# Thanks Simon Collings – you found Resource Alliance’s voice - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/04/09/thanks-simon-collings-you-found-resource-alliances-voice/ - Published: 2009-04-09T10:08:49+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **Although this may be a little late, I’d just like to put in my tribute to Simon Collings, who left the Resource Alliance last month after six years as chief executive.** I’ve been going to the [International Fundraising Congress](http://www.resource-alliance.org/ifc) in Holland – or ‘Amsterdam’ as people used to refer to it, though it’s actually the opposite direction from Schipol Airport to Amsterdam – since 1999. I’ve been actively involved as the UK country rep since 2004 and last year I became the UK ambassador for IFC. ![Simon Collings](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/files/images/news/Simon_collings_1232617242. jpg) _Thank you Simon_ So I’ve been able to see at close hand exactly what Simon has contributed to the Resource Alliance and the IFC. ## Advertisement When Simon took over, the Resource Alliance was viewed by many fundraisers as the organisation that staged the IFC once a year. Most of them didn’t even know about the International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation – the IFC’s equivalent in the Global South. However, Simon turned the Resource Alliance into the organisation it had always wanted to be – a global player in the field of civil society capacity building and not just a conference organiser. The RA now has some real clout and a voice that demands to be heard and for that we must thank Simon. * **[IFC 2009 to focus on fundraising through global recession](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/07/01/ifc-2009-focus-fundraising-through-global-recession/)**( 1 July 2009) * **[Migrate with your flock of fundraisers to the IFC this October](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/07/28/migrate-your-flock-fundraisers-ifc-october/)**( 28 July 2009) * **[Following the International Fundraising Congress](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/10/20/following-international-fundraising-congress/)**( 20 October 2009) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)