Five new Fellows announced by the Institute of Fundraising
Howard Lake | 11 July 2014 | News
The Institute of Fundraising has announced the election of five new Fellows to the IoF Fellowship. Fellows are recognised for their contribution to fundraising above and beyond their day job.
In addition, the award of a fellowship acknowledges the commitment of those who give their time to the Institute to help develop the profession of fundraising.
This year’s fellows, announced at the Institute’s AGM at the National Convention in London this week, are Jane Cunningham, Cathy Sullivan, Martin Price, Tenika Ah-Wan and Margaret Bennett.
Speaking at his last National Convention as IoF Chair, Mark Astarita said:
“I am delighted that one of my last official acts as chair of the Institute is to recognise five outstanding fundraisers, who have given over and above the call of duty, both to fundraising and the IoF, as new Fellows of the Institute.”
What do Fellows do?
UK Fundraising’s Howard Lake was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Fundraising two years ago. Being elected is an honour and recognition by one’s peers for a substantial contribution to fundraising and the Institute. Fellows are expected to offer advice, guidance and support to trustees, staff and Institute members.
As well as the honour, Fellows are invited to attend an annual dinner in London, at their own expense.
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Jane Cunningham
For over twenty years Jane has helped develop telephone fundraising, face-to-face fundraising, and direct marketing techniques to the fundraising management process. She helped the National Fundraisers Convention develop in its early years through voluntary support and sponsorship. Her company Personal Telephone Fundraising is, 20 years later, a sponsor of the IoF fundraising awards.
She is active in the IoF Southern Regional Group, and has helped the Institute to develop an effective self-regulation role.
Cathy Sullivan
Congratulations to Cathy Sullivan on being elected a Fellow of the Institute of Fundraising at #iofnc. @ioftweets pic.twitter.com/3XsXSgURFJ
— Howard Lake (@howardlake) July 8, 2014
Cathy founded Fundraising Initiatives in 1999 and has contributed to the development of face-to-face fundraising in the UK and internationally since then. Now Fundraising Initiatives provides face-to-face, street, door-to-door and private site fundraising across Europe, Canada, USA, South America, and Australia, and is pioneering its use in emerging markets for fundraising in South Africa and lndia.
Martin Price
Martin is Chair of the Institute’s Welsh Committee and a fundraising consultant. He was a Trustee of the Institute from 2005 to 2011 as the Welsh representative and now sits on the Finance and Resources Committee. As Chair of the Welsh Committee, he was instrumental in securing lottery funding for the Welsh Office.
Tenika Ah-Wan
Tenika has run her own fundraising practice for 15 years, offering fundraising coaching and mentoring services. She has been a steering group member for the development of Fundraising National Occupational Standards. She helped establish the Black Fundraisers Special Interest Group (SIG), the Minorities in Fundraising SIG, and is now a member of the Consultants SIG. She delivers a range of courses through the IoF Academy.
Margaret Bennett
Margaret has worked in the charity sector since the 1980s when she became Director of Fundraising at WWF-UK. After that she became the British Red Cross’s first Director of Income Generation, helping to transform the charity’s approach to strategic planning. In 2001 she co-founded THINK Consulting Solutions. For the past fifteen years, she has advised and guided a wide range of not-for-profits from major INGOs to UK organisations as well as small, local charities.
I’m at the @ioftweets AGM. New fellows: Martin Price, Tenika Ah-Wan, Cathy Sullivan, Jane Cunningham, Margaret Bennett #iofnc
— Lucy Caldicott (@LucyCaldicott) July 8, 2014
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.