We welcome the opportunity to share our research through media work. Please contact b.breeze@kent.ac.uk or A.M.Body@kent.ac.uk with any enquiries.
Written comment
- Agent Provocateur: Fundraisers need to help to defend philanthropy and philanthropists: Dr Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. Civil Society’s Fundraising Magazine, December 2021
- Beyond Market and Government: Dr Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. Schweizer Monat, November 2021
- Don’t shoot the philanthropist: Dr Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. Alliance Magazine, 31 August 2021
- Providing Fundraising Education for the Little Guy (globally and in crisis: Dr Lesley Alborough, former Pears Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Kent. NACC News, January 2021
- The importance of teaching philanthropy: Educating children for social good. Alison Body, Emily Lau and Jo Josephidou, Impact, November 2020
- It’s time to talk differently – and more carefully – about philanthropy: Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. Beacon Collaborative website, 27 September 2020
- COVID-19 provides momentum for meaningful collaborative partnerships in children’s services: Alison Body, Transforming Society, 19 May 2020
- Children’s charities were struggling way before coronavirus – now they’re drowning: Alison Body, The Independent, 3 May 2020
- Don’t dismiss philanthropy: it’s crucial during the coronavirus pandemic Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy and Paul Ramsbottom, Chief Executive of the Wolfson Foundation, The Guardian, 28 April 2020
- Learning in Lockdown, children, kindness and social change: Alison Body, Transforming Democracy, 26 April 2020
- To stem the decline in charity supporters, pay more attention to young kids: The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 3 December 2019
- As Prince Andrew’s 200 charities seek a new patron should they find a replacement royal? Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. The Conversation, 22 November 2019
- Philanthropy’s bad reputation could put big donors off giving – here’s why it matters: Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. The Conversation, 22 May 2019
- What Red Nose Day tells us about the need for comic relief in the modern workplace: Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. The Conversation, 15 March 2019
- Should charities accept contrition cash from dubious donors? Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. The Guardian 24 November 2017
- ‘I miss my family. Angelika’s like an aunt’. The older Germans taking in Syrian refugees: The Guardian, 15 November 2017
- How the other half give: working with charity’s biggest donors: The Guardian, 28 June 2017
- Charity matters, and social science about charity matters too: Social Science Matters, April 2017
- Like George Michael, we’re all private philanthropists: The Guardian, 29 March 2017
- Kent experts contribute to new Lords’ report on charity: University of Kent News, 28 March 2017
- The top five reasons the rich like to donate to universities: The Conversation, 28 November 2016
- Centre Director comments on $3 billion Chan Zuckerberg announcement: BBC News online, September 2016
- Why we created The Philanthropy Reader: Philanthropy Impact, August 2016
- What does Brexit mean for philanthropy? University of Kent, July 2016
- An interview with Dr Beth Breeze: Cause4Opinion,13 May 2016
- Charity in a time of austerity: great expectations in hard times: New Statesman, 21 January 2016
- Beth Breeze comments on the Chan Zuckerberg philanthropic announcement: The Guardian, 2 December 2015
- Discussion of the 2015 Million Pound Donor report: The Sunday Times, 22 November 2015
- Make every pound go further with your charity donations: The Sunday Times, 9 November 2014
- Charity is the new investment, Coutts has claimed: FT Adviser, 6 November 2014
- Arts and cultural organisations benefitting from increasing mega-philanthropy: The Stage, 3 November 2014
- Multi-million pound giving to universities increases: The Daily Telegraph, 3 November 2014
- Ein Tierheim brennt und Tausende spenden (Thousands donated after animal shelter fire): Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 14 September 2014
- Manchester Dogs Home: Why is fundraising so successful? BBC News, 12 September 2014
- Donating to charity: are we getting as good as we give? The Independent, 10 September 2014
- The Beth Breeze report on barriers to philanthropy: Third Sector, 27 June 2014
- Two-thirds of business leaders volunteer at charities: Charity Times, 17 June 2014
- How much the rich give is now key to success: The Yorkshire Post, 11 March 2014
- Why do rich people give? Discover Society, December 2013
- Cashing in on the generosity of spirit at Christmas: Kent on Sunday, 10 December 2013
- What motivates wealthy donors to give? The Fundraiser, 29 November 2013
- How to give major donors what they want: Fundraising Magazine, 14 November 2013
- Reinventing Philanthropy: Charity Times, October/November 2013
- How has UK philanthropy changed over the last decade? Alliance Magazine, 15 October 2013
- Five things rich donors want charities to know: Guardian Professional, 30 September 2013
- What prevents rich people from giving? Arts Professional, 30 September 2013
- Staff choice in charity partnerships can be ‘tokenistic’: Fundraising Magazine, 8 May 2013
- The shop floor perspective on corporate philanthropy: Guardian Professional, 2 October 2012
- Past philanthropists: How giving has evolved: BBC News, 17 September 2012
- The new philanthropists: The Guardian, 7 March 2012
- We can’t provide sure-fire donors: Third Sector, 18 October 2011
Broadcast comment
- Philanthropy is worth defending, RW Fund, 3 June 2021
- Contributor to BBC Radio 4 ‘Tainted Money’ programme, furst broadcast on 25 May 2021
- Bill and Melinda Gates divorce: Philanthropy is caught in the crosshairs of society’s obsession with celebrity, The Conversation 13 May 2021,
- Is an actress donating her divorce settlement to charity altruism or ‘savvy PR’?, Daryl Denham show, BBC Radio Kent (from 10:07), 19 August 2016
- Donating to multiple causes, BBC 5 Live’s Saturday Breakfast, 16 November 2013
- Should charity begin at home?, BBC Radio 4’s Moral Maze, 13 November 2013