Are we doing a good job? This is the single most important question a charity, or any other organisation, can ask itself.

Leading charity Law firm Stone King have been spearheading a debate as to what trustees should be considering when assessing how to fundraise.

New research on public attitudes to charity marketing, complaints and the fundraising preference service shows:

This report looks at the key trends in how the public engage with politics and how they perceive charity engagement with the political process. It draws on nfpSynergy’s research with a range of audiences, including the general public, MPs and journalists.

The charity sector has had 12 months unlike any other it has ever seen. We have been under the spotlight in the eyes of the media, public and politicians more than ever before, and rarely for the right reasons. The response of the sector has been varied, and largely ineffective.

The new report – Challenging Cuts – Investigating the response of charities to frontline service cuts – has three main sections which have the following key points.

Part 1: The effect of government spending cuts

We would like to thank our clients and partners for inspiring us to keep researching the topical issues in the sector.

• Two thirds of MPs think that we need tighter regulation of charity fundraising
• Conservative MPs are particularly unimpressed with how the sector has responded to recent media coverage and are less likely to support charity campaigns in parliament
• 71% of the general publ

There is little doubt that digital technology has transformed the lives of people in the UK.