peter lewis, chief executive. where it all began founded in 1983 committed volunteers from top...
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Peter Lewis, Chief Executive
Where it all began
• Founded in 1983
• Committed volunteers from top charities
Our members…
• 350 organisations
• 5,300 individual members from
2,500 charities
• 20/20 Top UK Charities
• £4 billion worth of voluntary
income every year for good causes
Pictures featured: Action for Children, Mercy Corps, St John’s Hospital, Mayhew Animal home, Kidney Research UK
Member-led
• Trustee Board
• Elected by the membership at the AGM
• Sets strategic direction
• Ensures strategic objectives of the organisation are met
Members at core
• Standards Committee
• Policy Advisory Board
• Learning and Development Committee
• Convention Board
IoF Strategy 2012-2017
• Create a better environment for
fundraisers to raise money
• Increase understanding of fundraising
• Enable fundraisers to become
the best they can be
Voluntary groups
• National, Regional and Special Interest Groups
• Range of support and services across the UK
• 350 volunteers
• over 100 networking events
Collaboration is key for IoF
•NAVCA, Voice for Change and Small Charities Coalition - training
•Acevo: CEOs and trustees and fundraising
•NCVO and CFG – policy and voice
•SCVO in Scotland
•WCVA in Wales
A different kind of climate change…?
• Public spending cuts
• Continued recession
• More budget tightening to come
Fundraising more important and under scrutiny
• Charities Act Review
• Public Administration Select Committee
• Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme
• Face to face fundraising
Some key data…UK voluntary sector income 09/10:
£36.7 billion (£38bn in 07/08)
£14.3 bn from individuals
£13.2 bn statutory
£3.4 bn trusts; £1.6bn corporate
[thanks to ncvo!]
Some Face to Face data…
•8650,00O signed up to support a charity by Direct Debit as a result of FTF or DTD fundraising last year•This is worth £130 million per annum•There were only 1098 complaints about FTF fundraising (0.003% of people asked)•Average returns 2.5:1 over 5 years; 4:1 over 10 years
[thanks to pfra]
A bit more data…•Gift Aid worth circa £1.2 billion
•65,000 organisations claim Gift Aid
•73% of organisations claim under 5k
•113 organisations claim over £1 million
•Business rate relief worth circa £1.3 billion
•IHT relief worth £400 million
•Higher rate gift aid relief worth £350 million
Managing in a Downturn (IoF with PWC and CFG)
• 80% charities concerned about more competition amongst charities
• 93% of fundraisers say the fundraising climate has got tougher in the past 12 months
• 66% plan to increase current activity
• 65% plan to expand fundraising into new areas
Our YouGov survey says…
• Charities need fundraisers
• Charities would lose billions without help of fundraisers
• Women prove more generous than men
Our survey says…
If you don’t ask you don’t get!
66% reported that a fundraising ask for support had led them to stump up cash
Our survey says…
People rate it as highly important (over 7/10) for charities to employ fundraisers
Fundraising is key
Overall giving levels at best flat but charities who invest in fundraising are :
• continuing to grow their income; or
• successfully diversifying their income streams
Support for small charities in England
• 6,700 individuals trained against a target of 2000 through :
• face to face training
• Online learning including our Five Minute Fundraiser videos
• Mentoring schemes and bursaries
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The future
• Major Donors
• Digital Giving
• Reform of Payroll Giving
• Improvements to Gift Aid
• Expansion of Legacy Giving