Posted on 10th December 2008
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) has released a report which encourages donors and charities to fund social campaigning.
Critical masses: Social campaigning, a guide for donors and funders argues that well-planned campaigns can have long-lasting impact. The report aims to counter the concerns of some donors by arguing that social campaigning produces tangible results that can be measured. The authors say that campaigning is a poorly-funded area of work that allows charities to tackle the root-causes of social problems, and that this is often very effective.
Gustaf Lofgren, a research analyst and NPC and co-author of the report, said, “Good campaigns have clear goals, an explicit idea of how to reach them, and tools for measuring what they achieve.”
NPC gives examples of a range of social campaigning including lobbying, letter writing, public demonstrations, protests and advertising campaigns.
The report is available to download from the NPC website.
