Suzie Who
Suzie Who is a senior fundraiser for a top-100 UK charity who is writing under a pseudonym so she can lift the lid on contentious issues around fundraising and beyond without jeopardising her employer's reputation. She will use her unique insider’s perspective to challenge the sector to examine its methods and up its game - and of course to give credit where credit is due.
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The dilemma facing GirlGuiding Scotland is fascinating. We are all used to watching charities struggle with whether or not to accept donations from certain companies whose motivations may not be entirely honourable, but it is rare to see this kind of debate over legacy pledges.
I am in two minds about whether or not it is such an issue that cheques are being withdrawn. Being an old-fashioned kind of girl I still like to write the odd cheque so will be sad to see them go, but even I am prepared to pay with plastic or online nowadays.
The fact that 47 per cent of women at the top fundraising jobs of charities when women fill almost two-thirds of all charity jobs is shocking.
The sector has gone crazy. Charities running prisons? Thank god that the Charity Commission is stepping in as this is utter madness.
I'm the kind of girl who likes to stay ahead of the curve. I think I have noticed the next big thing, and it is not integrating campaigning into your fundraising, it is integrating volunteering.
I once worked in a charity that bought everyone badges saying ‘I love fundraising’ and tried to instil in all employees the belief that they shared responsibility for fundraising. But there are risks in fundraising enthusiasm.
Telephone fundraising agencies are an easy target - as the recent News of the World attack shows - and fundraisers should defend them because they are critical to the success of our charity's work.
Unsurprisingly organisers of the London Marathon are outraged by the recent Dispatches programme.
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