Publications
From thoroughly researched funding directories to best practice management guides, you’ll find all you need to make you and your charity stronger. Our charity books have helped hundreds of thousands of charity professionals just like you. Written by leading sector experts who know the issues you face because they’ve faced them too. Many of our titles are available as PDF downloads too, so you can save postage on sending out to teams who may be remote working right now.
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DSC Publications January - June 2022
Top publications
The Directory of Grant Making Trusts 2022/23
Best sellerWith this guide, you'll have access to key information on about 2,000 grant-makers, each with...
It’s a Battle on the Board
Best sellerWouldn't charity governance be so much easier if it wasn't for all of your fellow...
Grants Fundraising
Growing your income from grant-makers is a recipe for charity fundraising success.
Fundraising Strategy
Do you lurch from one fundraising campaign to the next, or are you able to...
The Guide to New Trusts 2022/23
Finding new grant-makers is a time-consuming and intricate business. The Guide to New Trusts takes...
Practical Project Management – for voluntary organisations
With so many elements to consider in project management, it is easy for things to...
Fundraising
Grants Fundraising
Growing your income from grant-makers is a recipe for charity fundraising success.
Making the Ask
If you're a fundraiser or social entrepreneur keen to secure large gift for any kind...
The Complete Fundraising Handbook
Best sellerIf you are a fundraiser or someone who needs to raise money for your organisation...
The Directory of Grant Making Trusts 2022/23
Best sellerWith this guide, you'll have access to key information on about 2,000 grant-makers, each with...
Fundraising Strategy
Do you lurch from one fundraising campaign to the next, or are you able to...
Corporate Fundraising and Partnerships
This book offers all the advice you need to help your charity create successful and...
Management & leadership
Speed Read: Vision, Mission, Objectives
What are vision, mission and objectives? Not a trick question but as the distinctions are...
Modern Grantmaking
Giving away money for a living - what could be better? But doing it well...
How to become a charity trustee: A practical guide
Want to boost your career, skills and happiness? Becoming a charity trustee could do all...
It's Murder in Management
There will be days when you feel like murdering your bosses, your team or your...
Key Guides: The Board Secretary’s Handbook
This handbook tells you what a board secretary is and why you need one. It...
From the Top Down
How can you effectively strategise for and support the engagement of volunteers across your organisation?
Personal development
Practical Project Management – for voluntary organisations
With so many elements to consider in project management, it is easy for things to...
It’s a Battle on the Board
Best sellerWouldn't charity governance be so much easier if it wasn't for all of your fellow...
It's Murder in Management
There will be days when you feel like murdering your bosses, your team or your...
Speed Read: Writing for Work
Whatever your charity role, writing memos, letters, minutes and even weighty reports is likely to...
Speed Read: Time Management
Do you never seem to have enough time? Are you struggling to meet deadlines, working...
Speed Read: Report Writing
How can you learn to write excellent reports, and also enjoy the process?
Marketing & communications
Speed Read: Vision, Mission, Objectives
What are vision, mission and objectives? Not a trick question but as the distinctions are...
Speed Read: Storytelling for Impact
Charities have vital stories to tell. This practical guide will help you find, write and...
Change for Better
At last... a book that brings behavioural science out of the academic halls and supermarket...
Speed Read: Writing for the Web
When readers can leave your website with just one click, writing effectively online is one...
Speed Read: Media Relations
The media just aren't interested in charity stories. They only want bad news. If you've...
Speed Read: Interviewing
Your organisation needs the best people to be effective. But are you interviewing candidates in...
Finance & law
Key Guides: Data Protection – for voluntary organisations
The fully revised and updated 4th edition for current data regulation and law for voluntary...
Key Guides: Charitable Incorporated Organisations
Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) are now the most popular form for establishing new charities –...
Speed Read: Age Discrimination
Even if you think you're already doing the right things, this book gives good practice...
Key Guides: The Charity Treasurer’s Handbook
Steering a charity's finances can be one of the most challenging roles you'll face in...
Income to Impact
Financial Stewardship of Public Sector and Not-for-profit Organisations
The Complete Charity VAT Handbook
VAT for charities and voluntary organisations can seem like an impenetrable forest. This book brings...
Governance
From Here to Diversity: A practical guide to recruiting Black and Asian charity trustees
Your charity's board of trustees could be missing out on a considerable pool of talent,...
How to become a charity trustee: A practical guide
Want to boost your career, skills and happiness? Becoming a charity trustee could do all...
It’s a Battle on the Board
Best sellerWouldn't charity governance be so much easier if it wasn't for all of your fellow...
How to recruit trustees for your charity
How do you get talented and dynamic individuals, who are representative of their communities, on...
Key Guides: The Board Secretary’s Handbook
This handbook tells you what a board secretary is and why you need one. It...
Key Guides: Effective School Governance
What is a governor? How do you become one? And how can you make a...
Policy, campaigns & research
What Have Charities Ever Done For Us?
Charities at their best are the conscience of society and benefit most people at some...
Charity Policies and Procedures Templates
Good policies and procedures should empower staff and increase consistency and fairness across an organisation....
How to Change the World
The essential guide for social sector leaders
