Tag: charity

No matter your business or organisation, there’s always one constant. And that’s your customers. Or, more specifically, their loyalty. For as much as you might want to chase new donors for your charity, it’s those who have been by your side forever that mean a lot. They believe in your...

You know that running a charity isn’t as easy as some people probably think it is. You have multiple shops to oversee. Donation drives to run. Volunteers to recruit. And no matter what aspect you’re overlooking, you have to make vital choices to ensure you can increase the support you...

You can’t separate business and technology in the 21st century. It has become an essential. Which means your team needs to be equipped to handle any technology changes. But some people’s digital skills will require more work than others, meaning there’ll be some training on your horizon. Whether you’re training...

Every charity’s goal is a noble and altruistic one. They set out to help those who need it most, and ask nothing in return. When you look at it like this, it paints an inspiring picture of what humanity will do. But, unfortunately, charities are still businesses. At the end...

Data makes the world of retail go round. It’s how you offer seamless customer experiences, stay organised, improve profits, and track trends. And for the third sector, data has completely changed it. Every charity will already be capturing a lot of valuable information about sales, donors, or beneficiaries. But what’s...

For any retail business, stock control is essential. To be as profitable as possible, you need to know what stock you currently have and what your customers are buying most. And this is no different for charity retailers. Except you also have to rely on the donations of others. So...

The Great Resignation is a term that originated in Spring 2021 and has since dominated the world of work. Thanks to the unique stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic, and rising staff expectations, there’s been an upward trend of people leaving their current positions and searching for pastures new. In fact,...

Driven by the pandemic, we’ve seen a fantastic rise in charities creating a digital strategy. According to the Charity Digital Skills Report, 60% now have a digital strategy in place, which is great to see. But this also means that 40% don’t have anything, which is concerning as digital skills...

What do your charity shop volunteers get up to in their day to day? They turn up for the day, open up the shop, man the tills, organise the stock, and take donations. Maybe it’ll be a relatively quiet and peaceful day. Other times it might be hectic with people...

The dust is settling on the pandemic and lockdowns, and we can finally see where the third sector currently is. It’ll come as no surprise that this drastically changed how charities operated, but it’s only now that we can get a full view of what this means. Thanks to various...