Charity leaders need more support to plan for the future - 2017
Three quarters of leaders of small and medium sized charities are spending little or no time on long-term planning and strategy, 62% spent just a f
Encouraging Safe and Sound Homes to focus on strategy
"The Pilotlighters really helped to shape the strategic planning process and gave us very valuable critical comment and feedback. Now more than a year after completing the programme we are very clearly reaping the benefits."
Big steps in a small charity
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Delivering Sustainability to Small Charities: the Weston Charity Awards
Last week the class of 2017 Weston Charity Award winners marked the end of their engagements with us and celebrated how far they have come at Fortn
Have your say on leadership and strategic planning in the charity sector
The Garfield Weston Foundation and Pilotlight, who together run the Weston Charity Awards, are inviting Chairs and senior leaders of charities to a
Aiding Zest to diversify its income
"Working with the Pilotlighters has given the Zest team confidence to think more commercially. We’re in a very different place now.”
Helping Staffordshire Women's Aid build a strong strategy
“I thought we’d just get tools to work through, instead we got a complete audit of how we operate. The process has been bigger than we thought it would be.”
Exploring how Malvern Special Families could develop
“Working with Pilotlight has made a real difference to the governance of Malvern Special Families. We have been challenged to review the way we were working and now we are thinking more strategically and the board is working together more professionally and effectively."
Setting a focused vision for the future for SELFA
"This time last year we weren't winning funding bids, and I couldn't work out why. Now I know why. We can go into a meeting and say who we are and where we're going. And now we're winning bids, and being approached to apply for bids. I don’t think in my whole career I’ve had a year like this – it’s been a transformational process for me.”