Tag: Chartered Institute of Fundraising

Soft opt-in exemption for email marketing to be extended to UK charities

Stuart Mitchell

The soft opt-in exemption was adopted as an amendment to the Data (Use & Access) Bill by the UK government in January. The UK’s DMA, backed by 19 charities, wrote to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on behalf of its members last November, asking for soft opt-in to be extended to charities in the current Bill. Analysis referenced in the letter has estimated that this could lead to an extra £290 million in annual donations for UK charities. EFA member the Chartered Institute of Fundraising (CIOF)…

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EDI champions mentoring programme launched

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee has today launched its EDI Champions Mentoring Programme. The programme – announced at the CIOF’s Fundraising Convention at London’s QEII Centre – intends to accelerate understandings of EDI concepts and application, improve collaboration and innovation, enhance EDI confidence and knowledge, and establish a culture of EDI accountability within volunteer groups, among other things. The first intake will focus on five volunteer groups: Scotland, London & South East, West Midlands, Insight Special Interest Group (SIG) and Legacy SIG. Monwara Ali,…

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Pan European Nonprofit Pulse Report 2024 reveals how nonprofits are facing greatest challenges head on

Stuart Mitchell

Nonprofits across Europe are doing more with less amid a perfect storm of rising service demand, increasing workload, and squeezed income, according to the latest annual Nonprofit Pulse report, by the European Fundraising Association in partnership with the UK’s Chartered Institute of Fundraising and Salesforce. Workload, raising sufficient funds, and supporting staff and their wellbeing are the biggest challenges, with just 6% of respondents unaffected by the cost of living crisis, and a fifth (20%) concerned about the future. Once again facing their challenges head on, many nonprofits are responding by seizing the opportunities available to them…

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Chartered Institute of Fundraising Becomes New UK Lead for #GivingTuesday

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising has announced that it is taking on responsibility for running the #GivingTuesday campaign in the UK. #GivingTuesday is a day of global giving that started in 2012 as a movement to inspire generosity. It has now become a global movement run in over 60 countries that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate giving in all its forms. In each country, one organisation – a Global Leader – runs and supports the #GivingTuesday campaign. Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has been the…

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Collapse in charity provision looms at moment of greatest need

Stuart Mitchell

The £10 billion charity funding gap created by coronavirus is putting an “alarming proportion” of jobs and services in the firing line in the social sector. That’s according to the latest Charity Sector Tracker published today by Pro Bono Economics, in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Fundraising and the Charity Finance Group. The survey of 455 charities found that 19% have already made redundancies, and that 23% plan to make further cutbacks once the government’s furlough scheme comes to an end. That number jumps to 44% among the UK’s…

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