their effectiveness. Sessions are typically 90 minutes long and packed with practical advice.

Find the courses here and enter the code, KEDAPOD15, at checkout for a 15% discount.

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The Charity Impact Podcast aims to help you increase your charity’s income and impact by sharing the experience and expertise of our guests.

Whatever your role or level of experience, we think you’ll be inspired and informed by our guests who are absolutely the stars of the show!

We aim to showcase a diverse range of guests, including people whose voices have been less heard as well as established leaders in our field.

So, whether you are CEO, fundraiser, trustee, manager, practitioner, funder, or any other flavour of social leader, welcome to the Charity Impact Podcast!

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Episode keywords: Fundraising, giving, philanthropy, grantmaking, fintech, AI.

Episode description:

Philanthropy is in desperate need of a revolution. With the advent of digital fundraising tools, many expected giving to grow exponentially, but this has not been the case. Instead, giving has plateaued over the past decade, leaving many charities struggling to meet the increasing needs of their beneficiaries.

Howard Lake asks how can we grow giving at scale?

If you have ideas, thoughts, questions, please do engage with Howard and Alex on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Transformational Fundraising Tactics – SPECIAL OFFER

Transformational Fundraising Tactics is a series of live online courses, from UK Fundraising, to help fundraisers raise more money and improve their effectiveness. Sessions are typically 90 minutes long and packed with practical advice.

Find the courses here and enter the code, KEDAPOD15, at checkout for a 15% discount.

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If you enjoy the podcast, please do follow us and leave a rating / review. 

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The Charity Impact Podcast aims to help you increase your charity’s income and impact by sharing the experience and expertise of our guests.

Whatever your role or level of experience, we think you’ll be inspired and informed by our guests who are absolutely the stars of the show!

We aim to showcase a diverse range of guests, including people whose voices have been less heard as well as established leaders in our field.

So, whether you are CEO, fundraiser, trustee, manager, practitioner, funder, or any other flavour of social leader, welcome to the Charity Impact Podcast!

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For episode notes with links to resources and organisations mentioned in this episode, please visit https://www.kedaconsulting.co.uk/charity-impact-podcast/ 

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If you have any questions, feedback or enquiries regarding the podcast, you can reach us by e-mail at hello@kedaconsulting.co.uk

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Discover the powerful intersection of charity work, anti-racism, and joyfulness as we engage in an eye-opening conversation with Martha Awojobi, founder of JMB Consulting and curator of BAME Online. Get ready to challenge your perspectives on anti-racism as we dive into the daily commitment required to dismantle racist systems and the necessary steps to decolonize our minds. Trust us, you won't look at the charity sector the same way again after listening to this episode.

Key Takeaways

1. Anti-racism is a daily commitment to action, not just an identity. To be anti-racist, we must understand our complicity in racist systems and work to dismantle them.
2. Decolonizing our minds involves recognizing and unlearning the harmful ideologies and beliefs that underpin racism and other forms of oppression.
3. Authenticity in fundraising is vital for maintaining the values and integrity of charities and grassroots organizations.
4. Joy is a powerful and essential component of anti-oppressive work. By embracing joy and curiosity, we can create more effective and sustainable movements for social change.
5. The charity sector must critically examine its own practices and beliefs to ensure that it is actively working toward equity and justice for all.

For more insights into anti-racism, equity, and joy in the charity sector, don't forget to attend the 2023 BAME Online conference, where you can learn from experts and leaders in the field, share your experiences, and help build a more equitable and joyful future for all. Tickets are pay-what-you-can.

Episode keywords:

Anti-Racism, Charity Sector, Racism, Charities, Fundraising, Funders, Donors, NGO-ification, Social Movements, Radical Political Action, Community Organizing, Depoliticizing Grassroots Movements, White Supremacy, Joyfulness, Anti-Oppression Work, Rebuilding Futures.

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The Charity Impact Podcast aims to help you increase your charity’s income and impact by sharing the experience and expertise of our guests.

Whatever your role or level of experience, we think you’ll be inspired and informed by our guests who are absolutely the stars of the show!

We aim to showcase a diverse range of guests, including people whose voices have been less heard as well as established leaders in our field.

So, whether you are CEO, fundraiser, trustee, manager, practitioner, funder, or any other flavour of social leader, welcome to the Charity Impact Podcast!

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Hello, welcome to the Charity Impact Podcast from me Alex Blake, your podcast host.

The aim of the podcast is to help you increase your charity’s income and impact by sharing the experience and expertise of our guests. We aim to showcase a diverse range of guests, including people whose voices have been less heard as well as established leaders in our field.

We speak to charity CEOs, funders and experts on a range of topics that help you maximise your charity’s impact.

You can find episode notes and links to resources via https://www.kedaconsulting.co.uk/charity-impact-podcast/ 

We’re 20 episodes in as I’m recording this updated trailer and we’ve had some amazing guests who are absolutely the stars of the show!

So, whether you are CEO, fundraiser, manager, or any other flavour of social leader, welcome to the Charity Impact Podcast!

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We're thrilled to have Anne Fry, CEO of Eating Distress Northeast, join us as she shares the experience of her first 100 days in a charity CEO role.

Anne describes how she prepared for the role and what the priorities have been in the first few months. Anne shares the three questions she asked all staff and trustees; the support she has accessed and the focus required in year one. 

Episode keywords:

Charity CEO, First 100 days, Eating Distress, VCSE Sector, Frontline Charity, Mental Health, Leadership, Strategy, Organizational Resilience, Support Network.

Chapters:

[00:00:00] - Transition from Deputy to Chief Executive

[00:06:03]  - First 100 Days as CEO

[00:12:19]  - Increasing need

[00:11:10] - Strategy

[00:14:00] - Support networks for new CEOs

Anne Fry, CEO Eating Distress North East

Anne joined Eating Distress North East as Chief Executive in October 2022 from VONNE where she was the Deputy Chief Executive for three years.

Anne is also Chair of the Board of Trustees at Rape Crisis and a trustee at WWiN domestic abuse services in Sunderland.

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The Charity Impact Podcast aims to help you increase your charity’s income and impact by sharing the experience and expertise of our guests.

Whatever your role or level of experience, we think you’ll be inspired and informed by our guests who are absolutely the stars of the show!

We aim to showcase a diverse range of guests, including people whose voices have been less heard as well as established leaders in our field.

So, whether you are CEO, fundraiser, trustee, manager, practitioner, funder, or any other flavour of social leader, welcome to the Charity Impact Podcast!

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For episode notes with links to resources and organisations mentioned in this episode, please visit https://www.kedaconsulting.co.uk/charity-impact-podcast/ 

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In social entrepreneurship, staying true to grassroots needs holds the key to success and impact. Ruth Ibegbuna, a renowned social entrepreneur and founder of multiple social impact organisations, shares her experience including meeting the needs of communities, fundraising, working with funders and starting and leading grassroots organisations.  If you're interested in social entrepreneurship or running a charity / social enterprise, this episode is a must-listen. Ruth's insights and experiences offer key lessons for anyone looking to make a positive impact in their community. 

Episode keywords:

Social Entrepreneur, Reclaim Project, Rekindle School, Communities, Lived Experience, Fundraising, Funders, Grassroots, Non Profit Organizations, Boards, Governance, Campaigning, Sustainable Funding Models, Diversity, Evaluation, Critical Thinking. 

Chapters:

(0:00:00) – Social Entrepreneurship and Community Impact

(0:05:23) – Campaigning and Charity Governance

(0:12:56) – Fundraising and Funders

(0:15:31) – Being Youth Led

(0:20:04) – Leadership in Social Impact Organizations

(0:24:26) – Risk-Taking and Learning in Social Entrepreneurship

(0:30:30) – Finding Hope and Doing Good.

Ruth Ibegbuna, Social Entrepreneur and CEO

Ruth Ibegbuna is a serial social entrepreneur. Ruth is the founder of the multi award-winning youth leadership charity RECLAIM; The Roots Programme, a radical new approach to bridging divides between UK communities; Northern Soul, with a mission to amplify a more powerful Northern voice and presence in the UK; and Rekindle School, a supplementary school in Manchester; supporting young critical thinkers and changemakers from working-class communities.

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The Charity Impact Podcast aims to help you increase your charity’s income and impact by sharing the experience and expertise of our guests.

Whatever your role or level of experience, we think you’ll be inspired and informed by our guests who are absolutely the stars of the show!

We aim to showcase a diverse range of guests, including people whose voices have been less heard as well as established leaders in our field.

So, whether you are CEO, fundraiser, trustee, manager, practitioner, funder, or any other flavour of social leader, welcome to the Charity Impact Podcast!

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Fundraising and brand building, alongside developing relationships and partnerships is how Ben Lindsay OBE has successfully founded and grown the charity, Power the Fight, which works to address violence affecting young people. Listen in to learn about the issue and the mixed funding model Ben and is team are developing. 

Episode Keywords:

Youth Violence, Early Intervention, Cultural Sensitivity, Public Health Approach, Zero Exclusions Policy, Fundraising, Brand Building, Marketing, Strategic Networking, Corporate Partners, Social Media, Content Creation, Training, Income Generation.  

Chapters:

(0:00:00) – Violence affecting young people – systemic issues, root causes and early intervention

(0:21:13) – Charity start up, fundraising as a black-led organisation, equity and funding

(0:25:30) – Fundraising and brand, mixed funding model

(0:36:12) - Networking and partnerships, engaging with corporates and high net worth individuals

(0:52:00) - Power to Fight's approach to tackling violence affecting young people

(0:55:50) – Training and income generation

(01:04:11) – Recommended resources.

Ben Lindsay, Founder CEO, Power the Fight

Ben Lindsay OBE is founder CEO of Power The Fight, an award-winning charity, launched in 2019, which tackles violence affecting young people. PTF creates long-term solutions for sustainable change and acts as a link between the community and policy makers.

Winner of the Charity Times 2022 Rising Leader Award and one of The Evening Standard’s Progress 1000 London’s most influential people for 2018, Ben is an experienced presenter, trainer and facilitator with more than 20 years spent working with high risk young people in the field of gangs and serious youth violence.

You can find Ben at Power the Fight UK and on Linkedin and Twitter.

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The Charity Impact Podcast aims to help you increase your charity’s income and impact by sharing the experience and expertise of our guests.

Whatever your role or level of experience, we think you’ll be inspired and informed by our guests who are absolutely the stars of the show!

We aim to showcase a diverse range of guests, including people whose voices have been less heard as well as established leaders in our field.

So, whether you are CEO, fundraiser, trustee, manager, practitioner, funder, or any other flavour of social leader, welcome to the Charity Impact Podcast!

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Discover the power of community organising, the lack of funding for grassroots movements and how the Civic Power Fund is addressing this issue through participatory grantmaking and funder collaboration.

Episode Keywords:

Community Organising, Social Justice Funding, Self-Determination, People Power, Solidarity, Civic Power Fund, Participatory Grant-Making, Movement Building, Funders, Intermediaries, Radical Change, Philanthropy.

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Chapters:

(0:00:00) – Community organising

(0:09:30) – Social justice funding

(0:14:10) - Funding grassroots organising and national infrastructure to support organisers

(0:23:05) – Fundraising, funder collaboration, movement building and intermediaries

(0:30:25) – Shifting funder mindsets

(0:34:10) – Recommended resources.

Martha Mackenzie, Executive Director, Civic Power Fund

Martha has a background in organising, campaigning, fundraising and charity leadership.

She was previously Head of Global Humanitarian Advocacy at UNICEF in New York, and has led teams and campaigns at Shelter and Save the Children in the UK.

Martha has balanced progressive fundraising and advocacy with campaigns rooted in redistributing power. She has worked with renters to tackle revenge evictions, campaigned with parents on childcare costs, helped establish the youth activism charity Advocacy Academy and won multi-million dollar advocacy grants.

You can find Martha at Civic Power Fund and on LinkedIn or Twitter.

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The Charity Impact Podcast aims to help you increase your charity’s income and impact by sharing the experience and expertise of our guests.

Whatever your role or level of experience, we think you’ll be inspired and informed by our guests who are absolutely the stars of the show!

We aim to showcase a diverse range of guests, including people whose voices have been less heard as well as established leaders in our field.

So, whether you are CEO, fundraiser, trustee, manager, practitioner, funder, or any other flavour of social leader, welcome to the Charity Impact Podcast!

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For episode notes with links to resources and organisations mentioned in this episode, please visit https://www.kedaconsulting.co.uk/charity-impact-podcast/ 

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Other Charity Impact Podcast episodes include:

Annie Legge, Co-founder, Dot Project: tech for good, charity digital resilience, convening networks.

Alex Fox OBE – CEO, The Mayday Trust: radical social change, a new health and care system, learning organisations.

Ross McCulloch – Founder, Third Sector Lab: digital for charities, harnessing technology for social impact.

Nick Temple – CEO, Social Investment Business: social investment, social enterprise, social value.

Derek Bardowell – CEO, Ten Years’ Time: funding racial justice and social change, systemic challenges, new funders and changemakers.

Emma Beeston – Philanthropy Advisor: philanthropy advice, impact measurement, choosing charities to support, funding trends.

Rhodri Davies – Director, Why Philanthropy Matters: philanthropy, impact and effectiveness, tech trends.

Sufina Ahmad MBE – Director, John Ellerman Foundation: philanthropy, grantmaking, leadership, governance, strategy.

Chris Sherwood – CEO, RSPCA: innovation, service improvement, governance, strategy, professional development.

Paul Irwin – Founder, TryLife: youth work, interactive digital films, gaining 7m Facebook followers, mental health therapies.

Ed Archer – Head of Service Design and Delivery, Toynbee Hall: co-production, shifting power, diversity and inclusion.

Paul Nott – Charity recruitment and retention specialist: staff recruitment and retention, professional development.

Amanda Batten – CEO, Contact: strategy, campaigning, collaboration, leadership.

Dee Brecker – Deputy Director of high value fundraising, Guys and St Thomas’ Charity: fundraising, diversity, inclusion, networking, strategy.

Mark Lever OBE – CEO, Helpforce: leadership, campaigning, service failure, social enterprise.