kevinkibble's blog

At the recent Perfect Pitch on direct marketing organised by UK Fundraising, there was a lot of talk and questions to the speakers about the effects of the current financial climate on fundraising.
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What would you think if you were my colleague Fran who was called on at home the other night by a fundraiser on behalf of a development charity?
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If you took the time to read the national newspapers during your long and hard-earned seasonal break, it would surely not have escaped your attention that the UK economy (and the rest of the world for that matter) is on the brink of meltdown. The so-called credit crunch, falling house prices and stock markets all lead to predictions that large numbers of us will be on skid row in 2008.
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Having just helped a friend who - I'm sure won't mind me saying is not in the first flush of youth - celebrate a new senior job in fundraising, I was surprised to find that there still seems to be age discrimination in our sector and in fundraising in particular.