Charities and not-for-profit Archive

News4 May 2018

Further launches diversity research division

Insight company Further has launched Versiti, a specialist research division focused on diversity and equality.

Feature26 April 2018

Effecting change

Jane Bainbridge

As CEO of Girl Effect, the NGO aiming to empower girls to change their lives, Farah Ramzan Golant’s role has changed considerably since her creative media days. 

Feature21 March 2018

Insight into charity campaigning

Oxfam has led the way in raising money for, and awareness of, humanitarian problems for more than 70 years, but as competition for the charity pound increases, so too does the need for insight and evidence.

News18 January 2018

Cambodian student awarded scholarship by ESOMAR, WIRe and Unilever

A partnership between Women in Research (WIRe), the ESOMAR Foundation and Unilever has awarded a scholarship to Cambodian student Esther Tot.

Feature29 November 2017

Evidence in action

Robert Langkjaer-Bain

The NSPCC’s Kate Stanley explains why establishing measurable targets is key to the charity’s work.

Feature20 November 2017

Hearts and minds

Jane Simms

Simon Gillespie, chief executive of the British Heart Foundation, is keen to move past ‘finger-wagging’ approaches and towards building positive engagement with stakeholders. 

Feature6 October 2017

Transformation through insight

Ray Poynter

Driving Transformation Through Insight is a new event in the MRS calendar of one-day conferences. It brought together clients including eBay, Cancer Research UK, PepsiCo and SuperDry to talk about how research had helped with innovation.

Feature30 August 2017

BE360: becoming a more giving society

Crawford Hollingworth

Insights from behavioural science, including that we are more generous when we are more aware of what others have given, could be used to boost charitable donations. 

Opinion21 August 2017

Research for passion, not profit

Jack Miles

A lack of budget doesn't mean an interesting project should pass you by; being smart with resources and client involvement could make it viable. 

News28 July 2017

Sport England creates online evaluation framework

The organisation, which aims to increase the number of people doing sport and activity across England, has created the framework in response to a new government sport funding strategy.