Martyn Drake
@martyndrake.bsky.social
Works with some of the UKs most loved charities and social businesses. Consultant, coach, author of The Commercial Charity. www.binleydrake.com
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Martyn Drake
@martyndrake.bsky.social
· Nov 22
The Commercial Charity
How successfully to use business principles & techniques not just to raise money but to create long lasting & self-sustaining social impact.
fundraising.co.uk
Charities need to be more commercially astute. Whether it’s commissioned services or corporate partnerships or changing mainstream practices, you need to understand business. If you can’t buy, beg, borrow or steal a copy, DM me and I’ll post you one for free.
fundraising.co.uk/books/the-co...
fundraising.co.uk/books/the-co...
A quote for the ages, and not just in relation to the BBC.
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A quote for the ages, and not just in relation to the BBC.
Lord David Frost on taking a lead role at the "politically neutral" Institute for Economic Affairs...
Peak double-speak?
Peak double-speak?
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Lord David Frost on taking a lead role at the "politically neutral" Institute for Economic Affairs...
Peak double-speak?
Peak double-speak?
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Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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Don't trust the dodgy data saying wealthy people are fleeing the country because of higher taxes.
NEF chief exec @dhnnjyn.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk Cross Questions.
NEF chief exec @dhnnjyn.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk Cross Questions.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Don't trust the dodgy data saying wealthy people are fleeing the country because of higher taxes.
NEF chief exec @dhnnjyn.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk Cross Questions.
NEF chief exec @dhnnjyn.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk Cross Questions.
For more reasons to be positive, join me a week on Thursday in the excellent company of @lynnanneperry.bsky.social and @markrusselluk.bsky.social to learn how the incredibly impactful children's charities coalition came to be. Register here: binleydrake.com/event/in-goo...
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
For more reasons to be positive, join me a week on Thursday in the excellent company of @lynnanneperry.bsky.social and @markrusselluk.bsky.social to learn how the incredibly impactful children's charities coalition came to be. Register here: binleydrake.com/event/in-goo...
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Despite everything, there are plenty of reasons to be positive.
And now, more than ever, we need to remind ourselves of them.
Because ours is a sector that, at its best, offers a beacon of hope to millions of people. Remember that.
@martyndrake.bsky.social
And now, more than ever, we need to remind ourselves of them.
Because ours is a sector that, at its best, offers a beacon of hope to millions of people. Remember that.
@martyndrake.bsky.social
Martyn Drake: Reasons to be positive
We need to become far more mindful of where we get our energy from and where it gets drained
www.thirdsector.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Despite everything, there are plenty of reasons to be positive.
And now, more than ever, we need to remind ourselves of them.
Because ours is a sector that, at its best, offers a beacon of hope to millions of people. Remember that.
@martyndrake.bsky.social
And now, more than ever, we need to remind ourselves of them.
Because ours is a sector that, at its best, offers a beacon of hope to millions of people. Remember that.
@martyndrake.bsky.social
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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"Everyone goes on protest marches for their own unique reasons, but everyone gets the same three big psychological benefits from doing so: belonging, purpose and agency.
The exact same benefits those same people could get from a great volunteering experience" - @martyndrake.bsky.social
The exact same benefits those same people could get from a great volunteering experience" - @martyndrake.bsky.social
Martyn Drake: How the sector can counter the attacks on the causes and communities we serve
Can we collectively unleash our greatest strengths to counter the social fragmentation that seems to be in the ascendancy?
www.thirdsector.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
"Everyone goes on protest marches for their own unique reasons, but everyone gets the same three big psychological benefits from doing so: belonging, purpose and agency.
The exact same benefits those same people could get from a great volunteering experience" - @martyndrake.bsky.social
The exact same benefits those same people could get from a great volunteering experience" - @martyndrake.bsky.social
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If we ended and reversed immigration to UK today not a single person would be any better off while a lot would be a whole lot worse
Let’s focus on the real problems facing communities across our country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Let’s focus on the real problems facing communities across our country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary
A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
If we ended and reversed immigration to UK today not a single person would be any better off while a lot would be a whole lot worse
Let’s focus on the real problems facing communities across our country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Let’s focus on the real problems facing communities across our country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What a weekend. Red roses winning the World Cup and Notts CCC taking the county championship. Fantastic.
September 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
What a weekend. Red roses winning the World Cup and Notts CCC taking the county championship. Fantastic.
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Congratulations to England's Red Roses, the women's rugby world cup winners. A superb effort over six weeks and deserved winners.
September 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Congratulations to England's Red Roses, the women's rugby world cup winners. A superb effort over six weeks and deserved winners.
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"Trustees need to know, if they don't already, the pressure that third sector leaders are facing around the country right now."
@markrusselluk.bsky.social on the important role for trustee boards in promoting the wellbeing of senior leadership teams.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
@markrusselluk.bsky.social on the important role for trustee boards in promoting the wellbeing of senior leadership teams.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
September 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"Trustees need to know, if they don't already, the pressure that third sector leaders are facing around the country right now."
@markrusselluk.bsky.social on the important role for trustee boards in promoting the wellbeing of senior leadership teams.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
@markrusselluk.bsky.social on the important role for trustee boards in promoting the wellbeing of senior leadership teams.
🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
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Absolutely delighted to hear @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social committing to tackling child poverty as top priority as a moral mission for this government
We @childrenssociety.bsky.social fully back removing the punitive 2-child benefit gap to accelerate impact of new child poverty strategy
We @childrenssociety.bsky.social fully back removing the punitive 2-child benefit gap to accelerate impact of new child poverty strategy
Fighting child poverty would be my top priority as Deputy Leader.
September 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Absolutely delighted to hear @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social committing to tackling child poverty as top priority as a moral mission for this government
We @childrenssociety.bsky.social fully back removing the punitive 2-child benefit gap to accelerate impact of new child poverty strategy
We @childrenssociety.bsky.social fully back removing the punitive 2-child benefit gap to accelerate impact of new child poverty strategy
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"You don't apply to be a chief executive unless you've got a certain sense of ego. And I admit I've got one too."
@markrusselluk.bsky.social explains why his ego and the @childrenssociety.bsky.social brand both need to be set aside to enable social change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
@markrusselluk.bsky.social explains why his ego and the @childrenssociety.bsky.social brand both need to be set aside to enable social change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
September 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"You don't apply to be a chief executive unless you've got a certain sense of ego. And I admit I've got one too."
@markrusselluk.bsky.social explains why his ego and the @childrenssociety.bsky.social brand both need to be set aside to enable social change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
@markrusselluk.bsky.social explains why his ego and the @childrenssociety.bsky.social brand both need to be set aside to enable social change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/4mgVYk7
I do worry that people like AI because it makes you feel cleverer than you really are, while simultaneously making you less clever than you actually were.
And even those who develop it don't seem immune.
And even those who develop it don't seem immune.
September 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I do worry that people like AI because it makes you feel cleverer than you really are, while simultaneously making you less clever than you actually were.
And even those who develop it don't seem immune.
And even those who develop it don't seem immune.
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"Once you use ChatGPT, you don't want to think for yourself anymore"
THAT IS A TERRIFYING SENTENCE
THAT IS A TERRIFYING SENTENCE
imagine relying on AI to write your bio and then having the nerve to say you're witty and full of personality
September 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"Once you use ChatGPT, you don't want to think for yourself anymore"
THAT IS A TERRIFYING SENTENCE
THAT IS A TERRIFYING SENTENCE
What a fantastic game between Notts and Surrey at the Oval. Absolute classic for the fans and a cracking performance from Notts right to the end. All comes down to the last round of games next week. Come on Notts 🤞
September 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What a fantastic game between Notts and Surrey at the Oval. Absolute classic for the fans and a cracking performance from Notts right to the end. All comes down to the last round of games next week. Come on Notts 🤞
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Lived experience isn’t baggage we bring to the table. It’s about what made us, what we’ve seen and felt, and how that enriches what we offer - @zoeamar.bsky.social
Zoe Amar: Our sector must speak up on rising hate
What we’re seeing on our streets is moving the dial on what’s acceptable about racism
www.thirdsector.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Lived experience isn’t baggage we bring to the table. It’s about what made us, what we’ve seen and felt, and how that enriches what we offer - @zoeamar.bsky.social
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Shifting skills into DWP is interesting & potentially really positive move: bringing together the support people need to get into good jobs.
Lots of chatter that Pat McFadden’s move means another push for welfare reform. We need it to be actual ‘reform’ - not just ‘cuts’. 1/3
Lots of chatter that Pat McFadden’s move means another push for welfare reform. We need it to be actual ‘reform’ - not just ‘cuts’. 1/3
September 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Shifting skills into DWP is interesting & potentially really positive move: bringing together the support people need to get into good jobs.
Lots of chatter that Pat McFadden’s move means another push for welfare reform. We need it to be actual ‘reform’ - not just ‘cuts’. 1/3
Lots of chatter that Pat McFadden’s move means another push for welfare reform. We need it to be actual ‘reform’ - not just ‘cuts’. 1/3
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“He's done everything he could to break down this country - now he's gone off to America to tell everyone how broken we are.
"Well, thanks.”
Nigel Farage has been busy slagging off the UK in Congress… of course Britain is broken, he broke it.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
"Well, thanks.”
Nigel Farage has been busy slagging off the UK in Congress… of course Britain is broken, he broke it.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
The shameless hypocrisy of Nigel Farage | The News Agents
Nigel Farage has been branded a “Putin-loving free speech impostor and Trump sycophant” during his visit to the US to plead for help with Britain's so-called ‘free-speech problem.’ But will slagging…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“He's done everything he could to break down this country - now he's gone off to America to tell everyone how broken we are.
"Well, thanks.”
Nigel Farage has been busy slagging off the UK in Congress… of course Britain is broken, he broke it.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
"Well, thanks.”
Nigel Farage has been busy slagging off the UK in Congress… of course Britain is broken, he broke it.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
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I see all the media organisations endlessly parroting the "free speech under threat" rhetoric of the right are now staying completely silent as Reform and the Conservatives openly ban news outlets that criticise them from covering their events
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
Kemi Badenoch's 'Free Speech' Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference
The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press
bylinetimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I see all the media organisations endlessly parroting the "free speech under threat" rhetoric of the right are now staying completely silent as Reform and the Conservatives openly ban news outlets that criticise them from covering their events
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
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Well, there's a thing.
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Well, there's a thing.
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
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"It may be easier in the short term to do something on your own. But is it actually achieving the change you want to achieve?"
Emma Revie on the need for organisations to work together in driving systems change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/3JXKRPe
@trusselluk.bsky.social
Emma Revie on the need for organisations to work together in driving systems change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/3JXKRPe
@trusselluk.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"It may be easier in the short term to do something on your own. But is it actually achieving the change you want to achieve?"
Emma Revie on the need for organisations to work together in driving systems change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/3JXKRPe
@trusselluk.bsky.social
Emma Revie on the need for organisations to work together in driving systems change.
🎧 Full podcast interview: bit.ly/3JXKRPe
@trusselluk.bsky.social