We conducted 24 telephone interviews with charities in the last week to find out what life is like for them and their organisations at this time. Find out what they told us.

In this week's blog we tackle the important question of our emotional responses to the climate crisis and the differences in response according to gender.

Joe Saxton gazes into his crystal ball and makes a few predictions about what the charity sector will look like in 20 years. Do you agree with his visions?

The general public largely supports charities’ campaigning, with higher support from younger people. Read more about this in our blog this week.

The season of love and understanding has always been an important time for charity appeals. But as corporates with multi-million-pound budgets also seek to capitalise on the Christmas spirit using emotional advertising, is there still room for charities?

In our latest blog, Joe Saxton takes a look into some of the reasons why looking at impact may not be the best course of action when it comes to charities assessing their effectiveness and how donors give their money.

This week's blog looks at a technique to identify the most focused and coherent messages for your organisation.

Some campaigning teams may dream of mobilising the kind of action and support we've seen for the Extinction Rebellion movement; but what is a movement, and how can campaigning charities hope to start one? Can the loose limbed and disruptive nature of movements fit in with the strictures of traditional charity models?

In this weeks blog, Rei reflects on the environmental charities, their role in the latest climate marches, and looks at the other attributes of 'ideal charities' as defined by the general public. 

As celebrity endorsement is questioned across the sector, this blog explores this complex relationship between charity and celebrity.