# Live chat on trust fundraising with Gary Wiltshire

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/06/24/live-chat-trust-fundraising-gary-wiltshire/
- Published: 2009-06-24T08:53:24+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Gary Wiltshire, editor of [Funding Information](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/www.fundinginformation.org),
will be taking part in a free live chat on The Charity Place**

Wiltshire wrote his first grant application in 1972 and has been working with grant
making trusts and grant-seeking organisations ever since. He believes that effective
trust fundraising is all about preparation and the integration of fundraising into
all aspects of an organisation’s other fundraising and its work as a whole.

He has edited the subscription-based Funding Information for over 20 years, covering
new sources of grants, changes to existing giver’s guidelines, and future directions
in fundraising in general.

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Wiltshire is optimistic about what trust fundraisers can achieve, despite the recession.

He said: “Despite the apparent competition, there is still plenty of scope for organisations
to raise new money from trusts and other grant sources. Why? Because most of the
applications that grant makers receive are rubbish. (Though, sadly, most won’t admit
to that in public at least).

“Applications are badly researched, poorly written, and do a disservice to the most
important people in the process: the beneficiaries of the work the grant is intended
for.”

You can [register for the free online chat](http://thecharityplace.ning.com/events/trusts-and-foundations).

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