Insights: fundraising

Backing small business in a time of crisis

Here at Stand, we have a morning Stand Up meeting first thing where one of us presents on a topic of our choice, such as talking about which podcasts we’re listening to, great recipes or book recommendations. This week’s...

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Quick Reads – A good news story with an important message

Everyone loves a good news story and last month we got a great one when best-selling author Jojo Moyes rescued The Reading Agency’s adult literacy scheme from collapse after it lost funding. When we first heard the news, we...

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Blisters? Check! Achy limbs? Check! A combined 490,000 steps? Check!

And yet Stand lived to tell the tale! (Never underestimate the endurance and enthusiasm of Stand-ees). Whilst the nation enjoyed a lazy Saturday morning lie in, Stand were up alive and kicking, aboard the 6.30am train from St Pancras...

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Stand takes on the DofE Adventure

Ah Autumn. The time for snuggling up indoors with some good telly and a cuppa. Right? Nope, not for Team Stand. We’ll be welcoming the start of Autumn with nothing less than a 25km trek in the Peak District...

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Beyond B Corp: Breaking up with Barclays 

Last year we became a certified B Corp, and to do so we had...

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Three takeaways from the IPCC’s ‘final warning’ report 

This week has seen the release of the latest IPCC report assessing the climate...

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Why we’ve introduced a 4.5 day working week

As the rulebook of the working week gets rewritten, at Stand we continue to...

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Stand shifts as we move into our second decade

I founded Stand with one simple (but typically ambitious) belief: that good comms can...

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Veganuary’s Top Tips: An Expert’s Guide

I first took part in Veganuary in 2018, thinking I probably wouldn’t even last...

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The cow in the room of climate action

When I attended COP26 last year, I was not in the least bit surprised...

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