Editor, Fundraising magazine, Civil Society
Celina is the editor of Fundraising magazine and daily contributor to CivilSociety.co.uk. She has been at the publication since June 2008.
Previously Celina worked as a freelance feature writer for newspapers and magazines in Australia and the UK, working for publications including the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the New Statesman. Celina was also a Ken and Yasuko Myer Fellow in 2004, which saw her intern at Manilla-based newspaper, the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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When JustGiving launched more than a decade ago, it may scarcely have imagined the fundraising juggernaut it was to become. With the market now full of big-name players, Celina Ribeiro looks at the rise of online sponsorship, and whether there is growth in it yet.
Traditionally, dictating where one’s donation is spent was the preserve of deep-pocketed major donors. Now the privilege is being demanded by lower-level donors too. Celina Ribeiro explores the trend and the charities which are accommodating, and benefiting, from it.
Genevieve Edwards' job title is quite a mouthful: executive director of communications, fundraising and health improvement at the Terrence Higgins Trust. Edwards talks to Celina Ribeiro about the first few months of leading a merged department.
Microdonations might have always been around in some form, but there is now a new energy behind the mechanism. Could microdonations release a new wave of philanthropy or are they just the Emperor's new clothes? Celina Ribeiro investigates.
Fundraising consultant and author Dan Pallotta ruffled a few feathers when he published his book Uncharitable nearly three years ago. Celina Ribeiro talks to him about the Charity Defence League he's establishing to promote and protect charities' right to grow.
Comic Relief is like the teachers' pet of charities. Always doing well, forever doing better. In the midst of what has been the charity's most successful year ever, Celina Ribeiro talks to its key players about the secrets behind its success and what's on the cards for the future.
Amid talk of double-dip recessions, the charity this year launched No Child Born to Die, a campaign to tackle preventable child deaths and, in doing so, has aimed to raise an additional £150m by 2015. Celina Ribeiro talked to director of fundraising Tanya Steele about how – and why – the charity is going about it.
Trustee boards can be a funny thing for fundraisers. They can both open doors and block routes. Celina Ribeiro looks at the problems that arise in the trustee-fundraiser relationship and how fundraisers can – and are – getting the board working for them.
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