We need more shared bonding
You are thrown together with people you’ve not met before. Away from home, bonded in a common purpose. New and hopeful but a wee bit scared. Then you dive in […]
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How to hold your own state funeral
The national funeral of Baroness Thatcher (whatever your view) – a spectacular experience of remembrance, theatre and private reflection. Planned with the complicated combination of state protocol and private wishes, […]
Two brand TV Ads…how do they get it so right?…
Take a long hard look at this new John Lewis TV ad for christmas 2011 and this ad for Thomson Holidays…what can you learn..? These sum up insight, brand values, […]
Where were you when….
There are some events that bind us all together. The assassination of JFK, the landing on the moon, the death of Diana and the one event that changed this century […]
You can’t take it with you…but you still need to talk…
The final episode of a quality TV programme about making wills marks a welcome contribution to a difficult subject by the BBC. And doesn’t it show the need for families […]
Local heroes rule ok…
The New Years honours have come and gone…and they are full of local heroes. Here’s my tribute to some of mine…hope it cheers you up and helps you keep your […]
To wait and wonder…
Endless love was found in a shoebox at a charity shop this week. The agonising letters of lost love, written during the war shine a light on how times have […]
Sometimes you don’t know the value of what’s in front of you….
Imagine that pretty, old, but not unremarkable object sat in the corner. I don’t mean your gran….I mean the 18th century ming vase worth £53 million that you didn’t know […]
Legacies are a conversation – not a hard sell…
‘Feet on the ground – soul in the sky’ said Virginia McKenna at the beginning of Remember a Charity’s awareness week. A perfect description of the yin and yang of […]
Our new TV and digital legacy campaign…
There’s a prize under our noses. A new generation ready for a new approach. Legacy fundraising is at a crossroads. It can go two ways. The first is to do […]