CharityChat

How does one charity feed 2,000,000 people for free each day? We speak to International Director and co-Founder of Food for Life Global, Paul Turner, to find out this and more.

What have we learnt from the past 100 shows of Charity Chat? What does the world need charities to be chatting about now? How can charities affect societal change and what place does the charity sector have in progressive thinking and real change? Charity Chat producers, Usman Mughal, Vicky Luk, and Samuel Davies discuss this and more.

How should charities be supporting staff with mental illness? How can charities support mental health? What can charities do to support staff who are coming back to work after time off? Answering this and more is friend of the show James Lindsay.

How should we be mentoring and supporting young people? How can marginalised groups be empowered to overcome challenges and make a fairer world? In this episode Sayce Holmes-Lewis, CEO of Mentivity, speaks about this and more.

How can we develop a new generation of philanthropists to support the vital work to make a better world for all? In this episode we speak with Nicolette Wolf about how BeMore is going about doing this. We speak about themes of philanthropy, due diligence and finding ways of supporting charities now and in the future.

What makes a good leader and who can lead? In this episode we speak to Carla Miller about leadership, how it can be learned and developed, and why now is the time for charities to focus on leadership in their organisations.

How have charity events been impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic and how can charities? What does the future hold for charity events and what can charities do now to organise fantastic events for their supporters to help them raise funds for their cause? In this episode we speak to Jane Curtis to find out.

What do we mean by Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)? And why is now the time to ensure that charities spend time on ensuring that they implement the right practices to create equitable, diverse and inclusive workplaces? Find out all this and more in this conversation between Charity Chat's Usman Mughal, and Action for Children's Head of Inclusion, Siobhan Corria.

Why is video so important for charities and what can every charity do to create compelling videos, even without a budget? In this episode we speak to Content Manager and video and digital storytelling expert, Hannah Kaplan, about this and more.

How do you make a culture change and why is this important in order to develop a charity and do more for the beneficiaries of a charity? In this episode we speak to Anne Hughes about making a culture change, leadership, and ensuring that charities are well placed to support those they exist to support.

How is the Coronavirus changing the remit of the Charity Sector? How has the remit of Charity changed in the past and what might the future hold for the evolving relationship between The State and Charity? In this episode we speak to Andrew Purkis OBE about this and more.

Furloughing during the coronavirus crisis has meant that thousands of charity workers are not able to work or volunteer for their charity. In this episode we speak to Emma Russ about her experience of being furloughed, and how she's contending with it.

In this episode we find out from Emma Turner, Director of the Philanthropy Service at Barclays Private Bank, as well as Cath Dovey co-founder of the Beacon Collaborative, and Adam Bryan, Director of Partnerships and Innovation at the Institute of Fundraising, about some of the barriers to major donor philanthropy and how charities can build effective partnerships with major donors.

How should charity senior managers and CEO's be communicating with their board of trustees? How is the COVID-19 crisis affecting the need for clear communication? In this episode we speak to CEO and trustee, Debra Allcock Tyler about all this and more.

How is COVID-19 affecting BAME Communities? What role does the charity sector have in supporting these communities now and in the future and how should this be reflected by leadership within the Charity Sector? In this episode we speak to Ayesha Gardiner and Kadra Abdinasir about this and more.

Why is a charity's communications so vital, and what can charities do to deliver successful comms both internally and externally? In this episode we speak Adeela Warley about this and more.

How can video messaging make a difference to a charity, their supporters, and the people they seek to help? In this episode we speak to Papa Bear at Bonjoro, Matt Barnett, to find out how video messaging is being used as a tool for good.

In this week's episode we speak to Nick Burne about how charities can and should be approaching virtual events on Facebook to support their fundraisers to maximise their giving. We then talk to Giles Pegram CBE about what charities can be doing to engage with their supporters to ensure that they have the best experience possible and what impact this will have on their cause during this difficult t...

How should fundraisers approach trust fundraising? What does a successful trust relationship look like? In this episode we speak to Andy Watts, Head of Trusts at Sue Ryder about this and more.

What is the current impact of the coronavirus on charities in the UK and what help and support is there for them? In this episode we speak to Institute of Fundraising's Daniel Fluskey about this and more.

What can charities do in light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic, in order to survive, thrive, and deliver for their beneficiaries? In this episode we speak to Alana Jackman to find out her view.

What is the Charity So White campaign? How do we seek out and confront institutional racism in the charity sector? In this episode we speak with Jonathan Cornejo and Camille St-Omer Donaldson about this and more.

What is the Donor Experience and why is it important that charities understand and embrace it? We ask this and more in our conversation with highly acclaimed fundraiser and consultant Giles Pegram CBE.

Why are washing machines so vitally important in international development efforts? Navjot Sawhney, Founder of The Washing Machine Project, speaks to Usman Mughal about his professional engineering career and how he is using his experience to find ways to improve peoples' lives around the world.

How do fundraisers raise money for the causes they love through playing online games? In this episode Andrew Berry helps to answer that question, as well as how charities can best support this growing fundraising channel.