44. Max Newton – Achieving what seems IMPOSSIBLE, in fundraising and beyond

If you’d like ideas to help you more confidently embrace very difficult, or even impossible-seeming challenges in this gruelling year, I hope you’re going to love this episode! Because this time I talk to Max Newton, who is Head of community fundraising at Shelter. Earlier this year, Max completed the Tunnel Ultra, running for 200 miles non-stop (yes, you read that right!), back and forth through a dark tunnel. It took around 50 hours. I was determined to get Max on the podcast to share some of the things his running hobby has taught him, that can help any of us when facing daunting challenges in life and, particularly, as fundraisers / leaders. This year Max and his colleagues have been making practical use of these ideas to help deal so positively with the challenges of fundraising during the chaos of the pandemic. If you want to share this episode with your friends and social media contacts because you think it will help other charities at this difficult time, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! And Max and I would love to hear what you think. We are both on Linked In and on twitter Max is @MaximoNewton and I am @woods_rob. This episode is part of a full film Max and I recorded for the training and inspiration site for fundraisers, Bright Spot Members Club. If you’d like to find out more about all the training films, downloads and live sessions available each week, go to www.brightspotmembersclub.co.uk/join/.