Donations in the carpet bag
Howard Lake | 9 December 1997 | News
We reveal the results of the Skipton Building Society’s fundraising in its efforts to deter carpetbaggers.
In September 1997 UK Fundraising reported on the decision by the Skipton Building Society to require all new investors to donate £25 to the NSPCC as part of their efforts to deter carpetbaggers keen on making a tidy profit should the Building Society demutualise.
The idea has paid off, raising £400,000 for the charity.
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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.