Funding seminar will examine trends in grant giving
Howard Lake | 20 May 2007 | News
A seminar in Belfast next month will provide an update on changes and trends in grant-funding theory and practice. ‘Grant-Funding: What’s Happening,’ organised by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) in partnership with the Funders Forum Northern Ireland, will take place at the Stormont Hotel, Belfast on 7th June.
The keynote speaker will be Julia Unwin, currently Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation who has researched and published widely on funding issues. In the ‘Grant-making Tango: Issues for Funders,’ Julia explores the funding relationships between funders and recipients of funding and describes three different funding styles —Shopping, Giving and Investing.
Seamus Murray, Acting Director of the Voluntary and Community Unit, Department for Social Development, will provide an update on developments in Northern Ireland as a result of Positive Steps, the government’s plan for resourcing the voluntary sector.
Other speakers include:
•Peter Grant, Senior Fellow at CASS Business School
•Marie Anderson, Assistant Information Commissioner for Northern Ireland
•Avila Kilmurray, Director of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland
•Brandon McMaster, a Director in the Northern Ireland Audit Office’s Value for Money Division
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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.