The events of the past year have brought mental health to the forefront of national conversation. This week's blog shares some of our research around mental health, and speculates on what the future of mental health causes might look like in the UK.

Our blog this week from Co Managing Director Cian Murphy asks - what has gone wrong for overseas charities? While it would be easy to simply say that Britain is becoming more insular, the blog explores why the story is more nuanced than that. We include three simple suggestions to help charities working in this area on their journey.

In this week’s blog, Tapinder Sidhu shares how, through our 2020 Charity Parliamentary Monitor and 2020 Wales, Scotland and NI Charity Parliamentary Monitor, we discovered the Black Lives Matter campaign was one of the most divisive of any campaign or movement we have tested in our research in recent years (particularly in Westminster). Tapinder also discusses warmer support and receptiveness to BLM in Scotland and Wales and what this could mean for charities.  

We've released two reports looking at all things to do with charity lotteries. In this blog, we summarise some key findings from this research, undertaken on behalf of the Lotteries Council.

There has been considerable change in the lottery sector over the last decade, with various reforms to the sector and strong growth among large Charity Lotteries. Whilst seeing strong overall growth, the National Lottery has seen some dips in its sales and returns made to good causes. Various consultations and inquiries have discussed potential explanations for this, including, changes in the mechanisms of ticket prices, the odds of winning, and the possibility that competition from Charity Lotteries may be a threat to the National Lottery.

With over 20 years since power was devolved to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, it’s a good time to find out how well charities have adapted their structures, strategies and staffing to respond to devolution. Take our quiz and read, about the pros and cons of devolution for your charity.

Loneliness is at the forefront of the public’s mind when they think about old age; but loneliness is not limited to older people. Our blog explores the impact of Covid-19 on older people charities, with a focus on how the issue of loneliness can be leveraged.

Over the last week we continued our series of polls to understand the public response to the pandemic and how it is impacting on charities. In this week's blog Cian reflects on some of the latest trends across the charity sector.

The Lotteries Council commissioned nfpSynergy to write an independent report looking into the issues around problem gambling and responsible play. Here it is!

There is a lot of talk about diversity in the charity sector and wider society. In this week's blog Joe Saxton looks at the importance of diversity in changing all aspects of society, as well as the impetus on organisations to embrace the cultural changes and management challenges that come with greater diversity.