Online discussion forums for fundraisers

Published on 5 September 2006, by howardlake

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Following a discussion on the trust-fundraising discussion group on Yahoo! Groups about other online forums (OK, fora) for fundraisers in the UK, here is a rough and ready collection. I plan to update UK Fundraising's original list of web/email fora for fundraisers that the site used to list for four or five years until 2002. In the meantime, here is the list. Have we missed anything?

Direct Marketers in Fundraising Group (hosted by smartgroups)
Only one member of each charity can join. Members are expected to turn up to bi-monthly meetings at NSPCC headquarters. Contact Danielle Houliston at NSPCC: dhouliston@NSPCC.org.uk.

Legacy Marketing Group
www.smartgroups.com/groups/legmarkgroup

Corporate Fundraising
uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/corporate_fundraising/

Major Donor Fundraising
uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/majordonor/

Institute of Fundraising's Trust Group
groups.yahoo.com/group/trust_messages/

Hospital Fundraisers Special Interest Group
health.groups.yahoo.com/group/hospital_fundraisers/

Institute of Fundraising Midzone (Midlands Regional Group)
finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/iofmidzone/

Bristol Fundraisers Group
groups.yahoo.com/group/bristolfundraisersgroup/

and of course

UK Fundraising Forum
www.fundraising.co.uk/forum

Thanks to Wayne Murray and Finbar Cullen for some of the above suggestions.