{"id":2588,"date":"2025-06-17T14:39:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:06:33","slug":"when-reduced-capacity-clashes-with-immovable-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/when-reduced-capacity-clashes-with-immovable-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"When Reduced Capacity Clashes with Immovable Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2588\" class=\"elementor elementor-2588\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab0dc33 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab0dc33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa2c8bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa2c8bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capacity-vs-targets-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2593\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capacity-vs-targets-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capacity-vs-targets-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capacity-vs-targets-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capacity-vs-targets-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capacity-vs-targets.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5ca9fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c5ca9fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When Reduced Capacity Clashes with Immovable Targets<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ab04b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ab04b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px;\">I recently had a chat with a brilliant but exhausted fundraising leader who shared an all-too-familiar story. Their team has significant gaps, and they&#8217;re desperately trying to recruit (another challenge worthy of its own article). But what&#8217;s really keeping them awake at night is the charity\u2019s refusal to adjust their fundraising targets to reflect the reduced capacity.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px;\">They&#8217;re overwhelmed, with stress levels through the roof. Anyone who&#8217;s been there knows the harsh reality: the only way to even come close to meeting outsized targets is to work unsustainable hours and postpone strategic work \u2013 the very stuff that would strengthen and sustain the charity&#8217;s future.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px;\">This short-term thinking typically leads to one of two outcomes (or both): either the organisation loses exceptional fundraisers and leaders, or it finds itself facing a deficit at year-end.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px;\">Yes, I&#8217;m being deliberately provocative and simplifying complex situations. But I&#8217;ve seen versions of this story play out for decades. It&#8217;s become so embedded in charity culture that it&#8217;s often seen as inevitable \u2013 after all, the organisation needs the money to survive, right?<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px;\">When faced with these complex, nuanced challenges, organisations often default to a &#8216;dig deeper, try harder&#8217; mentality. And it&#8217;s not just fundraisers who are exhausted \u2013 everyone is. While there&#8217;s no perfect solution that will suit every situation, one thing is crystal clear: we must find better alternatives than driving our people towards burnout.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px;\">I work with fundraisers to develop practical tools and approaches to manage overwhelm and navigate these challenging situations. However, while these individual strategies offer immediate relief, they&#8217;re not enough on their own. As a sector, we need to confront and address the root issue itself. Only by tackling these systemic challenges head-on can we create sustainable change that benefits both our people and the causes they serve.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb2a8de e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fb2a8de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c6982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-hfe-basic-posts\" data-id=\"77c6982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hfe-basic-posts.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"hfe-posts-grid\">\n\t\t\t<article class=\"hfe-post-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hfe-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a 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