This Remember a Charity Week (8-14 September 2025), Kurstin Finch Gnehm explores why building your capacity to solicit and receive legacy gifts has never been more important.

With annual legacy income at £4.5bn in the UK and forecast to reach over £10bn by 2050, the time to make the case for investment is now.

At the CASE Spring Institute in Educational Fundraising 2025, C&C Senior Partner Kurstin Finch Gnehm and Dr Joanna McGarry (University of Bristol) hosted a session titled “Social media glow-up: LinkedIn edition.”

This article offers a summary of what they shared during the session, with three practical actions you can take to raise your LinkedIn game.

This survey of higher education institutions in the UK and Ireland is our most comprehensive source of data on sector-wide philanthropy trends. It provides a valuable benchmark to understand how your fundraising efforts compare to peers across the sector. Here, we share our takeaways.

If you were at the IDPE Annual Conference, you may have caught Annarosa Muscatelli and Kurstin Finch Gnehm’s major gift solicitation masterclass. If not, or if you’re ready for a refresher, we’ve rounded up their top tips in this ten-point guide to help make sure your next ask hits the mark. 

Building a high-value fundraising operations team is essential for driving long-term growth and maximising donor impact. Here are Senior Partner, Kurstin Finch-Gnehm’s top ten tips…

Amidst the current financial stresses in higher education, where does advancement fit in supporting the institutions we work in and with?  

Reflections from Cairney Partner, Colin McCallum following a recent meeting of the IDPE Scottish Meeting.