The popularity of face-to-face fundraising tends to vary over time, but we note that RNLI is hoping to recruit more face-to-face fundraisers to help raise funds and share water safety messages around the coast. When did you last consider if face-to-face fundraising has a place in your fundraising portfolio? Remember that the Code of Fundraising […]
Fundraising
Charity fundraising duties for trustees updated
Charity fundraising: a guide to trustee duties (CC20) has just been updated, and you can view it at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charities-and-fundraising-cc20. The most recent changes are to make it more accessible and easier to use, but why not take this opportunity of arranging a joint trustees and fundraisers session to review it and share some learnings?
Reminder of free 25-minute insight calls
We just wanted to remind you that you can take advantage of a free 25-minute insight call to talk through any question related to data protection, tech, fundraising or governance (including Theory of Change). You can book a slot with the link https://calendly.com/zorva/25-minute-chat-with-nick.
Warning over large donation handling
The Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into how a charity handled a large donation, You can find details of their website but it prompted us to ask whether you have a policy for the acceptance (or refusal) of donations. You owe it to your fundraisers to have this clearly written down, and CIoF members […]
Charity training dates released
Civil Society media offer a range of online training and the next dates have just been announced. You can find out more at https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/training.html, and they offer discounts to those with Civil Society Media subscriptions, for example if you are a CIoF member.