Do More Good podcast

"Football clubs are born from the community in which they are based" We’ve made a strong start to our sixth season, speaking with CEO of the Liverpool FC Foundation, Matt Parish. He keeps possession for the longest answer in Do More Good history as he entertains the boys with his tale from South London PE Teacher to Community Champion for one of the best-known brands in the world. We hear about ho...

"Aged fourteen I was selected to play for England" The boys impress this week’s guest with tales of their sporting prowess before Junior talks about how his career as a professional footballer with Tottenham and England sparked a passion to help transform the lives of young children faced with adversity growing up as he did. There are the confessions of a class clown, developing resilience and imp...

"Making a dent in the universe" James’ ninth meeting of the day turned out to be the best as the boys sat down with Charmaine Griffiths, that’s Dr Charmaine Griffiths - CEO of the British Heart Foundation. We talk about going back to your old company, returning your leaving present and getting down to the business of steering an organisation through the biggest global crisis in modern times. There...

" I knew nothing about business. Nothing." We spent International Women’s day chatting with Jane Binnion - founder of The Growing Club, published author and saviour to a particularly badly behaved goldfish. Jane supports women through a not-for-profit organisation that provides an extensive range of skills training and opportunities, using a creative and alternative peer support model. We talk abo...

"Brands are making it a lot easier to do good." It’s a longer Spotlight episode to usual but when the content is this good, you’ll understand why. Amy Hutchings joins us from Open to talk about Purpose-Led Brands and how they are disrupting the third sector. We’re talking about brands who do it well, making a real difference to the world through your weekly shop, and whether that is a bad thing. T...

"If you want to start something, you have to love it" We’re joined this week by Chester Mojay-Sinclaire, the CEO of Enthuse, to talk to us about how we describe charities and the importance of investment. The show always starts with our guests formative years and this week has a great intro with naughty schoolboys, world trips and competition wins. After that we’re on to the challenges we put char...

"We've tried to be as sticky as possible" This week we’re joined by Jon and Sophie from the BLF, a social enterprise aiming to increase black representation in physics. We talked about how identifying is about more than how you look, the importance of role models and how you can’t replicate experience. There’s also nostalgia for the Encyclopedia Britannica, sea shanties and keeping it GCSE level s...

“Just do it. stop overthinking it.“ After a winter hibernation we return with an episode about jumping in at the deep end. We chat to Jenni Anderson, the former Director at Invictus Games, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and Haven House and future consultant to the sector about taking the plunge during a pandemic. We talk about the motivation of a big birthday, unfulfilled dreams of musical theatre and...

With February rushing by we thought we'd have a quick catch up on plans for the year. Plus why you may have a missed call from Kenneth, how to get a free Big Mac and an invitation for any social media supremoes out there to join the gang. --- You can find us on www.domoregood.uk or follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Get in touch if you'd like to feature or star on the show. It goes without saying...

“I'm more excited than ever about the sector” We spoke with Keith Williams about how he's spent his career trying to make an impact through tech - most recently at Fundraisin and JustGiving. We discussed how we've embraced digital in the past few months and how it might continue to transform the sector. There's a call for a donation revolution, consumer behaviour, connectivity and the rise of virt...

“The love bit of ‘give a little love’ is so important“ It’s part two of our Christmas Special. You can tell because Kenneth has his Christmas Jumper on. Following our conversation with John Lewis, we spoke with Lindsay and Peter - the CEOs of FareShare and Home-Start - for their side of the story. They tell us about their year, keeping the partnership a secret and how they were a little feistier t...

“My family said we need to stop - but do we?” We spoke to Rebecca, the brains behind Pamperaid. The family-run project to reward NHS staff at her local hospital in Sidcup with boxes of treats which caught the imagination and ended up supplying them nationwide instead. She tells us how she roped in the family, turned her street into a bubble bath and why her Dad’s office now smells of lavender. We...

“One of my passions is people - the potential of people“ We have a very special Christmas Special for you. Delivered in two parts, our first is with Peter Cross, the Director of Customer Experience at John Lewis and Waitrose - the man behind the John Lewis Christmas advert and the pitch-perfect ‘Give a Little Love’ campaign. Peter tells us all about the importance of the High Street to a community...

“it's not over anywhere until it's over everywhere” Spotlight returns with a conversation on how the pandemic has affected the world's poorest. We talk to Jo Ashbridge from AzuKo about how she fell in love with architecture from a young age, though not necessarily architecture with a capital A. We hear how she applies that passion to work in Bangladesh. Plus we hear about her campaigns with the Sm...

“I don’t know when, I don’t know how, but I will repay you.“ From nights spent sleeping on the Embankment to an afternoon at Buckingham Palace, we’re delighted to share Jay Flynn’s story. We get started with his promise to repay the charity who got his life back on track. We head north to settle down and become the life and soul of the local before he receives a hundred thousand invitations to liv...

“I’ve got a ball, who wants to play?“ We're talking to Martin this week, the man with over ten million downloads to his name through his Marathon Talk show, about how to monetise good ideas when you're not motivated by piles of cash. Jimbo gives us an insight into SAS training whilst Kenneth is late to dinner, meanwhile Martin talks to us about the challenges of navigating the rough seas of 2020 a...

“you’re an expert in your own life” This week on Spotlight we’re talking to Chandy Green about life growing up with a tumour and turning it into a super-power of lived experience to help others. There’s fundraising activity, educating the students of Cambridge University and how a global pandemic is pretty much the worst thing someone with OCD can face. There’s also the embarrassment of delivering...

"An amazing man who inspired the world to give" Our chat with Ellie features three famous figures - Captain Tom, Joe Wicks and £100m. Before that we talk vertigo, the practice of ubuntu and Tom Hanks’ favourite fish and chip shop. An eclectic episode includes smuggling bibles into Romania, prompting a revolution and restructuring yourself out of an organisation. Then we get on to realising the pot...

"Tell them they lack diversity. Tell them they need you." Long-time listener, first-time interviewee, Alice joins us this week to talk about pushing for more young representation on trustee boards. At present only three in a hundred trustees are under thirty and that doesn't represent many charities or their beneficiaries. We talk about how to go about finding roles and applicants, what to expect...

“I call it my accidental business” Spotlight returns with the tale of an idea which has grown from our guest supporting her local foodbank through a three-fold increase in demand, to aiding a host of organisations who prop up communities. Hannah Sayers explains how she accidentally recruited a team of fundraisers for free and made a difference in combating inequality in the sector. The boys also r...

“It’s gotten way bigger than I thought it would“ Episode 61 features a larger than life character in Colin Burgin Plews, better known in fundraising and running circles as the Big Pink Dress. He tells us how he was a shy lad as a youngster but found a talent for running in the Navy and went on to don his iconic outfit at races from the Great North Run to the London Marathon. We hear about how he w...

“there’s a collective grief going on” Our second spotlight episode features a sadness for the sector and whether the future could involve a gig economy on fixed term shorter contracts. We’re talking about balancing short and long term objectives and how it’s tough for those left behind in teams too. We also get very excited about curtains. --- You can find us on www.domoregood.uk or follow us on T...

"If you can't be a sunshine, don't be a cloud." We're delighted to launch a new season with Alzheimer's Society CEO and the Labrador puppy of the sector, Kate Lee. We chat about a career which has included the stewardship of national charities, making huge frightening jumps, not to mention attempts to revamp data capture across the NHS. All of which has been achieved with her trademark charisma an...

“i’m a fundraiser - it’s my job to be a pioneer” We take a trip to Halifax for our first Spotlight episode to hear all about he untapped potential of the North. We’re chatting about the London-centric charity job market and whether there’s s shake-up on the horizon with more opportunities to work from home. Kenneth dials in from his private island, we discuss the location of Cardiff and wind up sa...

“It was like seven stages of grief“ Not one but three guests for you in our latest episode which features fundraisers affected by COVID-19. Whether it’s taking a step back, redundancy or the uncertain future for the sector, we’re talking about how we’re all people pleasers, job-hunting in a crowded market and the seven stages of furlough. There’s merging roles, staying in contact and banking good...