According to the Institute of Voluntary Action Research (IVAR), common responses were challenging, frustrating and time-consuming. If applications to grant-making bodies is a part of your fundraising mix, the report could have valuable insights. You can see the highlights and download the full report with the link https://www.ivar.org.uk/publication/funding-experience-survey-26/.
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Charitable Soft Opt-In for second donations
We gave a presentation on the new Charitable Purposes Soft Opt-In (CPSOI) guidance recently to 45 CRM system administrators, and a few excellent questions were raised. One of the questions concerned the relevance of CPSOI where someone makes a second donation, and you do not know whether they have already consented to (or opted out […]
Insights into donor motivation
In the May edition of Fundraising Magazine from Civil Society, and normally a benefit of CIoF membership, an article entitled ‘Shared Responsibility’ reflects on research into donor motivation. It highlights that collective action is an important factor, and we wonder how you might build this into your own campaigns? We know of two organisations that […]
Fundraising Convention is changing
The CIoF have announced that 2026 will see the last Fundraising Convention. According to their press release and following the recent Learning Review, the CIoF is reshaping how they support fundraisers to learn, grow, and connect at every stage of their careers. 2026 will be the last Fundraising Convention, but this is just one part […]
Charity CRM Survey Results 2026
Results of the annual Fundraising Magazine survey of charity CRM solutions has just been published, where just over 400 charities shared views on their CRM systems. Beacon CRM offer an opportunity to download the report for the ‘cost’ of your contact details with the link https://www.beaconcrm.org/offer/fundraising-magazines-charity-crm-survey-results-2026, which is perhaps unsurprising as they emerged as #1 […]