Chugger career mapping

Fundraising | Tania Mason | 11 Apr 2010

Like the Institute of Fundraising, the PFRA is also looking at mapping routes into the voluntary sector through being a face-to-face fundraiser.

Head of communications Ian MacQuillin believes that by showcasing some of the routes into fundraising that others have taken, via face-to-face, the PFRA can improve the perceptions of the job among prospective recruits.

Five years ago, there was little evidence that a few months raising money on the street or door-to-door could land you a job in fundraising, says MacQuillin. Now, however, there is a growing pool of senior fundraisers in the sector that started off as chuggers.

The PFRA intends to chart the career progression of fundraisers such as Katie Blore and Rowena Lewis and use these as case studies to hopefully convince graduates that face-to-face can be a valid and valuable first step. It hopes to use these examples to map a ‘typical career path’, estimating how long one might expect to be chugging before moving up into other roles.

Directory: Institute of Fundraising | The Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (PFRA)
Who's Who: Rowena Lewis

Comments

[Cancel] | Reply to:

Name *

Email *

Organisation

Job Title

Comments *

Verification *

* Please read our Community Standards

Close »

Community Standards

The civilsociety.co.uk community and comments board is intended as a platform for informed and civilised debate.

We hope to encourage a broad range of views, however, there are standards that we expect commentators to uphold. We reserve the right to delete or amend any comments that do not adhere to these standards.

We welcome:

Robust but respectful debate
Strongly held opinions
Intelligent relevant discussion
The sharing of relevant experiences
New participants

We will not publish:

Rude, threatening, offensive, obscene or abusive language, or links to such material
Links to commercial organisations or spam postings. The comments board is not an advertising platform
The posting of contact details for yourself or others
Comments intended for malicious purpose or mindless abuse
Comments purporting to be from another person or organisation under false pretences
Gratuitous criticism, commentary or self-promotion
Any material which breaches copyright or privacy laws, or could be considered libellous
The use of the comments board for the pursuit or extension of personal disputes

Be aware:

Views expressed on the comments board are left at users’ discretion and are in no way views held or supported by Civil Society Media
Comments left by others may not be accurate, do not rely on them as fact
You may be misunderstood - sarcasm and humour can easily be taken out of context, try to be clear

Please:

Enjoy the opportunity to express your opinion and respect the right of others to express theirs
Confine your remarks to issues rather than personalities

Together we can keep our community a polite, respectful and intelligent platform for discussion.