# Spurgeons appoints Marsha Forbes as head of fundraising

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/07/spurgeons-appoints-marsha-forbes-head-fundraising/
- Published: 2017-02-07T10:30:22+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Spurgeons children’s charity has appointed Marsha Forbes as head of fundraising.**

Forbes joins [Spurgeons](https://www.spurgeons.org/) from [World Vision UK](http://www.worldvision.org.uk/),
where she was part of the Supporter Engagement Team, gaining expertise in individual
giving and community fundraising. Prior to World Vision, Forbes was head of DM and
personal membership at the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Forbes joins Spurgeons in its 150th anniversary year, marking the founding of the
charity by Baptist minister Charles Spurgeon.

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Forbes said:

> “The anniversary year provides an exciting opportunity to develop the fundraising
> activity at Spurgeons working within communities to improve and transform the 
> lives of children and families struggling to cope.  This provides a compelling
> fundraising proposition and shows that the work of Spurgeons is still relevant
> in today’s climate as it ever was.”

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