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As of Thursday 5 February 2026, the new “charitable purpose soft opt-in” has come into force.

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Every charity has one. Most staff complain about it. Many quietly do their real work outside it. So let’s be brutally honest for a moment: what’s the point of a CRM?

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Is the Consultancy Game Changing?

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I’ve been lucky enough to meet dozens of brilliant charity teams. I’ve met data teams, fundraising teams, digital teams — and often, where you’d expect a database team, there’s… no one. Sometimes, not even a lone ranger ...

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Off the back of my last post about how to run a CRM health check, I wanted to share why, in my experience, people either love or hate their CRM systems. Spoiler alert — it’s rarely because the system itself is inherently...

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Fundraising is getting harder. Donors expect more, competition is fierce, and the pressure to show impact is growing. But here’s the good news: charities that are using data well — and I mean really well, not just produc...

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And why a bad decision can sometimes be better than no decision at all

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There’s never really a perfect time to review your CRM system — but that’s the point. It’s always worth doing. Whether you’re setting new goals, refining your strategy, or just taking stock, a CRM review should be part o...

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Why It’s Different, and Why It Matters

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- But Why I Still Love It (and So Should You!)

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At the beginning of 2025, I ran a short session on data governance for local authorities and how this has changed over the last year. There's a lot of overlap between the work of local government and what we do in the ch...

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Patrick Lencioni has this brilliant quote that really hits home for me — and I suspect it will for a lot of database managers and charity sector folks generally. The reality is, most of us struggle with juggling prioriti...

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In the dynamic landscape of charity data management, having tools that streamline operations with precision and compliance is now a necessity. Actually Data are thrilled to introduce our bespoke Engaging Networks Integra...

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