When is a consultant a ‘professional fundraiser’?
Howard Lake | 17 February 2008 | Blogs
No jokes today – the Institute of Fundraising is just launching its Code of Practice for Consultants, which expertly sets out just when a consultant becomes a ‘professional fundraiser’ under the new Charities Act. See www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk.
The code also tackles difficult questions such as; just what a consultant / professional fundraiser must do during a personal ‘ask’.
To my mind, as a consultant, this is required reading; and I hope it will also be read by my clients and prospective clients. It’s not often you can say that about a code of practice!
How many consultants does it take to change a lightbulb? Hmm must be in the code somewhere…
About Howard Lake
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.