Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson: RAG fundraising at university helped me find my voice

Howard Lake | 5 July 2016 | News

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Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson presented the opening plenary on the second day of the Institute of Fundraising’s National Convention at the Barbican Centre in London. She encouraged fundraisers to keep telling the story of the change they help to make.
She also told us that she had been involved in fundraising since she was a RAG fundraiser at Loughborough University.
 

Great! @Tanni_GT was a Rag fundraiser at university. #FundraisingConvention @RAGConference pic.twitter.com/XCwepczLp1

— Howard Lake (@howardlake) July 5, 2016

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Wow. Didn't know @Tanni_GT was a fellow Raggie! #fundraisingconvention

— Bill King (@billjking) July 5, 2016

"When it feels like everyone is having a go, don't forget the amazing work that you do", @Tanni_GT tells #FundraisingConvention

— Steph Siddall (@stephsiddall) July 5, 2016

'Fundraising as part of RAG at university helped me find my voice' & now @Tanni_GT uses sport for change across world #FundraisingConvention

— Liz Tait 💙 (@liztait) July 5, 2016

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"I wouldn't have been an athlete without the support of the third sector." @Tanni_GT #FundraisingConvention pic.twitter.com/m20zQNNes5

— IFCo (@Group_IFCo) July 5, 2016

'Don't forget the amazing work you do' says @Tanni_GT to #FundraisingConvention

— Liz Tait 💙 (@liztait) July 5, 2016

Wise words about being a team from @Tanni_GT @ioftweets #FundraisingConvention pic.twitter.com/9bgVtKvMVk

— Beth Upton (@Beth_Upton) July 5, 2016

Great to hear @Tanni_GT talk about the charities that have inspired her as she opens #FundraisingConvention day two pic.twitter.com/4uBjdLgCSS

— Ceri Edwards 🌈 (@jceriedwards) July 5, 2016

'No' & 'never' didn't stop Tanni. It pushed her to be the tour de force she is. What an inspiration. #FundraisingConvention

— Deanna Wolf (@deannawolf) July 5, 2016

#FundraisingConvention @Tanni_GT says "try and be the best you can be and learn from yourself what you can and can't do"

— Chartered Institute of Fundraising (@CIOFtweets) July 5, 2016

@Tanni_GT What an inspirational lady, just ignore the never's and achieve your goals #FundraisingConvention pic.twitter.com/ujVUtbvq6k

— Julie Roberts (@Julie_Roberts1) July 5, 2016

@Tanni_GT #FundraisingConvention #youcanican #inspiration beating a list of nevers to achieve #worldisanamazingplace pic.twitter.com/kyPb5bSCgc

— Terence Lovell (@tejlovell) July 5, 2016

 
You can follow Dame Tanni at @tanni_GT.
 
 

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.