Ian MacQuillin

NEWS: Major review of academic theory suggests how relationship fundraising could ‘refashion’ itself

A major review of relationship fundraising conducted by the fundraising think thank Rogare has recommended several possible ways to ‘refashion’ the discipline.

NEWS: Listening to fundraisers to make regulation work

Rogare advisory panel members Amanda Shepard and Adrian Salmon report on the meeting we co-hosted with nfpSynergy this month to discuss fundraising regulation.

OPINION: What if…the FPS could work?

There’s been a lot of criticism of the proposed Fundraising Preference Service, but little of that has been directed at how the FPS could work in practice. Joe Jenkins outlines 17 possibilities.

OPINION: Dare you pick up the poisoned chalice of the FPS?

It’s up to the sector to make the FPS work and failure is not an option. Ian MacQuillin says fundraisers will be damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

OPINION: The lobbying bill and the FPS – a counterfactual

Ian MacQuillin rewinds the clock to wonder what would have happened if the government had proposed establishing the Fundraising Preference Service while the lobbying bill was going through parliament.

NEWS: Rogare’s relationship fundraising review to be published in January 2016

The full findings of Rogare’s review of relationship fundraising will be published on 26 January 2016 and available as PDF downloads from a website that’s currently under construction.

NEWS: nfpSynergy and Rogare to provide fundraisers with forum to discuss FPS

Concerns that fundraisers’ fears about the Fundraising Preference Service (FPS) are not being adequately represented have led to research consultancy nfpSynergy and fundraising think tank Rogare to host a forum for fundraisers to express their views.

NEWS: Survey reveals fundraisers’ attitudes to the Fundraising Preference Service

The results of Rogare’s survey of fundraisers’ opinions on proposed regulatory reform to fundraising, especially the provision of the Fundraising Preference Service, are now available to download.

OPINION: Where is the voice of the beneficiary?

The current debate about charity regulation is progressing without listening to the voices of one of its most important stakeholders. Zoë Bunter asks why no-one is considering what the effect will be on beneficiaries.

NEWS: What should the fundraising profession do about the Fundraising Preference Service?

Fundraisers’ views on how their profession should respond to the proposed Fundraising Preference Service are being sought by Plymouth University’s fundraising think tank, Rogare.