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Mar 26
2 min

What’s the difference between Community Fundraising and Public Fundraising?

What's the difference between Community Fundraising and Public Fundraising? A brilliant question that I'm happy to answer!

289 views

Sarah Goddard

Jan 7
3 min

Fundraising during Lockdown...III

Your supporters still want to support you. This is the time when many people will look outward and see what they can do to support others.

200 views

Sarah Goddard

Dec 6, 2020
4 min

Lessons learnt from Lockdown

During Lockdown, I took on an interim role as Head of Fundraising. Here are some learnings from my team that I hope will help you in 2021.

139 views

Sarah Goddard

Nov 27, 2020
2 min

Missing the office?

Signing up to the Virtual Office was a no-brainer. The daily power-hour alone to 'get shit done' has made me more productive!

150 views

Sarah Goddard

Mar 17, 2020
2 min

The REAL working from home tips

This is a very tongue in cheek blog post. There's a lot of excellent working from home advice...this is aiming to tell you how it really is

206 views

Stay strong - the fundraising community pulls together

Sarah Goddard

Mar 13, 2020
3 min

Stay strong - the fundraising community pulls together

Our sector is amazing. We're a wide spread team of superheroes, working to change the world and looking after each other in times of crisis.

840 views

Sarah Goddard

Mar 4, 2020
4 min

How I fell into fundraising

Not everyone went to Uni. I got into fundraising thanks to my love of acting, and being resilient enough to start in face to face.

207 views

Fundraising - it's all in the art of storytelling

Sarah Goddard

Aug 13, 2019
3 min

Fundraising - it's all in the art of storytelling

My face to face days taught me about storytelling in fundraising. I share the top things I learnt (and why we need to stop insulting F2F)

27 views

Sarah Goddard

Aug 5, 2019
1 min

Guest host on Simon Scriver's podcast

The IoF Community SIG share our thoughts on 'Being your authentic self' and 'The power of community fundraising'.

18 views

Sarah Goddard

Aug 1, 2019
5 min

An ode to my fundraising squad

Your fundraising tribe are your go to people. The people who understand fundraising is hard. Shoutout to my tribe, and top tips for yours.

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