An update from me…I will be leaving Sightsavers on 30 November 2014. I've greatly enjoyed working at this organisation and very proud of all that we have achieved together. In particular the new million Miracles campaign is really exciting. Sightsavers is a great organisation with a tremendous cause and a fabulous fundraising proposition. I'm sure … Continue reading New challenges
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Disasters and fundraising
The news that the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) have launched an appeal for the Ebola crisis in West Africa is probably causing quite a bit of mixed feelings for fundraisers in the UK. Of course we all support our colleagues in the DEC in their efforts to raise as much money as possible to help … Continue reading Disasters and fundraising
Aiming high is never a mistake
You know that moment when, in a fit of enthusiasm you've agreed to do something and then the full enormity of what you've committed yourself to dawns. I had this when earlier this year, Peter Muffet challenged me to do a Lands End to John O' Groats bike ride. He later told me he was … Continue reading Aiming high is never a mistake
So we’re quite proud of this
Big appeals and scary targets
Today Sightsavers launches our biggest ever appeal. A Million Miracles is our campaign to raise $50m (£30m) to fund 1 million sight restoring operations by 2018. To make a million people see again. This is big, scary stuff. All fundraising is about risk but we've really gone for it. The appeal Has the biggest target … Continue reading Big appeals and scary targets
Mad challenges and ludicrous targets
As anybody who has had to endure my constant wittering on about it can tell you, I've just completed the most extreme fundraising challenge of my life. With my friend Peter Muffet and 800 other misguided souls I cycled from Lands End to John o'Groats in 9 days. (The length of what at the time … Continue reading Mad challenges and ludicrous targets
Up close and personal in Uganda
I've always been rather squeamish, particularly about anything to do with eyes and have always hated hospitals. So working for an eye health NGO was maybe not the most obvious career choice. And to do it twice verges on the really quite strange. But having decided to go back to Sightsavers, there would come the … Continue reading Up close and personal in Uganda
Fundraising Fundamentals 