Queens University foundation wins fundraising award
Howard Lake | 14 October 2012 | News
Queens University has won the Outstanding University Fundraising Team of the Year award at the Times Higher Leadership and Management Awards in London.
The University’s Development and Alumni Relations Office won the award for the fundraising campaign which raised almost £5 million for the new Graduate and Executive Education Centre at Riddel Hall in Belfast.
The judges said they admired the way in which the University had managed not only to raise an impressive sum but also to link the project to its own aims and to Northern Ireland’s skilled graduates and improve its business leadership.
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The Riddel Hall Founders’ Club, which saw 24 businesses contributing £1.5 million to the project, was also praised by the judges. Judges found the focus on building ever stronger links with the local business community to be a key aspect of Queen’s impressive philanthropic performance for the financial year.
Director of Development and Alumni Relations Norma Sinte said: “This is a tremendous accolade for the team. It recognises a significant achievement and a great deal of hard work. The success would not have been possible without the co-operation of colleagues across the University and the Board of the Queen’s Foundation, in particular Ed Vernon, who led the fundraising campaign on behalf of the Foundation.”
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.