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Third Sector

A weekly podcast from Third Sector, the UK’s leading publication for everyone who needs to know what’s going on in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector.

Episodes

20 of 332 episodes

Making board meetings more effective

Third Sector’s Andy Ricketts and Dami Adewale are joined by Jason Parker, chair of the Stroke Association. Jason talks about streamlining th...

23:02Oct 30, 2026

Are charities ready for a Gen-Z workforce?

Third Sector editor Emily Burt and senior reporter Emily Harle are joined by Kiran Kaur, the co-founder and chief executive of the social en...

37:47Oct 23, 2026

What are the latest major giving trends?

Emily Burt is joined by Natalie Pinon, interim chief executive of NPT UK. Natalie describes the increasing willingness among high net worth...

24:08Oct 16, 2026

The Ernest Cook Trust’s journey towards place-focused funding

Editor Emily Burt is joined by Ed Ikin, chief executive of the Ernest Cook Trust, an educational charity and funder that cares for 9,000 hec...

35:38Oct 9, 2026

Reach Volunteering’s reprieve, charities minister confirmed and the RNLI under fire

Host Emily Burt is joined by Third Sector colleagues Andy Ricketts and Emily Harle to talk about three significant sector stories from the p...

34:23Oct 2, 2026

Why small charities must go beyond ‘buzzword’ funding

Editor Emily Burt is joined by Asma Shah, chief executive of You Make It, a charity that exists to empower and advance the professional and...

31:52Sep 25, 2026

The benefits of an annual supporter appreciation day

Third Sector editor Emily Burt and deputy editor Andy Ricketts hear from Adam Baker, director of communications and supporter engagement at...

28:30Sep 18, 2026

How important is the return on investment metric in fundraising?

Emily Burt and Andy Ricketts hear from the fundraising specialist Caroline Richardson and Paul Courtney, director of fundraising at Children...

30:42Sep 11, 2026

Professionalising the fundraising sector

Senior reporter Emily Harle is joined by Katie Docherty, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising. She talks about the sign...

32:35Sep 4, 2026

What can Black feminist leadership teach the charity sector?

Third Sector editor Emily Burt and senior multimedia reporter Lucinda Rouse are joined by Jules Lynch, founder and chief executive of the Gl...

32:00Aug 21, 2026

Grantmaking, working with government and encouraging volunteering

Matt Hyde, chief executive of the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales, talks to Third Sector deputy editor Andy Ricketts about volu...

35:14Aug 14, 2026

The side effects of the Ice Bucket Challenge on the MND Association

Third Sector editor Emily Burt and senior multimedia reporter Lucinda Rouse are joined by Tanya Curry, chief executive of the MND Associatio...

33:10Aug 7, 2026

Commission critical, Burnham’s DCMS reshuffle and CAF Bank chaos

Host Emily Burt is joined by Third Sector colleagues Andy Ricketts and Emily Harle to talk about three significant sector stories from the p...

30:14Jul 31, 2026

Why every charity should be thinking about operational research

Editor Emily Burt and deputy editor Andy Ricketts are joined by Dr Colette Fletcher, executive director of the Operational Research Society,...

28:02Jul 24, 2026

Podcast: How local infrastructure drives a resilient voluntary sector

Editor Emily Burt and senior reporter Emily Harle are joined by Maddy Desforges, chief executive of the local infrastructure membership body...

27:48Jul 17, 2026

How Black Minds Matter UK is future-proofing its work

Editor Emily Burt and reporter Dami Adewale are joined by Danielle Bridge, chief executive of Black Minds Matter UK. They discuss BMMUK’s ‘b...

35:44Jul 10, 2026

Civil society post-Starmer, charity retail stocktake and the City & Guilds saga

Lucinda Rouse is joined by Emily Burt, Dami Adewale and Andy Ricketts to talk about three significant sector stories from the past month. Em...

27:56Jul 3, 2026

Third Sector conference snapshot

Lucinda Rouse hears from some of the speakers at Third Sector’s annual conference, which was held at the Royal Society of Medicine’s 1 Wimpo...

18:39Jul 1, 2026

How to solve friction between comms and fundraising teams

Lucinda Rouse and Emily Harle are joined by Max Newton (he/him), director of fundraising, marketing and communications at Cerebra, and the d...

24:38Jun 26, 2026

Charities and Reddit

Lucinda Rouse and Emily Harle are joined by the communications and community engagement specialist Jayne Cravens to discuss the opportunitie...

41:42Jun 19, 2026