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Stephanie Shanks Scotland’s newly-crowned Fundraiser of the Year for 2023, Stephanie Shanks from Sight Scotland, says collaboration and building a positive fundraising culture is the key to unlocking success. Stephanie, who joined Sight Scotland just over 15 months ago, has made a huge impact with the charity in just over a year. In this time Sight Scotland has recorded its highest fundraising (excluding legacies) income in five years and has seen a 36.7% increase in trust income. The charity’s corporate income has almost doubled as well. Tackling vision loss together For more than two centuries, Sight Scotland has been supporting…

Our standard narrative of the history of modern fundraising is simplistic and doesn’t contain as many truths as it could do. Marina Jones explains why we need more complexity in our study of fundraising history. Oh, and that as soon as we look for it, we find that women have had a major role in the development of our profession – a role that has previously been obscured. Fundraisers and historians have at least one thing in common. They both love a story. For the fundraiser, stories allow them to get a case across simply and effectively – eliciting sympathy, driving action,…

We do not work on a commission basis. Nor do any fundraisers who follow the Fundraising Code of Practice as laid out by the Fundraising Regulator. Beyond compliance, there are many reasons for this: the incentive for fundraisers to apply undue pressure to potential donors is too great the charity loses out – only the money-making bit of the work is done, and if done well costs the charity a lot more than paying a salary when using the services of a third party (freelancer for instance) then it is a legal requirement that s/he declares how s/he is paid…

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(How Tony grew Major Donor annual income from scratch to nearly £2m in five years) Working with High Net Worth individuals to raise funds for your charity can be hugely valuable. It can also be a challenging domain to navigate successfully. Because the way forward is rarely straight forward, one effective way to hone your judgement is to study strategies and insights gleaned by those who are already succeeding. In studying fundraising success for two decades, I’ve found that consistent success in working with major donors, as with any area of fundraising, usually leaves valuable clues. One of my all-time…

If you’ve ever been thrilled to start a new role but a few months in realised you left money on thetable during salary negotiations, it’s a resoundingly defeating feeling. Successfully securing the pay you want begins long before the word “salary” is ever spoken by your future employer. Read on to learn how you can best achieve your target salary next time you take a new job. When you have the most power Many people accept an offer slightly lower than what they desired with the thought, “At my 90-day or six-month review, my employer will see how great my…

Jeremy Hunt confirmed that the triple lock on pensions would be honoured, with state pensions set to rise next year. Under the triple lock – which guarantees an increase in line with average earnings, inflation or 2.5%, whichever is highest – pensions will increase by 8.5 per cent in April Opening the autumn statement, Mr Hunt said: “After a global pandemic and energy crisis we have taken difficult decisions to put our economy back on track. “We have supported families with rising bills, cut borrowing and halved inflation. “Rather than a recession, the economy has grown. Rather than falling as predicted,…

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There is widespread speculation that the chancellor Jeremy Hunt could unveil plans today to cut stamp duty in a fresh effort to boost activity levels in the housing market. Cutting or reducing the tax could inject some momentum into the housing market, especially as far as first-time purchasers are concerned. Home buyers paid an average stamp duty bill of £9,938 during the first nine months of this year, according to research by Coventry Building Society. Agents are well aware that home movers currently do not pay any stamp duty up to the value of £250,000, and first-time buyers are exempt…

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