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Howard Lake
@howardlake.bsky.social
Exploring growing giving on a massive scale (founder Giving X Ltd). Digital fundraising entrepreneur: founded UK Fundraising (fundraising.co.uk | @ukfundraising.bsky.social) in 1994, sold it in 2022. Co-founder GoodJobs, Fundraising Camp, BarcampNonprofits
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Travelling on the Shinkansen from Osaka to Hiroshima with the family.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
From Osaka to Nara with the family to see its famed herd of deer.
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Kura sushi restaurant in Osaka.
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Shanghai airport”.

Orient Express, The Concerts in China, Jean-Michel Jarre, 1982

Welcome to Shanghai airport, 2025. I’ve taken my time…
November 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A very old house!
October 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Central and Eastern European Fundraising Conference is as good as I’d heard. I enjoyed presenting a masterclass there last week on Great Fundraising with my @revolutionise.bsky.social colleague Nyasha Njela.
October 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Appropriate.

And you could call it a stock image…
October 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Of course, M. Toulouse-Lautrec. We have a room for you.
October 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The @revolutionise.bsky.social team at last week’s Great Fundraising Masterclass in London.

A much-anticipated opportunity for me to present alongside Nyasha Njela, and for much of the global team to be present in the same room (country!) At the same time.
September 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Colour me delighted!

On an office floor in London.

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September 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This is your chance to join Scotland’s biggest fundraising event of the year. With less than one month to go, tickets for the Scottish Fundraising Conference and Awards Dinner are still available.

@ciofundraising.bsky.social Scotland

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September 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
One of the things I love about serving on the Fundraising.AI Advisory Council is being part of a community that’s shaping what responsible and beneficial AI really looks like for nonprofits.

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August 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Out in August, Someone’s Gotta Give, a debut novel set in the wild, wonderful, weird world of the UK philanthropic sector.

By Scotland-based Cuban-American Chair at IG Advisors Alisha Fernandez Miranda who has worked for 20 years in the UK NFP sector:

Pre-order:

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/some...
June 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Elevated Edinburgh.
May 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Looking forward to 'Re-Imagining Event Fundraising: Innovation and opportunities in donor-led giving' on Wed 4th June at midday, from Givewheel.
May 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Thou shalt not drone.
May 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I think a colon after ‘slow’ might make sense. Otherwise that is a pretty sweeping generalisation.

Taken on the Essex Way.
May 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Off to the Middlewick Ranges in southern Colchester to listen to nightingales yesterday evening. One of Jane's Walk Colchester’s events. Joined by 70+ others.

#JanesWalks
May 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Walking the Essex Way again, this time past Coggeshall towards Cressing and White Notley.
May 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Funding for charities supporting young women’s mental health is now available.

Explore The Pilgrim Trust's programme to improve young women’s access to mental health services in North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber

www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk/young-womens...
May 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Here is the cuckoo.
May 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
A bluebell-bedecked solo cycle ride in Birch, Abberton and Fingringhoe, with cuckoos.
May 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Nominations are now open for the Scottish Fundraising Awards 2025. The awards celebrate the inspiring individuals, teams and campaigns driving positive change across Scotland.

The deadline for nominations is 10.00 on 9 June 2025.

yve.eventsair.com/Presentation...

Headline sponsor: THINK
May 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The @easyfundraising.bsky.social and Tesco £5,000 community pledge is back, benefiting five community organisations or charities across the UK.

Find out more on @ukfundraising's insight & more newsletter on LinkedIn:

www.linkedin.com/pulse/tescos...
May 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Snail mail.
April 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM