# Gill Astarita Memorial Fund raises nearly £24,000

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/10/15/gill-astarita-memorial-fund-raises-nearly-24000/
- Published: 2009-10-15T12:28:39+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**In its first year the Gill Astarita Memorial Fund has raised almost £24,000 to
support the development of fundraisers and fundraising in India and Africa.**

[Gill Astarita](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/09/05/obituary-gill-astarita/) was
a widely respected fundraiser and chief executive of Volunteer Reading Help, who
lost her battle against cancer last year.

The Fund was set up Gill’s husband Mark Astarita, director of fundraising at the
British Red Cross, and is run, as part of [The Fundraisers Fund](http://www.fundraisersfund.org),
by global capacity-building charity, the Resource Alliance.

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Fundraising for the Fund will continue at next week’s International Fundraising 
Congress (IFC) in Holland, aiming to enable the Fund to meet growing demand for 
fundraising training in the developing world.

The Fund has now provided bursaries for 20 fundraisers from eight countries to attend
the 9th International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation (IWRM) in Bangalore, India
in May and for 30 individuals to attend the 15-day intensive course on resource 
mobilisation and communications in India, Malaysia and Africa.

The [Resource Alliance](http://www.resource-alliance.org) will be hosting a Fundraisers
Fund Reception at the IFC with the aim of raising £5,000.

“Gill would have been delighted that so many fundraisers have now benefited from
essential training as a direct result of her peers’ generous donations to this fund,”
said Mark Astarita.

“She was passionate about supporting fundraisers in Africa and India and I hope 
that, with continued support, the Fund will provide funding for many more bursaries
in this part of the world.”

 * **[Institute names award in honour of Gill Astarita](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/09/19/institute-names-award-honour-gill-astarita/)(
   19 September 2008)
 * **[The Gill Astarita Fundraiser of the Year 2011](https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/06/30/gill-astarita-fundraiser-year/)(
   30 June 2011)