Third Sector Podcast

Is a volunteering crisis on the way?

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Senior news reporter Russell Hargrave and editor Emily Burt are joined by Alex Farrow, director of influencing and engagement at the National Council ...

The Charity Digital Skills Report

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Editor Emily Burt talks to Zoe Amar, founder of Zoe Amar Digital, about the findings of the 2022 Charity Digital Skills Report. The annual report...

The Captain Tom Foundation

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Editor Emily Burt and senior reporter Russell Hargrave unpack the story of the Captain Tom Foundation, from record-breaking fundraising challenge to t...

Banking Challenges

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Russell chat to Dr Clare Mills, director of policy and communications at the Charity Finance Group, about the Civil Society Gro...

Jane Ide

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Emily chat to Jane Ide, the new chief executive of the charity leaders' body Acevo, about the leadership challenges ahead.And i...

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Russell are joined by Rhodri Davies, philanthropy expert in residence at the Pears Foundation, to chat about charities' relationship with ...

Grassroots fundraising

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Listen in on a fireside chat session from Third Sector's Fundraising Conference. Emily is joined by Sarah Shooter, head of development at the Theatre ...

The Cost of Living Crisis

27 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Andy talk to Angela Kail, director of consulting at the think tank NPC about how the cost of living crisis is already affecting ...

The charity sector's class problem

20 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily speak to Alan Lally-Francis, head of influencing at Acevo, about improving social mobility in the sector and encouraging charit...

A Vision for Volunteering

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Emily are joined by Maddy Desforges, chief executive of the infrastructure body Navca, to find out more about Vision for Volunt...

Bloody Good Change

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily Burt are joined by Gabby Edlin and Rachel Grocott - the founder and incoming chief executive of the period poverty charity Bl...

Martha Awojobi

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily chat to Martha Awojobi about launching an anti-racism consultancy and the BAMEOnline conference - and what the sector has achieved i...

Kate Mavor

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily chat to the chief executive of English Heritage, Kate Mavor, about turning a century-old government department into a charity, navig...

Foundations and diversity

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Russell chat to Carol Mack, the chief executive of the Association of Charitable Foundations, about two recent reports which fo...

Impact Measurement

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca chats to Russell about one of his favourite soapbox topics - impact measurement. They discuss what impact is, how charities should approach it...

Handling rejection

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Russell chat to Sarah Williams, legal director at BDB Pitmans, about what charities should consider when thinking about rejecti...

Sarah Vibert

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily chat to Sarah Vibert, the newly-appointed permanent chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. And the Goo...

Hybrid events

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Rebecca and Emily discuss how charities can run hybrid online and physical events, preserving some of the benefits of the pivot to di...

Rebranding and reinvention

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily, are joined by Julia Mazorodze of Hope and Homes for Children and Carol Flint of Ramblers to discuss rebrands - what ...

Awareness Days

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are awareness days an effective charity tool or a waste of time? This week Rebecca and Emily chat to Clare Laxton, director of communications and Infl...

The Levelling Up white paper

18 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca Cooney and Alina Martin find out more about how charities can get involved in the government's levelling up agenda. The levell...

Digital transformation with purpose

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Third Sector editor Emily Burt chats to Comic Relief's chief executive Samir Patel about how digital tools can help a charity achieve...

Trustees: Codes, conflict and cats

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily chat to the chief executive of Getting On Board, Penny Wilson about the questions thrown up by the resignation of the inte...

The Right to Protest

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily are joined by Emmanuelle Andrews, policy and campaigns manager at the human rights group Liberty.to discuss the Police, Cr...

NCVO's The Road Ahead report

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily chat to guest Alex Farrow, about the National Council for Voluntary Organisations' The Road Ahead 2022, a report which looks at the ...

What does 2022 hold for charities?

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Emily chat to philanthropy expert Rhodri Davies about what challenges and opportunities the voluntary sector should be looking ...

Third Sector's Review of 2021

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily are joined by Third Sector's news editor Andy Ricketts and senior reporter Stephen Delahunty to look back at an eventful year in cha...

News round-up 10 December 2021

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily discuss the news stories that have caught their eye over the past week, including the preferred candidate to chair the Cha...

Conspiracy theories and misinformation

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Emily discuss the impact that misinformation and conspiracy theories can have on charities. They speak to Will Moy, the chief e...

Scams and Fraud

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily discuss the broad range of fraudulent activity that affects the charity sector - and what charities can do to protect them...

The Civil Society Group

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Emily is joined by Kathy Evans, chief executive of Children England and James Watson O'Neill, chief executive of SignHealth, to talk a...

Charity Lotteries

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Emily discuss charity lotteries, which were one of the top 10 most complained-about fundraising methods last year, according to...

Two years of the National Emergencies Trust

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily chat to Mhairi Sharp, chief executive of that National Emergencies Trust, about the charity's eventful first two years in ...

Fundraising and the environment

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Emily discuss the upcoming COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, and chat about the cover article from the latest edition of Thi...

The Charity Commission and charging

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Third Sector Podcast senior reporter Stephen Delahunty and news editor Andy Ricketts discuss whether charities face having to p...

The VAWG Anti-Racism Charter

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily find out more about a charter designed to combat racism in charities dealing with violence against women and girls. They are joined ...

The Curious Case of the Missing Charity Minister

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily discuss the fact that two weeks after Baroness Barran was shuffled out of the Charities Minister job, her replacement has still not ...

Corporate partnerships

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca speaks to Manny Amadi, chief executive of C&E Advisory, about the findings of the 2021 Corporate-NGO Partnerships Barometer report. Emily and ...

The Flexible Working Group

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily hear from Becky Hewitt, Sarah Vibert and Akiko Hart about the Flexible Working Group, a panel which aims to explore how increased op...

Extinction Rebellion

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Stephen discuss the latest protests by the environmental group Extinction Rebellion, and what the implications are for the chari...

News round-up: Nowzad, Virgin Money Giving, CIoF and GDPR

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Content note: This episode does contain some discussion of sexual harassment.This week Rebecca and Emily discuss some recent charity headlines, includ...

Where there's a will, there's a way

27 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily are joined by Mathew Lagden, the chief executive of the Institute of Legacy Management, to discuss the current situation for legacy ...

After the rainy day: reserves in 2021

20 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily discuss charity reserves and hear from Caron Bradshaw, chief executive of the Charity Finance Group.Plus a good news bulle...

Volunteering during the pandemic

13 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Andy chat about what the government's Community Life Survey revealed about how volunteering changed during the pandemic. And as ...

Lonely at the top

06 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily discuss whether leaders are leaving the sector as a result of the strains of the pandemic, and chat to Martin Edwards, chi...

Cautiously optimistic? The state of the sector

30 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily take a look at how the sector is doing in the wake of the pandemic based on a number of intriguing news stories over the p...

Protecting your data

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Third Sector podcast, news editor Andy Ricketts and editor Emily Burt discuss the GDPR and the risks that data security inciden...

New hope for payroll giving?

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily discuss why payroll giving has never really taken off and a new project, WeAreGoodGiving, which aims to put it back on the...

Dealing with negative publicity

09 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Emily discuss the recent negative press coverage experienced by the RNLI and the National Trust. They chat to the National Trus...

Four Days a Week

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Emily discuss the the Directory of Social Change's move to a four day working week and speak to DSC chief executive Debra Allco...

Which is the world's most generous country?

18 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Rebecca and Emily chat about the surprising results of the CAF World Giving Index, a survey which looks at levels of generosit...

Shaping the Future with Volunteering

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Rebecca and Emily discuss The Shaping the Future with Volunteering Group, and how thanking volunteers can keep them engaged. And as e...

Income diversification post-Covid

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Rebecca and Emily listen in to a session on diversifying income streams in the age of Covid-19 from the Third Sector Fundraisi...

News round-up May 2021

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily chat about the charity sector news stories that have caught there eye in the past couple of weeks. (Episode recorded on We...

The future of telethon fundraising

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily chat about live television fundraising events and how they might need to adapt to the current media landscape.* Plus they open the l...

UK aid and development funding

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily chat about the situation for aid and development charities following the decision to merge the Department for Internationa...

The Charity Pay Study 2021

07 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Andy chat about the findings of Third Sector's Charity Pay Study, and they speak to Kristiana Wrixon, head of policy at Acevo, a...

Charities and climate change

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily discuss what charities can be doing to help in the fight against climate change.And they discuss the unusual mobile librar...

Third Sector - Episode 38

23 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, editor Emily Burt and senior reporter Stephen Delahunty explore the role of charities in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout. They discuss C...

Chairing through Covid

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily chat about the report from the Association of Chairs which found that chairs are feeling the strain of the pandemic. They also unpac...

The Restore Trust, Oxfam and the Captain Tom 100: The week in charity news

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily reflect on the past week in charity news, from the latest on the National Trust and the Brexit museum to Oxfam and the Captain Sir T...

Back to the office?

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily discuss whether and how charities will approach returning to the office when coronavirus restrictions lift later this year...

Sexual harassment in fundraising

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Content warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual harassment and assault.In this month’s bumper special episode, Rebecca and Emily are joi...

News round-up: 12 March 2021

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca and Emily discuss the charity news of the past week, including what the Spring Budget offered charities, Kevin Watkins departure as chief exec...

Slow and steady wins the race - the return of live fundraising events

05 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily look at what the roadmap for lifting coronavirus restrictions means for in-person fundraising events.Plus they chat about ...

#RightNow and the Spring Budget

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily discuss the #RightNow campaign and what the Chancellor could do to support charities in next week's Spring Budget. Plus th...

Charity, Disability and Hidden Leaders

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this month’s bumper special episode, Rebecca and Emily are joined by Zara Todd, co-author of the 'Hidden Leaders: Disability Leadership in Civil ...

#NotJustNCVO resources

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Emily discuss the resources available for those affected by the issues raised by the NCVO EDI report and #NotJustNCVO. They als...

Should trustees be paid?

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rebecca and Emily explore some of the arguments around the perennial debate in the charity sector - should trustees get remuneration for the...

Respond, recover, reset

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's bumper episode, Emily and Rebecca talk to Dr Daniel King of Nottingham Trent University and Alex Farrow of the National Council for Vo...

What does the Brexit deal mean for charities?

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca and Emily discuss some of the implications of the Brexit deal agreed on Christmas Eve 2020 for the voluntary sector. They also chat...

Workplace wellbeing in lockdown 3

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Emily and Rebecca chat about how charities can support their employees and volunteers as the UK settles into its third national lockdown. T...

Third Sector Podcast Monthly Edition: Karl Wilding

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On the monthly bumper edition of the Third Sector Podcast, features and analysis writer Rebecca Cooney and editor Emily Burt look back over the year w...

Kids Company - where are we now?

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Third Sector's second weekly podcast, features and analysis writer Rebecca Cooney and editor Emily Burt chat about the history of Kids Company...

Third Sector Podcast: What gives with Giving Tuesday?

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Third Sector Podcast has gone weekly! In the first weekly episode, Third Sector's editor Emily Burt and features and analysis writer Rebecca Coone...

Podcast # 21: Job Hunting in the Charity Sector

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month, we’re looking at job hunting in the charity sector. We’ll be talking to Joe Edmonds , commercial director at Haymarket, and Linda Grif...

Podcast #20: Facebook

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month, we look at Facebook. It's a vital fundraising tool, but can charities justify giving money to an organisation that has been criticised for...

Third Sector Podcast #19: Recession

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month we look at what impact a recession could have on the charity sector. We talk to Daniel Fluskey of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, A...

Third Sector Podcast #18: Charities and Black Lives Matter

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month we discuss how charities have responded to the Black Lives Matter movement. Emily Burt speaks to Kunle Olulode, chief executive of Voice 4 ...

Third Sector Podcast #17: Manifesto for the Future

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month, Rebecca and Emily discuss Third Sector's reader manifesto for the future, which appears in the latest edition of the magazine. Hosted on...

Third Sector Podcast #16: The Next Normal

26 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month, we listen in to a Third Sector webinar on how the non-profit sector can plan for the “new normal” following the coronavirus crisis, fe...

Third Sector Podcast #15: Coronavirus and EveryDayCounts

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month, Rebecca and Emily discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the charity sector and look at the #EveryDayCounts campaign which is ...

Third Sector Podcast #14: Online fundraising platforms

25 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month we discuss online fundraising platforms with Jo Barnett, Marcus Missen and Gerald Oppenheim. We also talk to Zoe Amar about charities' use ...

Third Sector Podcast #13: International Development

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month we discuss the international development sector with Stephanie Draper, chief executive of the development umbrella group Bond, Richard Hawk...

Third Sector Podcast #12: Festive Bonanza

13 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As 2019 comes to a close, Emily and Rebecca are joined by Third Sector's editor Andy Hillier and 'Last Word' columnist Debra Allcock Tyler to reflect ...

Third Sector Podcast #11: Election Special

26 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Rebecca speak to candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour about what their policies offer charities. Hosted on Acas...

Third Sector Podcast #10: Qualifications

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This month speak to Dr Patrick McGurk, Adrienne Sanders, Noama Chaudhry and Adarsh Ramchurn about Queen Mary University of London's new degree in soci...

Third Sector Podcast #9: CharitySoWhite

14 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This month we speak to Fatima Iftikhar and Henna Shah from the #CharitySoWhite campaign about racism and representation in the sector, Mark Flannagan ...

Third Sector Podcast #8: Leadership

08 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This month Rebecca and Emily talk to Shaks Ghosh and Vicky Browning about leadership, Rebecca interviews Ed Aspel and Liam speaks to the British Stamm...

Third Sector Podcast #7: Charity shops

05 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This month Rebecca speaks to Jason Lomas, head of portfolio development at the disability equality charity Scope, Reena Mukherji, director of the Octa...

Third Sector Podcast #6: Connecting with Gen Z

30 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This month, Third Sector's deputy editor Emily Burt talks to Amanda Chetwynd-Cowieston from the British Youth Council, the National Youth Agency’s L...

Third Sector Podcast #5: Charity Campaigning

30 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Rebecca Cooney talks to Clare Laxton, associate director for policy and influencing at the children's cancer charity Clic Sargent and...

Third Sector Podcast #4: Toxic workplaces

26 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Rebecca Cooney discusses toxic workplaces, what can be done about them and how to avoid them with Shaista Aziz, co-founder of NGO Saf...

Third Sector Podcast #3: Brexit

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Liam Kay talks to John Tizard, an independent strategic adviser, Brexit Civil Society Alliance co-ordinator Jane Thomas and Jo Cox Foundation chief ex...

Third Sector Podcast #2: Future of fundraising

29 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca Cooney discusses fundraising with Paul Amadi from British Red Cross and Victoria Smith from Shelter, plus: the role of technology in fundraisi...

Third Sector Podcast #1: Diversity in charities

19 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Eleanor Southwood from RNIB and fundraising consultant Kemar Walford join Third Sector's Rebecca Cooney to discuss if the voluntary sector is doing en...