Trustees' Week 2021
As Trustees' Week 2021 draws to a close I wanted to share some of my reflections and experiences of working with multiple organisations seeking suitable trustees. It's been a fantastic week with s...
Charity CEO celebratory networking event
We were thrilled to welcome charity CEOs to our celebratory networking event held in partnership with Sarasin & Partners last week. How lovely to meet with people in a face-to-face environmen...
Dorset Museum trustee recruitment
Following an in-depth briefing from the Chair and Executive Director of Dorset Museum, Charisma was instructed to search for five new Trustees bringing specialist experience in finance, income gene...
Sarah Clements tells us about her first 12 months
At the end of 2019 Winchester Cathedral asked for our support on finding a new Head of Human Resources to join the organisation, a search that Adam Stacey took the lead on at Charisma. The opportu...
A Successful CEO Appointment - The Royal Photographic Society
The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) is one of the world’s oldest photographic societies. With a new HQ in Bristol, and a new Royal Patron, The Duchess of Cambridge, the RPS have laid the foundatio...
Happy New Year from Charisma
Last year tested people like no other, but what great ingenuity and resilience has shone through from so many inspirational individuals to weather the storm.Adversity is a state with which those i...
Flexible working and what it means today
Flexible working has become the preferred choice for many over recent years, and particularly during 2020, either through necessity or choice. The pandemic changed attitudes and outlooks of chariti...
Creative Approaches to the Fundraising Landscape
Charity teams have adapted their creative approach to fundraising, to ensure that support continues, donors are nurtured, and services are delivered, but what does the future fundraising landscape...
HR resilience through Covid-19 and beyond
The last couple of months have been challenging for organisations on many fronts, not least the effect it has had on staffing, working arrangements and the effect on employees and teams following ...
How one fundraising team has responded to the disruption caused by Covid 19
Adam Stacey, Associate Director at Charisma has been talking to Paul Morgan, Director of Fundraising and Communication at Naomi House & Jacksplace hospices, to find out how his team have respon...
The Charisma Career Clinic offers a helping hand
For 18 years, Jenny and her team at Charisma have been helping individuals to find fulfilment in their work by taking a role in a charity or not-for-profit organisation.Our team have in-depth know...
‘Every Moment is a Fresh Beginning’ or ‘The Need to Plan Ahead’
‘If not now, when?‘These are unprecedented times, not just for the UK, but also globally.Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the present pandemic; the dedicated doctors, nurses and caring s...
The only impossible journey is the one you never begin
The new year is now in full swing, and if you are thinking that now is the right time for you to move on, or you’re in some doubt then perhaps we can guide you to the right decision.The first step...
