# Canal & River Trust moves F2F fundraising in-house

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/06/30/canal-river-trust-moves-f2f-fundraising-in-house/
- Published: 2021-06-30T08:00:00+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Canal & River Trust has announced that it is to take face-to-face fundraising
in-house as its steps up its post-lockdown fundraising activity, with an initial
24 roles to be recruited over the next few months.**

The roles will be advertised on the charity’s website, and will be based across 
its 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales. Nine agency fundraisers who are
currently on assignment from agency [Inspired People](https://inspiredpeople.org/),
which it has worked with for eight years on its face-to-face fundraising programme,
have been invited to apply for roles.

The [Canal & River Trust](https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/) currently has 28,000 
Friends who give a regular monthly gift – down from 30,000 pre-pandemic.

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Explaining the move, Hamish Shilliday, Head of Individual and Legacy Giving at the
Trust, said:

> “The Trust, like all in the sector, has been impacted by the restrictions in place
> as a result of coronavirus.
>  
> “With the easing of restrictions, we are relaunching our face-to-face activity
> and, following an in-depth review, we are excited to be changing the way we operate
> to drive our Covid-19 recovery plans and future performance.
>  
> “The new roles are benchmarked so that the Trust is able to attract the best candidates
> and the move to an in-house team will allow the charity to give more direct input
> and support for its fundraisers day-to-day.”

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