After four years at No.14 it was time to move on, and when it came to finding a new space to carry out our charming charity creative, we had just three provisos: More space, more light, and more colour. Our (…)

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Whitewater wins pan-European website – Agency beats Obama campaign digital agency to win ECFR website The European Council on Foreign Relations has appointed integrated agency Whitewater following a competitive four-way pitch. Whitewater succeeds incumbent agency Blue State Digital which is (…)

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I recently came across a fantastic not-for-profit scheme called Tickets for Troops which launched in August 2009. Under the scheme, military personnel including veterans who have been medically discharged since 2001 are able to enter a ballot for free entry (…)

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Using the web to search for my charities I selected an animal adoption charity and Asthma UK. The initial response from my animal charity was very impressive. Within a week I received a thank you pack containing an adoption certificate, (…)

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I thought I’d introduce you, today, to one of Britain’s newest charities: SolarAid. SolarAid will be officially launched in the UK in a few weeks time. Their dream is that the world’s poor will have universal access to clean, renewable (…)

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We’ve just announced, through this ad in Professional Fundraising magazine, a new programme of free seminars here at our offices. They are open to fundraisers from any department at any charity – Chief Execs and Finance Directors will find them (…)

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Remarkable fact number one: The Baby Boomers, people born between 1946 and 1964, own 70% of the UK’s wealth. Remarkable prediction number one: In 20 years’ time, they could own 85 – 90% of all disposable income in the UK… (…)

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Just before Christmas 2006, everyone who works here was given £100 to give to charity and asked to track ‘What Happened Next?’. It’s pretty depressing to clock up the numbers of how many of us haven’t received so much as (…)

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