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4 tips for knowing and growing your numbers

Miriam Cunningham | 12 December 2016

Ask any charity CEO what their biggest challenge is and you are very likely to get ‘funding’ as the response. With increased competition for funding, having a sustainable and reliable income source can feel like more and more of an unachievable feat. 

Business mentors can enhance fundraising

15 November 2016

Having spent six years facilitating mentoring relationships between top business leaders and small charity CEOs I’ve seen how the business mentoring process can affect real change, particularly within financial sustainability.

Delegation for charity leaders

James Appleton | 14 November 2016

How to stop making excuses and start making time

It’s a lonely place, being the leader of a small charity or social enterprise – especial

Welcome Big Hearts Community Trust

21 September 2016

We are delighted to welcome Big Hearts Community Trust, a charity for families, supporting all generations within the Midlothian’s community, to th

No such thing as a small cause

Carolina Jean-Mairet | 19 September 2016

I write this with a bit of a heavy heart as this is my last week at Pilotlight. Before I leave the UK for new adventures, I wanted to reflect on and share one of the most important things I have learnt over the past few years working in the charity sector in this country.