I heard today the very sad news that Guy Stringer had died at the beginning of the month. Guy joined Oxfam in 1969 in the specially created post of commercial director where he was responsible for the development of Oxfam’s shops and was involved in…

I’ve just come across another ad that shows us how to do it. Produced by Dr. Barnardo’s Homes (or simply Barnardo’s as they are now) in 1931, it has a huge amount that today’s fundraisers could learn from. It shows a single child who was…

When I was Head of Fundraising at YMCA England, I had a copy of this ad on my wall. You'll see from the header that it appeared in Punch in the middle of the First World War (the 93rd anniversary of its publication was last Monday)….