Gordan’s group hug wins the day…
Howard Lake | 14 October 2008 | Blogs
Drat, instead of watching the world’s financial markets collapse back into ground zero, I’m going to have to watch Jamie Oliver this evening.
Suddenly, zillions of pounds appear out of the ether and get buried in banks – I’m all for nationalisation (please, the Railways, quickly, cheap tickets, less cars, less global warm-up, quickly); but couldn’t it have gone to those in danger of defaulting, then they could have kept up their committed giving too.
But if you really want to know how our donors will behave next year check the fashion blogs. This is real barometer of social stress and potential poverty. My favourite is the aptly named Susie Bubble, who incidentally just made it onto the Evening Standards Most Influential list for those who missed it:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23564709-details/The+Influentials%3A+London%27s+top+fifty/article.do
And check ripped at Style Bubble:
http://stylebubble.typepad.com/
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.