Free research: 2007

Summary of our report written in collaboration with the Fundraising Standards Board, looking at the public's perceptions of charity direct mail, and how charities can work with these.

This report was written in collaboration with the Fundraising Standards Board, and it looks at the public's perceptions of charity direct mail, and how charities can work with these.

This report is the conclusion of several years of work by nfpSynergy researching and understanding donors in a whole variety of guises. We hope that the report will enable charities of all sizes to think about the future and the fundraising strategies they will need to maximise income so as to meet the challenges ahead.

This report is the conclusion of several years of work by nfpSynergy researching and understanding donors in a whole variety of guises. We hope that the report will enable charities of all sizes to think about the future and the fundraising strategies they will need to maximise income so as to meet the challenges ahead.

Results from our 2007 annual survey of how charities are using the internet. The most recent edition is 2008.

Who gives to charity? An analysis of the most recent Family Expenditure Survey, which asks over 6,000 UK households about how much they give to charity, and how often. This report was updated with new charts and analysis on the 28th June 2007.

Running for the Money started out as research into the possible demand for a second marathon in London. However, as results came in, it became clear that the interest in a second London marathon was in fact part of a wider yearning for more accessible, more strategically-planned charity runs throughout the UK. We prospected for a nugget of fundraising potential and discovered a whole mine.

This is the first instalment of an annual survey carried out with Third Sector magazine. It aims to track the mood of the sector over time, on key issues such as external pressures, government initiatives, stakeholder relations and much more. Over 300 people who work in the sector replied to the survey, from a UK-wide range of different-sized organisations.

Much of the social dialogue about young people is focused on the behaviour of a minority of troubled young people. While this is understandable in some respects, there is a danger that these individuals are taken to be representative of all young people in Britain. nfpSynergy was commissioned by the Scout Association to conduct a robust research study that would help to ensure the voices of young people are included in this debate and the findings provide us with a representative view of what young people aged 13 - 18 think and feel