Author Archive:
Fiona Halton
Why we need to keep donors at the heart of the giving journey
A good friend told me a story. She and her other two siblings had each been given a rather large sum in trust and were able to choose which charity to give it to. The …
AVPN Conference 2014 – Strategic skills volunteering.
On the last full day of the AVPN Conference Naina Subberwal, the new Chief Executive of AVPN, announced that 392 people had attended the Conference from 244 organisations in 29 countries. The sheer breadth of …
Pilotlight: New award supports charities across North East
For over half a century the Garfield Weston Foundation has been donating money to charities across the UK, indeed last year it gave away nearly £50 million. But recently its director, Philippa Charles, revealed that …
Why bother with strategic volunteering? Reflections from the AVPN Road Show
I can still visualize the flight path described in one of the first slides the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network showed at the different roundtables and workshops that I was speaking at. It snaked down from …
Investment of human capital: the gift that keeps giving
A £9 billion investment made for a triumphant Olympics last year. Yet how much did it really touch the poorest in the Olympic boroughs? A year or so on from the Olympics, and I’m visiting …
Investment of human capital: the gift that keeps giving
A £9 billion investment made for a triumphant Olympics last year. Yet how much did it really touch the poorest in the Olympic boroughs? A year on from the Olympics, and I’m visiting the charity …
Engaging young people in philanthropy benefits both sides
This May, I witnessed a team of six banker graduates stand shoulder-to-shoulder on a city stage with ‘Beef’, a community worker from Prospex, a small charity working with young people in the deprived Caledonian Road …
Impact measurement – what charities and donors need to do
When we interview people wanting to give skills to charities, they often mention a particular cause that has touched their lives in some way: the entrepreneur whose sister died of cancer, the chief executive who …
Why ‘getting your hands dirty’ can lead to more effective philanthropy
As we start 2013 the media is full of the usual articles about making life-changing decisions or finally tackling that project you’ve always put off. It’s prompted me to reflect on the last ten years …
Connecting corporates and communities for lasting Olympic legacy
So, the Olympics is over and as the euphoria subsides many are rightly questioning the legacy of these Games. The Olympic sponsors paid tens of millions to be associated with the Olympics. The ‘Greatest Show …
