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New fundraising conference for small charities to be held next month
Howard Lake | 31 October 2012 | News
The first in a new series of fundraising industry conferences takes place next month. The first Enlighten Conference will present sessions on best practice and ideas for successful fundraising for small and start-up charities.
It takes place on 26 November at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Central London.
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Speakers include:
• Craig Linton: Head of Fundraising at the Royal London Society for Blind People
• Richard Piper: CEO of Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity
• Rachel Beer: founding Partner at Beautiful World
• David Erasmus: founder and CEO of Givey, the social donation platform.
• Lucy Gower: founder of Lucyinnovation.
THe day will feature eight workshops covering fundraising methods such as events, trusts, legacies, individual giving, corporate and volunteers.
Broadcaster turned communications consultant Merryn Myatt from Perris-Myatt will present a plenary session on crisis and reputation management for small charities.
Tickets for Enlighten Conference cost £49.00 and include access to the whole day, lunch and refreshments and access to presentation slides after the event.
http://enlightenconf.co.uk
About Howard Lake
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.