Ian MacQuillin

OPINION: Fundraising must be central to any ‘rebrand’ of ‘Charity-UK’

Earlier this month, Rogare’s director Ian MacQuillin spoke at a lunch hosted by CharityComms to discuss ‘rebranding’ the third sector. Here’s what he said.

OPINION: If the FPS is forced on the sector, charities should walk away from ‘self’-regulation

If the new Fundraising Regulator is bent on imposing damaging and impractical rules, David Pearce argues that its charities’ duty to walk away from self-regulation

OPINION: “A beautiful sunset, mistaken for a dawn”? A ‘re-review’ of Ken Burnett’s ‘Relationship Fundraising’.

Following the publication of Rogare’s relationship fundraising review, Adrian Salmon takes a fresh look at Ken Burnett’s original book. What if it had been published this year and this was the first time anyone had been exposed to the ideas within it?

NEW IDEAS: Time to reassess our production values

Rather than obsessing about whether ‘relationship’ or ‘transactional’ fundraising is better, Joe Jenkins suggests we reframe the debate to look at product-led and supporter-led approaches.

OPINION: The Fundraising Preference Service – a monologue with stakeholders

Adrian Sargeant has read the consultation document on how the Fundraising Preference Service might operate. He’s found quite a bit wrong with it.

NEW IDEAS: The ideological attack on fundraising, Part 3 – Why we need an ideological defence

In the third and final part of his exploration of the attacks on fundraising, Ian MacQuillin argues that the ideological narrative the profession needs to defend itself is undermined by anti-fundraising attitudes in its midst.

NEW IDEAS: The ideological attack on fundraising, Part 2 – are you a Voluntarist or a Professionalist?

In the second of three blogs, Ian MacQuillin outlines the two competing ideologies jostling for control of the public’s conception of how nonprofit organisations ought to operate.

NEW IDEAS: The ideological attack on fundraising, Part 1 – happenstance, coincidence, or enemy action?

The current attacks on fundraising are part of a wider ideology about how charity ought to operate. In the first of a three-part blog, Ian MacQuillin makes the case why the attacks on charity should be thought of as ideological.

NEW IDEAS: Relationship fundraising – so where should we go next?

Craig Linton offers his reflections on Rogare’s relationship fundraising review and recommends the direction we should be moving in.

KNOWLEDGE: Summary of conclusions from Rogare’s relationship fundraising review

This is a summary of the main conclusions for possible ‘refashionings’ of relationship fundraising.

For the full findings, download the report: Relationship Fundraising: Where Do We Go From Here?