Institute of Fundraising launches web resource for volunteer fundraisers
Howard Lake | 11 June 2008 | News
With funding from the Vodafone UK Foundation and the Office of the Third Sector, the Institute of Fundraising has launched how2fundraise.org, an online resource for volunteer fundraisers.
Promoted today by an email from Phil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector, the site is intended to offer ideas and answers to inspire and support volunteer fundraisers, provide guides on running various fundraising activities, and as a result increase the funds raised for charities.
The Institute believes that “it is no longer necessary for charities to build a whole range of online fundraising resources for their volunteer fundraisers” as the new site will serve this purpose.
Lindsay Boswell, Chief Executive at the Institute of Fundraising, said: “Volunteer fundraisers raise billions for charity each year. If we can help them raise even a few percent more then that will be a massive additional contribution to good causes.”
Sarah Shillito, Head of The Vodafone UK Foundation and Social Investment, comments: “The professionals are not exclusively the experts when it comes to this area of fundraising. We hope we’ve created just the place for volunteers to share their secrets of success.”
Although the Institute aims to serve professional fundraisers, it sees the site as a natural extension to its services, helping both volunteers and the professionals that support them to achieve high standards in fundraising practice and management.
www.how2fundraise.org
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.