Good Charity Bad Charity
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Good Charity Bad Charity
Covering the current talking points in the UK charity sector. Keith Davis, Camilla McGibbon and David Prest shake their tin at the giving business, and ask searching questions of those at the top.
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34: A tool to help fundraise in a much more efficient and effective way – Veronica Bamford-Deane, Managing Director, Work for Good
The GCBC team consider the challenging world of fundraising and find out about how charities can use digital technology to link up with businesses whi...

33: We can get to young people in a way that businesses can't – Paul Evans, CEO, Leadership Through Sport & Business
There’s a sporty theme to this latest podcast as the GCBC team are joined by Paul Evans, the CEO of Leadership Through Sport & Business. Paul explain...
32: Our Role is to Inject Hunger Back into the Discussion – Alysa Remtulla, Head of Policy and Campaigns, Magic Breakfast
Founded 20 years ago, Magic Breakfast provides healthy school breakfasts to children at risk of hunger in disadvantaged areas of the UK, working with...
31: I Wish They Would Listen – Steph Harland, CEO, Age UK
The GCBC team are joined by Steph Harland, CEO of Age UK. Steph explains the steps taken by the national charity and local Age UK branches to support...
30: A Juggernaut Comes Along and People Get Missed – Mike Adamson, CEO, British Red Cross
The GCBC team are joined by Mike Adamson, CEO of the British Red Cross. Mike discusses the charity's role in responding to Covid, how he's planning to...
29: If we trust communities and work with them, we’ll get the best possible outcome – Matt Leach, CEO Local Trust, and Sandi Phillips, Chair, Elthorne Pride
The GCBC team are joined by Matt Leach, CEO of Local Trust, which delivers Big Local: a 15-year programme which distributes £1.15m of funding to 150 n...
28: From equality towards social justice – Fozia Irfan OBE, Director of Children and Young People, BBC Children in Need
The GCBC team are joined by Fozia Irfan OBE, who started her new job as Director of Children and Young People at BBC Children in Need in October 2020...
27: These last months have shown that schools and teachers are on the frontlines – Catherine Roche, Chief Executive, Place2Be
The GCBC team are joined by Catherine Roche, Chief Executive of Place2Be, the UK's leading school-based mental health charity.
26: Covid has exacerbated and thrown light on inequalities - Dr Wanda Wyporska, Executive Director, The Equality Trust
The GCBC team are joined by Dr Wanda Wyporska, Executive Director of The Equality Trust, which works to improve quality of life in the UK by reducing...
25: We have 300 Muslim response groups across the country just for Covid – Fadi Itani, CEO, Muslim Charities Forum
We have 300 Muslim response groups across the country just for Covid – Fadi Itani, CEO, Muslim Charities Forum
24: We’ve achieved more by working across traditional boundaries in the past 5 months, than in the previous 5 years combined – Mike Wilson, Executive Director, Pembroke House
The GCBC team are joined by Mike Wilson, Chief Executive of Pembroke House. Founded in 1885 by students from Pembroke College, Cambridge, Pembroke Hou...
23: Charities aren’t always the good guys, and I want to rectify that – Gabby Edlin, Founder, Bloody Good Period
The team are joined by Gabby Edlin, who founded the charity Bloody Good Period in 2016. The organisation aims to supply period products to those who c...
22: This government has to be shamed into re-engaging – Stephen Hale, Chief Executive, Refugee Action
The GCBC team are joined by Stephen Hale, Chief Executive of Refugee Action - one of the UK’s leading charities supporting refugees and asylum seekers...
21: Danny Kruger MP – We need the whole of government to think about civil society not as the cleaners that come in after the mess has been made, but as the central agency of our society
We need the whole of government to think about civil society not as the cleaners that come in after the mess has been made, but as the central agency...
20: For the first time in its history, Childline is not open 24/7 – Dame Esther Rantzen, Founder, Childline and The Silver Line
In the final episode of this series, Keith, Camilla, and David are joined by one of the charity sector’s most famous faces: Dame Esther Rantzen. In 19...
19: The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries anywhere in the world – Craig Bennett, Chief Executive, The Wildlife Trusts
Keith, Camilla and David are joined by Craig Bennett, who started his new job as CEO of the Wildlife Trusts just as lockdown began. Craig explains wha...
18: We raised over £100m in six weeks – Ellie Orton, CEO, NHS Charities Together
As Captain Sir Tom Moore receives his knighthood from the Queen, the Good Charity Bad Charity team hear from the head of the charity he raised £33 mil...
17: The desire for connection and the liveness of what we provide is what’s being missed – Aidan Lang, General Director, Welsh National Opera
Aidan Lang tells the Good Charity Bad Charity team that running a world beating opera company is a challenge at the best of times, but surviving the e...
16: We're Seeing Reverse Darwinism; organisations which were the strongest a year ago are now the most challenged – Paul Streets, Chief Executive, Lloyds Bank Foundation
The GCBC team are joined by Paul Streets, Chief Executive of the Lloyds Bank Foundation, to discuss how his organisation is responding to the challeng...
15: Charities are making tough decisions about who to furlough, who to let go, but this will be a marathon – Alex Skailes, Cass Centre for Charity Effectiveness
Keith, Camilla and David reflect on the dramatic impact that Covid 19 is having on the charity sector. The GCBC team are joined by Alex Skailes from t...
14: We have children suffering from severe mental illness who don’t get treatment for months – Sean Duggan, Chief Executive, NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network
Keith, Camilla and David discuss the lengths they’d go to in order to raise money for charity, before talking to Sean Duggan, Chief Executive of the N...
13: What's right for one organisation would be completely wrong for another – Alex Skailes, Director at the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Cass Business School
Keith, Camilla and David are joined by Alex Skailes, Director at Cass Business School’s Centre for Charity Effectiveness. Alex talks about her experie...
11: There’s Actually a Lot of Money Out There – Debra Allcock Tyler, Chief Executive of the Directory of Social Change
Keith, Camilla and David debate the thorny issue of when it’s right for a charity to turn down funding from a big corporation. And Debra Allcock Tyler...
12: They've Let this Working-Class Kid from Corby become the Chief Exec – Chris Sherwood, RSPCA
Keith, Camilla and David talk to the RSPCA's Chief Executive Chris Sherwood about how he plans to move the organisation forward and his response to al...
10: With £600 million to distribute, it's a very big juggernaut! Dawn Austwick, Chief Executive of the National Lottery Community Fund
We're back for a second series of fascinating conversations with people in the charity sector.
In this episode, Keith, Cami...
9: From Lads Spinning Records to Life-Changing Radio – Phil Maguire, Chief Executive of the Prison Radio Association
Keith, Camilla and David reminisce about their favourite childhood sitcoms, which leads them serendipitously onto today's interview. In the hot seat i...
8: How Charities Can Survive Brexit. Caron Bradshaw, Chief Executive, Charity Finance Group
Caron Bradshaw, Chief Executive of the Charity Finance Group (CFG) joins Keith, Camilla and David for a special episode about all things finance, incl...
6: Thinking Outside the Box, Not Standing Outside the Tent. Kai Adams, Green Park
What qualities are needed to lead a charity? Keith, Camilla and David are joined by Kai Adams of the recruitment firm Green Park to get some answers....
7: My Job is to be Neither Friend nor Foe to the Charity Sector – Helen Stephenson, CEO of the Charity Commission
Should charities pay to be regulated? That’s one of the proposals being mooted by our special guest Helen Stephenson, CEO of the Charity Commission, w...
5: Charities Should Be the Opposite of Mean. Helen Rice, Chief Executive of Advising Communities
Keith, Camilla and David debate how the charity sector fares when it comes to gender equality. Helen Rice, CEO of Advising Communities, explains why s...
3: Maverick and Passionate Women. Sue Tibballs, Sheila McKechnie Foundation.
Camilla’s spent some time inside – which has opened up all sorts of questions about which charitable projects are worth funding. This week, our trio a...
4: How I Set a Swarm of Mosquitoes on David Beckham. James Whiting, Malaria No More.
Keith, Camilla and David ask whether the recent Royal Wedding is going to herald a new era for Britain’s charity’s sector, and fresh from organising a...
2: Profit from Poverty? Social Entrepreneur Iqbal Wahhab
Keith, Camilla and David assess the Oxfam fall-out, and are joined by Iqbal Wahhab, restaurateur and author of "Charity Sucks", to talk about his hard...
1: What Are We Doing Here? Introducing a new podcast for the charity sector
The "Coming Soon" Episode in which Keith Davis, Camilla McGibbon and David Prest discuss their new podcast series, Good Charity Bad Charity. They outl...