# Dame Stephanie Shirley outlines her plans to boost UK Philanthropy

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/08/16/dame-stephanie-shirley-outlines-her-plans-boost-uk-philanthropy-0/
- Published: 2010-08-16T15:35:09+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Dame Stephanie Shirley outlines her plans to boost UK Philanthropy

Speaking to KnowHow NonProfit’s governance expert Ruth Lesirge, UK Ambassador for
Philanthropy Dame “Steve” Shirley outlined her plans to boost philanthropy in the
UK and discussed how charities should effectively engage major donors in giving.

Dame “Steve” Shirley emphasized the need to make philanthropy easy and explained
how in her role as UK Ambassador for Philanthropy she’s is co-ordinating the major
UK retail banks to provide a range of philanthropy products. “If we can do this 
with some of the banks, I think this will really [lift] philanthropy in this country,”
said Shirley.

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Touching on how charities should manage their relationships with donors Shirley 
highlighted the power of the web as a tool to demonstrate the impact of donors’ 
money. Penitently when discussing major donor relationship’s Shirley said: “Philanthropist’s
expect a phonecall, a visit, a letter, from who? The Chief Executive, not from the
fundraiser”

A full length video version of this interview between two of the UK’s leading governance
experts is available exclusively at

http://www.knowhownonprofit.org/funding/multimedia/dame-steve-shirley-on-uk-philanthropy/

For more information contact Damien Clarkson on 0207 040 5178 or by email on da***************@*****
ac.uk

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