For Impact: The Charity Podcast

Uncovering the myths and challenges that hold UK charities back, and what we can do to overcome them. Supported by the Benefact Group and hosted by the Mary Poppins of the Charity Sector, Felicia Willow, and Chris Pitt of Benefact Group.

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Episodes

Tuesday Oct 08, 2024

Charity CEOs: Is it too tough at the top of this sector?

Tuesday Oct 08, 2024

Why charity leadership is one of the toughest gigs around – and what CEOs can do to survive.

Guests include Vic Hancock-Fell of the Fair Collective, Debra Allcock-Tyler from the Directory of Social Change, and Gareth Oughton from ACEVO's CEO in Crisis Service.

Monday Jul 15, 2024

Impact: It’s our bottom line so why is it not the focus of our funders and regulator?

Monday Jul 15, 2024

In this episode, we discuss the bottom line of our sector: impact. We talk about why impact isn’t the easiest thing to measure or be regulated on, and how this complexity feeds into funding and regulation systems that actually hold the sector back – as well as how the language we use about our own sector is undervaluing our expertise and purpose. So how can we build the trust we need in the sector as a whole to enable our experts to go out and achieve the greatest impact they can?

Friday Apr 19, 2024

Why are the media so wrong about charities?

Friday Apr 19, 2024

In this podcast we uncover why journalists and the public love an anti-charity story and highlight where they get it wrong – and why. We talk to a charity journalist, a media psychologist and an expert charity accountant crusading to transform charity financial journalism for the better to find out: why these stories are so prevalent, what can we do about them, and the negative impact they have on the sector.

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