Welcome to Fixing Fundraising

Starring:

Wayne Murray, Strategy Director at Audience: https://twitter.com/WayneTheMurray 

Rachel Finch, Community Fundraiser at Breast Cancer Now: https://twitter.com/raquelfunch 

Isobel Michael, IOF Trustee and fundraiser at Southside Family Project: https://twitter.com/IM_NSP

We’re joined by the fabulous, uncompromising and truly dedicated Jane Turner – fundraiser extraordinaire – from the largest student fundraising group in the UK, Loughborough Rag (shoutout to Loughborough University for keeping them well stocked with student volunteers!) 

Here’s Jane receiving her incredible, and rarely mentioned, medal: https://www.facebook.com/lborouniversity/photos/pcb.856906071045715/856899274379728/?type=3&theater 

We are joined by Jon and Jen, our lovely Canadian friends, in our first international episode. They are perhaps more well known as the Agents of Good who join us to talk about “donor love” – what we think donors want but what, it turns out, they actually need are two very different things!

Check out their top 10 blog posts here: https://agentsofgood.org/top-10-blog-posts/

We were lucky enough to be joined by Bradley French from Team Kenya UK, Anaily Castellanos from Anthony Nolan and Jodie Marsden from Depaul UK to talk through their experiences on the representation of young fundraisers in the sectorWe talk getting access to conferences and training when you’re junior Representation of young voices across the sector Getting confidence in a fast-paced sector  The inside scoop on Bradley’s IoF committee membership!

We’re joined by fundraising consultant Caroline Danks who wants to challenge the idea short termism is endemic in the sector and how quick-wins put us under great pressure and cause us to under perform 

Find Caroline on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LarkOwlUK
Get your hands on the benchmarking report and read Caroline’s blog: https://larkowl.uk/ 

Fundraising consultant Nikki Bell joins us from the leafy North East to bring up her gripe – charities not taking training seriously! We tackle the challenges around training; from managing expectations, to budgets and everything in between! 

Follow Nikki on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharityNikki

Take a look at Fundraising Everywhere, a new conference in November: https://fundraisingeverywhere.com 

We’re joined by fundraising consultant and all-round happy chappy, Chris Richardson-Wright. Chris has a wealth of experience in the fundraising space and, since going freelance, a very salient opinion on unions – he asks, is the fundraising profession crying out for a specific and organised union?