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Following the interesting email from Neelam Makhijani of the Resource Alliance to their contact list complaining that the Swiss International Fundraising Congress (SIFC) is being confused with their I

Book before the end of March and receive a 5% early bird discount plus another 5% if you are a member of the Swiss Fundraising association!

Geneva will be the host city for the first Swiss International Fundraising Congress to be held at Palexpo on 28 and 29 June 2012. See http://www.cvent.com/d/gcqkqb.

Simon Morrison at the Institue of Fundraising today quotes a survey on the results of funding cuts in the Third Sector.

Fortunately, not just yet but Tim Pryde's fundraising robot called Don8er is alive and well and collecting funds at www.timpryde.com

Fundraising in Russia is a fascinating business, with no tax breaks for non-profits or donors, it often seems to bear the burden of the social stigma it had in Soviet times rather than the air of a be

The best take on the riots I have read is by Camilla Batmanghelidjh, and I make no apologies for printing it in full below.

So Barnardo’s, Forces Children’s Trust and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity have taken about £933,000 from NoTW, and I pause to wonder if an act becomes less immoral the larger the amount o

Yes, it is again time for our monthly First Fridays - the IFC's free fundraising consultancy meetings at The Hub Kings Cross, The Hub Milan, The Hub Amsterdam and City Hall Ottawa!

If so, do drop into the first Dutch First Friday at The Hub Amsterdam (Westerstraat 187, 1015 MA Amsterdam, Netherlands, 020 4274283) from 2.00 - 5.00 when there will be free fundraising advice and di