# Congratulations to Gill Raikes MBE

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/06/13/congratulations-gill-raikes-mbe/
- Published: 2011-06-13T13:04:58+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Gill Raikes MInstF Cert, Director of Fundraising at the National Trust, and a 
trustee of the Institute of Fundraising, has been awarded the MBE in the Queen’s
birthday honours list.**

Lots of people have been quick to add their congratulations to Gill, including Mark
Astarita, Director of Fundraising at the British Red Cross and the new Chair of 
the Institute of Fundraising.
He [tweeted](http://twitter.com/AstaritaMark/status/80005970486509570):_“
yes the fabulous Gill Rakes trustee of iof and amazing national trust fundraiser
and the fundraiser i would most like to be”_Bruce Leeke, Acting Chief Executive 
of the Institute of Fundraising, added: “Held in high regard by her peers, colleagues
and associates, Gill Raikes is one of the UK’s leading fundraisers. She is renowned
for her tireless efforts on behalf of the National Trust but has also been a great
champion of the fundraising profession.

“Gill’s work on the IoF’s National Convention Board and more recently as one of 
our trustees shows her unrelenting commitment to fundraising and fundraisers. We
are delighted for Gill who thoroughly deserves this great honour.”

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## Three years later…

Three years later Gill Raikes was thanking Mark Astarita.

>  Gill Raikes thanks Mark Astarita at IoF Awards | UK Fundraising: Gill Raikes 
> thanks Mark Astarita, Dir… [http://t.co/Eqtq6OlOD5](http://t.co/Eqtq6OlOD5)
> — ukfundraising (@ukfundraising) [July 12, 2014](https://twitter.com/ukfundraising/status/487946410818433024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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