# IoF and PFRA postpone merger vote

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/16/iof-pfra-postpone-merger-vote/
- Published: 2016-06-16T16:31:05+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The planned merger of the Institute of Fundraising and the Public Fundraising 
Association (PFRA) has been delayed to allow more time for legal elements of the
due diligence process to be completed.**

 

The decision was taken at the PFRA’s AGM held yesterday in London.

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Both parties “remain committed to the merger”. The target date for completing the
process remains 31 July.

 

Peter Lewis, CEO of the [Institute of Fundraising](http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk)(
IoF) and Peter Hills-Jones, CEO of the [PFRA](http://www.pfra.org.uk), said in a
joint statement:

 

> “The IoF and PFRA have today agreed to set a new date for the formal vote to confirm
> our merger, allowing both our organisations to complete all the legal requirements
> of the due diligence process. The Boards of both organisations remain entirely
> committed to merging at the earliest opportunity and the target date for completing
> the merger remains unchanged at 31st July.”

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