# Winners of ICFM Professional Fundraising Awards

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/07/30/winners-icfm-professional-fundraising-awards/
- Published: 2001-07-30T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The winners of the 2001 ICFM and Professional Fundraising Magazine awards have been
announced.
The Awards seek to recognise excellence in fundraising. This year the
judges were looking for evidence of best practice and innovation. The winners are:

Regional or local campaign of the year: Big Issue in the North, for its Christmas
Appeal 2000.

Best use of the telephone in fundraising: Medecins Sans Frontiers for its Sudan 
Appeal Donor Conversion, working with Personal Fundraising Partnership.

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Best direct marketing campaign – donor development: Intermediate Technology Development
Group for its Drought-defying Water Power Appeal, working with Whitewater.

Most effective corporate fundraising campaign: Mencap and Transco for the Transco/
Mencap Safety Charity Challenge.

Best use of events in fundraisingL Kirkwood Hospice for its Millennium Madness.

Best use of payroll giving: NCH for its in-house payroll giving.

Best direct marketing campaign – donor recruitment: Concern for its Lifesaving Lunch,
working with Whitewater.

Professional fundraiser of the year: Richard Turner of FARM-Africa.

Volunteer fundraiser of the year: Michelle Lewis, aged 18, who has raised over £
1 million for various charities over the past 10 years.

Lifetime achievement in fundraising: Ian Ventham, Royal National Lifeboat Institute.

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