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With more people using their mobile to access the internet, charities should make sure their website is smartphone friendly. Gingerbread, the charity for single parents, shares some top tips on how to adapt your website.

The National Trust's Andrew McLaughlin talks about a recent restructure at the charity that placed comms and policy functions within the same division.

Gudie Dogs' Louise Robertshaw explains how a successful campaign has encouraged integration between comms and policy.

This year, the British Heart Foundation has thought small: its 2011 annual review measures just 10 x 6 cm. We speak to Louise Kyme, the BHF’s Design Manager, about the review.

Learn more about the National Trust's innovative new online farming project, MyFarm.

Action for Children's Matt Wenham tells us that the charity's new website promoting localised, project-focused fundraising is the way forward.

Margaret O'Donnell, Head of Digital Media at British Red Cross, tells us how the charity put users at the heart of its website redesign and relaunch.

Amnesty International UK’s Fiona McLaren tells us how they built and used online communities to run a hugely successful campaign against Shell.

Barts and The London NHS Trust's Director of Communications, Susan Cunnington-King, gives an insight into the workings of their PR team.

We speak to Anna Quenby, Head of PR, about why Kew's PR team has been nominated for a PR Week award.

The Royal British Legion has been shortlisted for Non-Profit Department of the Year in the PR Week Awards 2010. CharityComms finds out what makes their team so strong.

In this series, CharityComms speaks to the organisations shortlisted for Non-Profit Department of the Year in the PR Week Awards 2010. Here, the National Trust explains what makes their department successful.

Danny Lynch, Media and Communications Officer at Kick It Out, gives an insight into the campaign’s latest initiative tackling the problem of homophobia in the game.

Amalia McGibbon, PR Officer at Missing People, tells us how the charity maximised their visibility and fundraising by choosing the right partner

Refuge's Janqui Mehta gives us an in-depth view of the charity's partnership with Avon, and the campaign they created together

Winnie Coutinho, Head of Campaigns and Communications at Changing Faces, tells us how the charity developed a successful and beneficial relationship with Transport for London

Zoe Amar, Lasa's Marketing and Business Development Manager, talks about the lessons she learnt when Lasa celebrated its 25th anniversary

Katherine Sladden, Communications Manager at the National AIDS Trust, tells us how their innovative Press Gang scheme has helped to counter negative media coverage of HIV/AIDS

Stonewall's Gary Nunn discusses the charity's innovative, integrated campaigning

Sinead Rippington reports on effective environmental campaigning.

Lally Pearson reports on how Action for Children managed one of the sector's biggest rebrands

PR Manager Ben Sutcliffe tells Emma Wickenden how his charity has offset a drop in its street collecting income by offering its public relations services to businesses.

Gill Harrison, Press and PR Manager with Sustrans, tells Barney Jeffries how the transport charity grabbed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Organisational change is as important as your visual identity, Amanda Bringans tells Gideon Burrows

Sometimes you need to call in the experts to get your message across. Director of Communications at the NSPCC John Grounds tells Paul Allen how it’s done

Providing the ideal case study helped the Motor Neurone Disease Association get high profile coverage in an unexpected place. Gideon Burrows reports

Alexis Dormandy explains the challenges engaging supporters and customers with a small marketing spend at a time when money is tight and the charity sector is becoming highly competitive

In our celebrity culture, enlisting the support of stars from the sporting, entertainment and broadcasting world can put your charity’s cause in the spotlight. Trina Wallace talked to Alison Tilbe, Head of the High Profile Supporters Team at UNICEF, to see how it’s done

Student campaign group People & Planet have been nominated for a British Environmental Media Award, for their campaign to get universities to go green

The anti-bullying charity exploited an ongoing relationship with Google, to launch one of the most popular celebrity video-channels on YouTube. Barney Jeffries reports

Getting people with MS involved in their latest awareness-raising campaign has improved the quality of MS Society communications team output. Head of Communications Matthew Trainer tells Trina Wallace about the charity’s Putting the Pieces Together campaign

Thanks to some savvy media and campaigning work, the Mental Health Alliance has successfully pressed for significant changes to the Mental Health Bill. Alliance Chair Andy Bell tells Trina Wallace about this communications success

Putting together a more effective communications strategy for the National Autistic Society (NAS) meant getting all departments singing from the same hymn sheet. Trina Wallace talked to NAS Director of Communications Benet Middleton

Judith Barnard, Leonard Cheshire Disability’s Communications Director, tells CharityComms about their hugely successful campaign - Creature Discomforts