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wellbeing

Ironically it was a period of significant unwellbeing that led me to discover the concept of wellbeing

wellbeing

Back in 2017, I was recovering for brutal (but successful) treatment for Breast Cancer when I came across a Ted Talk on wellbeing by Jim Harter of Gallup. 

 

Having worked in as a Charity Senior Leaders for 10 years and as a professional fundraiser for 9 years prior to that, I was already aware of some of the positive wellbeing impacts of a career in the charity sector.  But unfortunately, I was also aware of many significant negative wellbeing impacts it has too.  I knew this was happening, but struggled with communicating just how widespread some of the challenge were.

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So, in 2019/20 I ran the UK's first piece of Fundraiser Wellbeing research, the Charity Well Research Project.  In 2020, the headline results of that survey were carried in Fundraising Magazine.

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Poor wellbeing isn't usually improved by focussing on wellbeing.  It's improved by focussing on and 'fixing' the causes of poor wellbeing

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I've spent my time between 2018 and today, creating programmes, projects and personalised consultancy work that help to address the root-causes of some of the 'unwellbeing' the research uncovered.

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Wellbeing informs, and is the desired end result, of all of the work I do.

Fundraiser Wellbeing

charity well 2025

back five years later

On January 21st 2025, I Iaunched charity well 2025 and collected responses and perspective from colleagues right across the UK Charity Sector.

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The headline findings will be carried in the June 2025 edition of Fundraising Magazine

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If you'd like to receive a copy of the full report once it's ready, plus the  thematic deep-dives, please click below

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