And good riddance to an awful event. Surprisingly, the income from this annual embarrassment had rocketed up in recent years from £541k in 2012, to an astonishing £2m in 2017, and the event hadn’t lost any of its attraction to very wealthy men, influential men and male celebrities, despite Harvey Goldsmith resigning from the charity […]
Announcing the first Top Table of 2018! Top Table is an opportunity for Directors of Fundraising to meet together, and discuss the issues which affect you, while sharing a light breakfast, and stunning views over London from the top of the Walkie Talkie building. This is a new venue for us, and a unique one, within […]
BUILD A SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE MODEL FOR YOUR ORGANISATION We know that your organisation works hard to refine and implement its mission. We can help you explore new ways of maximising impact and nurture the talent and knowledge of your volunteers and supporters. Social enterprise is not new, but there is increasing evidence that social […]
Populism was so last year, but this year we will pull our little socks up and all work together – won’t we? Indeed, we will build a bridge over the channel. Yes, a real one (probably designed by Thomas Heatherwick) not a metaphorical one and we will not burn it – will we? Then as […]
It has been a busy year for IFC, and as it draws to a close we take a look back at some of our highlights… 2017 saw three new offices join the IFC family. We are delighted to welcome Jim De in India, Maya Gabitova in Kyrgyzstan and Sam Kayongo in Tanzania as new Country […]
There is so much wrong with Poverty Porn as a heading, it is hard to know where to start dismantling it. Only the sloppiest or most crass of sub-editors would have likened Comic Relief’s fundraising to pornography. Yes, it is a neat piece of alliteration and will get people reading the piece, but the whole […]
At the start of 2017 I looked forward at fundraising’s possible direction of travel for the year. At the time we were suffering from the hammer blows of critical press attention and government directed regulation that threatened to become a stranglehold on charities ability to fund their work and to meet increasing needs in an […]
Tanzania joined the global team of fundraisers at the International Fundraising Consultancy in June 2017. The past period has been devoted to learning how other IFC Directors in the different countries manage the daunting task of supporting non-profits so that we utilise these experiences to improve the work in Tanzania. Talking to John Baguley, the […]
Last week in Lima, Peru, IFC held a workshop on How to convert followers into monthly donors. Run by IFC Associate, Andrea Mejia, the workshop aimed to bring together not-for-profit organisations in Peru to explore the issue of increasing donors and provide a networking opportunity. The aim of the workshop was to begin to build a community […]
Fundraising guru and IFC Chair, John Baguley PhD launches his latest book, Fundraising and Zombies: A Guide to Charity Management on 28 October 2017. The book, available to pre-order on Amazon, tackles some of the most pertinent issues facing charity management. Fundraising and Zombies rips the lid off the zombie phenomena affecting so many charities […]