# Return of the Capital Appeals…

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/06/11/return-capital-appeals/
- Published: 2009-06-11T19:48:42+01:00
- Author: John Baguley

This may belong in the “is it just us” file but in the past few weeks I have noticed
that last years reluctance by trustees to press the “go” button on capital appeals
has been replaced by their usual “haven’t we finished it yet” with no time given
to the process between.

 

Indeed trustee impatience, after at least a year of dilly dallying, may be responsible
for the current disastrous rush to borrow, buy and build then look for a consultancy
to raise the money; but at least we are seeing a return of confidence in the ability
of major donors to give major gifts and major trusts top give capital sums, though
the latter might be a reflection of mild panic because even trustees have caught
wind of the scant resources likely to be available to trusts next year.

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Or perhaps the whole capital appeal race may be down to a subconscious desire to
get in before government has to pay for its borrowing by cutting back and axing 
many of those juicy contracts many of us thrived on these past few years.

 

John Baguley

 

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