Understanding system capacity Nov 2021 Our next practice sharing session for Lasting Difference partners and symbol holders will take place online on 3rd November. The theme will be system capacity,…
Save the date – system capacity
Autumn Masterclasses: new look, new content, #NeverMoreNeeded
We’ve updated our core Lasting Difference workshops, packaging them into three online masterclasses. They’re about supporting charities and social enterprises to survive and be sustainable in a post-pandemic world, so…
Online facilitation
“We were a little nervous about undertaking such an important piece of work ‘remotely’…” Now that we’re all experts with Zoom, Teams, Skype etc, surely we don’t need facilitated sessions?…
Inspiring leadership
Last month we took another 16 inspiring leaders away for our biennial leadership retreat. As with the 2015 event, the guests were mostly from the not-for-profit sectors, but with diverse…
Sustaining your interest
It’s been a busy few months for our work on sustainable organisations and impact. We’ve delivered ‘Lasting Difference’ workshops to more than 250 people already this year and given conference…
Review of 2016 – Part Two: Programmes
Partnership programmes are one of the most satisfying and cost-effective ways we can make a lasting difference to charities. This year (unsurprisingly!) the theme uniting all of our main programmes…
Review of 2016 – Part One: Carers
One of the main themes from 2016 was our work with carers’ organisations. In previous years we’ve written consultation and evaluation toolkits, helped put together a national eligibility framework and…
Taking time for development
When we’re all under increasing pressure to do more with less, who has the time to think? When we’re stressed – and stretched – it’s also tempting to think that,…
We’re on to something special!
We launched our organisational sustainability toolkit (‘A Lasting Difference‘) at the Gathering yesterday to a large and enthusiastic group of third sector organisations, funders and supporters. Around 95 people came…
Gathering bookings for Sustainability event
UPDATE – We’ve now filled all 100 places for the special Sustainability workshop at this year’s Gathering. Clearly an idea whose time has come! If you can’t join us on…