# Listen to match-fund SOFII’s redevelopment appeal

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/07/03/listen-matchfund-sofii039s-redevelopment-appeal/
- Published: 2013-07-03T08:25:05+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Telephone fundraising agency Listen will match pound for pound the first £10,000
donated to help SOFII, the Showcase of Fundraising Innovation and Inspiration, redevelop
its website.

Established in 2007, the website offers a free, and growing archive of effective
fundraising from around the world. Six years on, SOFII has launched a public redevelopment
appeal to raise £40,000 to enable it better to servce the thousands of fundraisers
who visit it for tips, ideas and case studies.

Changes planned for the site include making information easier to find, reducing
load times, enhancing the search function, and make it more usable to people visiting
it from mobile or tablet devices.

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Tony Charalambides, [Listen](http://www.listenfundraising.com)’s Managing Director,
explained his support. He said: “Listen is very happy to back this appeal. Like 
many other fundraisers I have found SOFII to be a vital source of both information
and learning and through our support I hope that we can help bring this invaluable
resource to the attention of many more people worldwide. We would encourage anyone
involved or with an interest in fundraising to get behind this appeal and make SOFII
the global fundraising resource it deserves to be."

Author and consultant Ken Burnett, who founded SOFII, said: "To keep this vital 
information-sharing resource going and working to its full potential we must upgrade
the site to meet demand. This redevelopment will allow us to launch a brand new 
website which is fit for purpose and will give us the firm foundations to keep improving
[SOFII](http://www.sofii.org) for years to come."

As well as private donations and donations from sector organisations SOFII received
early support from the Joffe Foundation.

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