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Revolutionise International Ltd @revolutionise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nonprofit Growth returns to The Inch Hotel, Scotland, from 16-19 November 2026. It is a masterclass for charity/nonprofit leaders who seek the clarity about their charity's purpose that brings certainty in direction and confidence in growth. www.revolutionise.com/seminars-cal...

Revolutionise - Nonprofit Growth, 16-19 November 2026. A masterclass for executives who wish to grow their nonprofit's income, The Inch Hotel. Scotland.

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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

OH MY GOD HOLD ON IT'S A SNEAK PEAK

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Prospecting for Gold @prospectingforgold.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Three fundraising controversies that changed the sector’s approach to compliance. 🔥 * The Presidents Club - After the FT published an undercover investigation in 2018 alleging sexual harassment, inappropriate touching and degrading treatment of female hostesses at their annual event,

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm looking forward to again co-presenting the Great Fundraising Masterclass in London this week. Curious? Determined to move your charity forward? Join me and other charity leaders for an intense, practical and supportive seminar.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Word of the day: hydronym. "A word that is the proper name of an area of water such as a river, lake, or sea" dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/e... A hydronym is a geographical topynym or place name. Context? Trump's attempt to ignore hydronymy in wishing to change 'Lake Ontario'.

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Alt: Wooden chair on a wooden jetty at sunset facing mountains, forest and a calm lake.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Source of some of the scariest stories I’ve ever read! The two Celtic stone heads. I read it alone aged 10 or 11 in an empty house. Fifty years later it makes me shiver and avoid looking at our stairs and the bannisters. The illustrations - Dozemary Pool, the Drummer Boy of Potter Heigham…

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Mark Morton @bustingmychops.com · 31/07/2026

According to www.worldometers.info/world-popula... the population of the UK passed 70 million today.

A screenshot from https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/uk-population/ saying that the live population of the UK is 70,001,419z

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The plot thickens… A day’s pickings from our allotment in our first year. Thoroughly satisfying.

A Tupperware box containing vegetables, fruit and cut flowers from our allotment in Colchester.

Six green ornamental gourds in a black plastic tray, grown on our allotment.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The final stretch from Stoke by Nayland into Nayland, beating some of the Sunday morning heat. The return from Lavenham and Brent Eleigh.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Fruit of the gods! Blackberries are an annual joy, a pleasure on a run, walk or ride, and a delight to be growing them on our allotment.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Three men ride into Suffolk from Colchester on a Sunday morning. Through Manningtree, East Bergholt and a coffee in the gardens of the Munnings Museum in Dedham.

Two cyclists crossing the Stour on the White Bridge from Essex to Suffolk.

Three cyclists stopping for coffee in the cafe in the gardens of The Munnings museum in Dedham.

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A scribe’s effort to correct an omission - The words that were accidentally left out are pulled along by one man who passes them to another who waits between the fourth and fifth lines to receive them - c. 1300, Walters Ms. W.102, f. 39v

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A new addition to the history of fundraising, and one that I can imagine will appeal to a lot of my fundraising colleagues who went to some of these events, or even organised some of them! Find out more from UK Fundraising at fundraising.co.uk/2026/07/14/b...

Cover of Rock for Change: Industry Perspectives on the Benefit Concert, published by Bloomsbury.

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The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) @jrct.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

We are delighted to announce the appointment of a new trustee to the JRCT board, Lucy Caldicott. Lucy is a charity leader who has spent her career helping organisations navigate strategy, change and inclusion. Click the link in our bio to find out more: www.jrct.org.uk/three-new-tr...

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Cycling along the Montgomery canal on the Wales/England border, following the Severn to our right. Two days if riding the Shropshire and Hereford hills with friends.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Mersea Island’s oyster beds at dusk at midsummer. #EssexCoast

A muddy beach with multiple small channels of water, at low tide and dusk. A small buoy is visible in a deeper channel further out and the powder blue sky surrounds a dusky punk section where the sun is setting.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Cornflowers are flowering in our first year of stewarding an allotment.

A white cornflower on our Essex allotment.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Great Fundraising comes to Hope Street in Glasgow tomorrow. I’m co-presenting the masterclass to charity and fundraising leaders to share how and why some charities have managed to grow income and income at scale and pace. And how they can lead this in their charity.

Great Fundraising Organizations book in front of Hope Street sign.

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

St Peter-on-the-Wall, Bradwell, Essex. Built c. AD 654 by St Cedd, this is one of England’s oldest churches. Raised within the Roman fort of Othona using reused Roman stone, it later became a barn before restoration in 1920. Still active today. #Essex #History #Aerial

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 11/06/2026

Today marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of John Constable, one of Britain's most celebrated landscape painters. Constable spent much of his time at Flatford and across the Dedham Vale landscape. These much-loved surroundings inspired many of his most famous works.

A view across a large pool of water surrounded by reeds. We look towards a white building with red rile roof. It is a sunny day.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A Manchester brewery has created the Trailblazer Fund to support small charities in the North West of England. fundraising.co.uk/2026/06/01/m...

Trailblazer Fund promo. Tastes good. Does good.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Dining outside and under cover at Yalm in the Royal Arcade in Norwich, on a warm late May evening. With filter.

People eating at tables in a covered Victorian arcade in Norwich. It’s a warm May evening and the atmosphere is relaxed. A glass roof means the dining area is bright and well lit.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Hottest day of the year so far, so we went on our longest ride of the year, so far, in Suffolk.

Four cyclists at the start of the ride on a hot morning.

Four cyclists looking at the route to the left of them. Filtered.

Five cyclists at a cafe stop in Long Melford, Suffolk

Five bikes stacked in the hot weather in May in Long Melford, outside a cafe

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Win £1,000 / €1,000 for your school’s library Nominate your school to #rebuildthelibrary with one of @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social's five prizes. Help fill your school's library with new and inspiring books. www.nationalbooktokens.com/schools-prize

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Win £1,000 / €1,000 for your school’s library!

Help your school #rebuildthelibrary – plus win a £100/€120 National Book Token for yourself. Nominate a school to win our big prize and encourage reading for pleasure all year round.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"Books open our eyes - even more than pictures" - Alfred Munnings

A sign at the Munnings Museum, Dedham, Suffolk, in front of a bookcase filled with books.

""Books open our eyes-even more than pictures-to the surrounding world of people, places and happenings ..."
These books, once belonging to Alfred Munnings, represent only a small number of those he owned throughout his life. In the first instance, Munnings describes in his autobiography how he'd replace books he didn't want to read a second time with others. In addition, following the death of Lady Munnings in 1971, a further selection of volumes was sold by the estate. Consequently, it is not entirely possible to present a comprehensive survey of his reading interests but some of the subjects represented on these shelves include: horses, horse racing, literature and history of East Anglia.
By combining the information Munnings provides in his autobiography with the marks and notes he has made in various volumes, we can however, get an idea of his interests in the history of art and his thoughts on contemporary art in the early twentieth century.
Both topics are well represented in his library. There is a wide range of art magazines covering painting across the world. It comes as no surprise that a man like Munnings was interested in almost all that related too..."

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A new annual grant is available to a Shrewsbury grassroots charity, CIC, or community group, given in recognition of Steve Brown’s contribution to JUST CREDIT UNION LIMITED. This year they are focusing on local youth and sports groups. justcreditunion.org/2026/05/05/g...

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Grassroots Community Award - Just Credit Union

The Grassroots Community Award from Just Credit Union is a grant for local organisations that support sport or youth groups in your area.

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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

You don't have a garden. You are part of a garden.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Bridge on the river Mawddach at Barmouth.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Quiet with birdsong in Gwynedd.

Cottage garden with for, red flowers and blue sky

Evening sunset looking at trees on a small hill.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Have you read 'Great Fundraising Organizations' by Alan Clayton? Are you ambitious to grow your charity's income and impact? Learn how other charities have achieved this, often in the hardest of times. Book for @revolutionise.bsky.social's Great Fundraising Masterclass in Glasgow - 18-19 June...

Great Fundraising Masterclass - Glasgow, 18-19 June 2026. Annemarie Devlin and Howard Lake.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This week @revolutionise.bsky.social's COO Nyasha Njela will present the keynote at @smeeandford.bsky.social's Legacy Giving Awards 2026 in London. She quotes her 106-year-old grandfather on the subject of legacy...

Legacy Giving Awards 2026. Smee & Ford, Legacy Futures, 20th April, London.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The next Charity Meetup from Dawn Newton takes place in London on 30 April. The theme is Future-Proofing Your Charity, and the keynote speaker is award-winning activist, author and founder of the global Craftivist Collective, Sarah P Corbett. Details & tickets www.tickettailor.com/events/chari...

Chairty Meetup - Future-Proofing Your Charity. Speaker: Sarah P Corbett (pictured). Unpicking the Status Quo - the Art of Gentle Protest. Hosted by Oliver Wyman.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

[ad] Mobilising resources is getting harder. More noise. More pressure. Less clarity. At #IFC2026, you will step out of your day-to-day & get the space to understand what actually matters for your work right now. Save £400 on your ticket. Book by 31 March: bit.ly/4uOXMWU

Save £400 - super early bird ends 31 March for the International Fundraising Congress 20-23 October 2026.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Biddy Baxter helped make me a fundraiser. Biddy Baxter, long-serving Blue Peter editor, is one of a small number of people in my childhood who, with hindsight, I can say helped steer me to becoming a fundraiser.

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Biddy Baxter helped make me a fundraiser

Find out all the fundraising skills that Biddy Baxter, long-serving Blue Peter editor, taught me as a child, and made me into a fundraiser.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Imagine the lives that could have been saved had we managed to delay the next wave until after our population was vaccinated. Actually, we don’t need to imagine - countries that avoided significant waves until after their populations were vaccinated saw far fewer Covid deaths. 17/19

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Jingle Jam @jinglejam.co.uk · 02/03/2026

Want to be one of our charity partners this Jingle Jam? Now is your time to apply! We've officially opened our Expression of Interest form (EOI) for 2026. Know a charity you'd like to see apply? Tag them below!

Jingle Jam 'open now' graphic. Text also includes 'expressions of interest' and 'charities, we want you!'. Smaller text at the top reads: 'more info on jinglejam.co.uk'.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Greenpeace has long had a creative and darkly humorous approach to encouraging people to leave a gift in their will. Their current one invites you to push the agenda while pushing up daisies. Enhanced by a strapline underneath ‘we won’t rest in peace’ with the last word in Greenpeace’s green font.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb - and thank goodness for that.

Rhubarb growing in our allotment. Taken from ground level.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Having run Graphic Traffic training courses and then a Substack on the wonderful world of presenting information and stories graphically I can certainly recommend 'Visually AI' by Heather Cooper for enjoyable and extensive inspiration: heatherbcooper.substack.com?r=qvt6&utm_c...

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Visually AI by Heather Cooper | Substack

Your weekly dose of AI news, tools, and innovation with a visual twist. Breaking down barriers to make AI content creation accessible to all. Click to read Visually AI by Heather Cooper, a Substack pu...

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Chappel viaduct (Essex) nearly obscured in the heavy morning mist as we started out on our run this morning.

A railway viaduct in mist with a weak sun in the top right just appearing above an evergreen tree.

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Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The @ciofundraising.bsky.social has started a new series of its podcast, Let's Talk Fundraising. The first episode features Alan Clayton @revolutionise.bsky.social talking with CIOF Chair Harpreet Kondel on why fundraiser wellbeing can't wait. open.spotify.com/episode/0MCq...

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The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Each charity will receive a £10,000 donation plus a training and development programme delivered by The King’s Fund worth an additional £5,000. Our congratulations to all of these organisations. Find out more: bit.ly/49Iz80t

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GSK Community Health Programme | The King's Fund

The GSK Community Health programme is open to small charities working in the UK to tackle health inequalities. Successful charities will receive up to £10,000 of unrestricted funding.

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Revolutionise International Ltd @revolutionise.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

@howardlake.bsky.social is joining Nassau Fundraising again next week to co-present the Great Fundraising Masterclass to a group of Dutch fundraising and charity leaders.

Great Fundraising Masterclass 26-28 January 2026

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