Conference to address confidence in fundraising
Howard Lake | 7 September 2006 | News
The Irish Charity Tax Reform Group’s (ICTRG) 15th Annual Conference Fundraising Codes of Practice – the ring of confidence -maintaining public confidence in Irish Charitieswill be held on Thursday 28th September at the Gresham, Dublin. Consumer advocate Eddie Hobbs will make the keynote address.
The conference focuses on the issue of public confidence in charities and how this might be reinforced through regulation of fundraising by agreed codes of practice as proposed in the draft Charities Regulation Bill 2006 published in March.
Eddie Hobbs, the keynote speaker will give the consumer perspective on what inspires public confidence in charities and Paul Whelan from O2 will give a donor’s view. Sheila Nordon and Peter Cassells will talk about a research project funded by the Dept. CRAGA and being carried out by Irish Charities Tax Research Ltd on how regulation of fundraising by agreed codes of practice might operate in Ireland.
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Go to www.charitytaxreform.com/conference for programme details and online booking.
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.