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Most committed to learning and development
Howard Lake | 24 May 2013 | Blogs
The non-profit organisation that demonstrates a commitment to accessing and providing tailored learning that supports and develops their staff at every point in their career.
The shortlisted entries are:
- Action for Children
- Cats Protection
Action for Children
Action for Children has invested in a bespoke training plan for all fundraisers that includes private coaching sessions, fundraising workshops, an in-house IoF certificate programme and a two-day annual fundraising conference. All fundraisers have an annual private coaching session, and due to the success of these, Action for Children ran a competition among staff to receive quarterly coaching sessions.
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Additionally, one-day workshops are specifically tailored to the needs of the fundraising team and take place at locations across the UK. Since 2011 15 fundraisers have embarked on the in-house IoF certificate programme, and the charity will shortly be introducing the IoF Diploma option as well.
Cats Protection
Cats Protection is committed to supporting learning and development and professional development across the organisation, including volunteers, who play a key role in Cats Protection’s fundraising activities. The Volunteer Champions Programme is delivered across the charity, with the fundraising team taking a leading role in managing, supporting and developing volunteers. The fundraising directorate uses performance management reviews as goal setting for L&D.
Two fundraisers have achieved the IoF Certificate in Fundraising, two are working towards it and two more are completing marketing qualifications. Sharing of fundraising knowledge continues and in 2012 11 workshops were delivered for volunteers nationally.
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.