Charity Writing Digest: sweet spots, fundamentals, and emotional journeys

This digest goes first to subscribers to our email newsletter and website. There's been so much interesting and important writing about charities over the last month. Here's a flavour of it. On diversity in the sectorThe NCVO also announced the appointment of Karl Wilding as its next Chief Executive. I liked these articles by Kirsty Weakley and Elizabeth Balgobin written in response to the news. Following the publication of Should White Men Step Aside? Ruby Bayley-Pratt wrote an excellent Twitter thread on her thoughts, and Chloe Green wrote It’s time for us to recognise the barriers that BAME people face in the charity sector. On fundraisingAs ever, there have been some great articles focusing on a range of aspects of fundraising, including Some Of The Most Important Things In #Fundraising Don’t Feel Like Fundraising by Simon Scriver, Fundraising Innovation – Finding the Sweet Spot with your entire organisation by Ellen Janssens, and Beyond the tactics: the fundamentals of delivering a positive supporter experience by Rachel Hunnybun. I also liked What does fundraising ethically even mean? by Ruby Bayley-Pratt, Three things your donation page just has to have by Matt Collins, Asking on the first meeting: good practice, or scandalously impolite? - by Shaun Horan, Understanding the emotional journey of fundraising by Dr Beth Breeze, and Lizzi Hollis put together an excellent list of fundraising reso