NEWS: Most successful fundraising events fulfil participants’ psychological needs

  • New research from Hartsook Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy
  • 10 key factors that contribute to “outstanding success” in events fundraising
  • Focus on fulfilling participants’’ psychological needs is key.
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OPINION: What price fundraising regulation?

Adrian Sargeant

As it emerges that some charities have not paid the levy to the Fundraising Regulator, Adrian Sargeant asks if fundraising’s new regulatory regime represents value for money.

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OPINION: A once-in-a-decade opportunity to give self-regulation some ‘bite’

Adrian SargeantPlans to introduce lay members to the Institute of Fundraising’s standards committee are mere tinkering. Adrian Sargeant calls for a wholesale review of fundraising self-regulation and the creation of a new sector body to own fundraising’s professional standards. Continue reading OPINION: A once-in-a-decade opportunity to give self-regulation some ‘bite’

OPINION: Servants’ exit – Why are some people trying to sever the connection between fundraising and philanthropy?

Adrian SargeantSome of the greatest thinkers about charitable giving have described fundraising as the servant of philanthropy. So why, asks Adrian Sargeant, is there now a movement that claims there is no link between them at all? Continue reading OPINION: Servants’ exit – Why are some people trying to sever the connection between fundraising and philanthropy?