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UK Fundraising has received many compliments from fundraising staff, volunteers, and fundraising consultants from around the world. While UK Fundraising will not be resting on its
laurels just yet, here are some of these positive reactions.

All of these comments are published with permission. Just to be clear, these comments do not necessarily mean that these people's employers endorse their comments, UK Fundraising or its content. It simply means that these people took time to say "thank you" for the provision of this service.

Fundraising UK Ltd, the company that provides UK Fundraising, is always pleased to hear from users of the Web site. Please feel free to send your comments and suggestions, whether positive or negative, to Howard Lake at hlake@fundraising.co.uk.

"I still look at your website every day and it is still inspirational".
Vicki Bradley
Supporter Development Officer
Friends of the Earth Scotland
12 August 2010

"@howardlake Thanks for the article on your UK fundraising site, it's led to a lot of interest in and visits to http://www.ploink.co.uk"
@charitychange
29 October 2009

"Thank you for promoting how2fundraise.org. Between 11 and 30th June, 63 people clicked through to our site from yours (4% of total traffic). Interestingly your visitors spent an average of eight minutes on the site once they got there, twice as long as the average stay".
Donna Day Lafferty
Institute of Fundraising
how2fundaise.org
July 2008

"Keep up the good work. The site is a marvellous resource"
Finbar Cullen
Prospect Research Consultant
ResearchPlus
5 June 2008

"Coming upon your site is a real find! Thank you for such useful and helpful materials. Only yesterday in a conversation with the Italian Save the Children Director, I was delighted to show him a useful fundraising tip from you that is super for our current project!"
Alexandra Johnson
Angeli
24 August 2002

"Many thanks - UK Fundraising has been a great source of info."
Caroline Bottomley
Cicada Films
30 July 2002

"Thank you for a great site by the way!"
Tate Dell
Project Co-ordinator, Community Investment
AOL (UK) Ltd

"I have to say Thank You for providing such an amazing website! I have printed out so many pages of valuable information to reference on fundraising ideas - in particular for the internet. Your layout is very easy to use, and the specific examples of organizations currently trying out the ideas are wonderful. You are obviously experts in the field of fundraising, and provide a wonderful resource for smaller organizations without that background."
Vivienne Bross
Development Director
Center for Peace Education
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
23 May 2002

"Great website by the way"
Julieanne Oakes
PR Manager
Boots The Chemists
30 April 2002

"I'd like to thank you for your excellent website which I read on a regular basis."
Daniel Barnes
Research & Development Executive
Programme Fundraising
Cancer Research UK
28 March 2002

"May I take this opportunity to congratulate on your really excellent and most useful website service."
Paul Summerfield
Director of Development
Royal Society of
Medicine
22 March 2002

"You must be very proud of what you've created online. If you don't mind the analogy, it seems like a Yahoo! for fundraising."
Toby Ludlow
Altereglow
21 March 2002

"This month (March 2002), the National Literacy Trust announced a partnership with Amazon.co.uk, which we hope will raise much needed funds for our children's literacy work. Thanks must go to Fundraising UK firstly because the website www.fundraising.co.uk has shown me that fundraising online is possible for smaller charities like ours, but also because Howard Lake was kind enough to offer his personal advice when we were first thinking about approaching Amazon."
Richard Sved
Head of Fundraising
National Literacy Trust
20 March 2002

"UK Fundraising is still the most useful and informative charity fundraising site that I know of"
Mike Wade
Head of Committed Giving
Oxfam GB
26 February 2002

"I love your website setup , very organised and straight to the point!"
Bonnie Davis
2000 Women
17 January 2002

"Thank you for the last mention, my hit counter went crazy after you featured me."
Alan Owen
JAC Solutions
11 January 2002

"UK Fundraising is a vital resource and so helpful to so many people."
Acting Chief Executive
business community connections
10 January 2002

"The International Fundraising Consultancy's listing on UK Fundraising has certainly generated contracts for us from several countries. Most recently we were asked to consult on a major Turkish heritage project. They told us they had found us via UK Fundraising."
John Baguley
International Fundraising
Consultancy
December 2001

"I use your very useful, well organized site all the time, thank you for providing all the information!"
Martina Siebke-Fochler
SAZ Marketing AG
Germany
3 December 2001

"UK Fundraising is one of the few websites I visit on a regular basis, and I really enjoy the mix of news, features and sources of information. Congratulations on creating something that is such a valuable tool for the fundraising
sector."
Sarah Edwards
Planning Director
DMS
30 November 2001

"It's a superbly good site. As far as I'm aware, it has no peer here in the 'colonies' ."
Peter Wylie
27 November 2001

"Something to interest (and help!) everyone, from the volunteer fundraiser to the professional."
Nick Streeter
Charities Manager
www.bid4sport.com

Fundraiser
ACE Centre Advisory Trust
24 October 2001

"Thanks for the listing in the consultants area. I am very grateful. Over four months I had three jobs totalling c £4k in billings from organisations I'd had no previous contact with"
Chris Coleridge
Fruitful Fundraising
22 October 2001

"As a charity worker I can only offer my thanks and appreciation for such a fine site providing as it does many possibilities for our fundraising that we would otherwise not have thought of."
Leo Mercier
Cruse Bereavement Care
6 October 2001

"I've found UK Fundraising absolutely invaluable for keeping me in touch with what's going on"
Rebekah McGill
Tenovus
5 September 2001

"Lots of us at Whitewater use your site on a regular basis to help us keep in touch with the wider fundraising community. It's a very useful
resource."
Bryan Miller
Head of Direct Marketing
Whitewater
15 May 2001

"My parents and brothers have used your web page for finding funding to aid various charity trips to Africa. They think its great."
Catherine Greenwood
11 May 2001

"May I take this opportunity to say that your site (and free weekly updates) just keep getting better."
Julie Christie, Information Officer (Web project)
SCVO
7 May 2001

"I am a great fan of the UK Fundraising website and visit it at least once a day. Thanks for all the help and ideas it has provided."
Judy Lester
Childs Hill School
13 April 2001

"May I first give you my compliments for fundraising.co.uk, it is by far the best site about online fundraising. I use it as my homepage, and read it every day."
Jaap Kalff
Solidaid Online
11 April 2001

"It is a wonderful service to be able to provide, and we appreciate your efforts!"
Leila Riley
Accreditation and Training Co-ordinator
ICFM
21 March 2001

"Excellent website. Extremely useful. Your tireless efforts are highly appreciated... For me working in Vietnam it is a great joy."
Paul Cleves
Saigon Children's Charity
1 February 2001

"I also wanted to say how much I value your site as a source of up-to-date information about the charity world. It is easy to use and well written."
Louise Roper
Go-help Ltd
15 December 2000

"I find the site invaluable in what I do. You do a great job - thank you so much."
Charlotte Harris
Crusaid
24
November 2000

"4/5
Great for fundraising knowhow. You can even sign up for a newsletter."
eVolunteer.co.uk
October 2000

[Our ranking puts us equal first with other sites, including oneworld.org, amnesty.org, charity-commission.gov.uk and cafonline.org].

"I myself have been a member [of the FundUK list] for years and intend to remain. It's a wonderful forum and has its own unique character and place. Its founder is one of the pioneers in the voluntary sector online community, and someone who is greatly respected here."
Stephen Nill
CharityChannel.com
11 October 2000

"I'm the web editor for Oxfam GB (and an avid reader of your bulletins naturally!)"
John Wood
Web Editor
Oxfam GB
6 October 2000

"If it's not-for-profit, it's on this site."
Holly Ellson
WWF International's Online Marketing Officer
7 September 2000

"I think your site is a huge benefit to fundraising and totally brilliant."
John Baguley
International Fundraising Consultancy
30 July 2000

"Thanks for a great site - for a fundraiser far away in Durban, South Africa, I use your site to keep up to date with the latest fundraising and charity news from UK and Europe."
Sheelagh Antrobus
Fundraising, PR and marketing
Diakonia Council of Churches, McCord Hospital and Sinikithemba AIDS Care Centre
Durban, South Africa
21 June 2000

"Thought I'd say how useful your site is while I prepare for a fundraising interview on a dreary Sunday afternoon...[I] am busy making notes on the latest developments so I can impress the panel and hopefully get the job!"
Lorna Reed
12 December 1999

"Just cruising the web and decided to check out your site. I am mightily impressed on how well it is laid out, and what a resource you now are to UK (and other) charities."
Dwight W. Mihalicz
Director General, Millennium
Fund
18 August 1999

"I thought my site wasn't all that bad and quite lively until today when I discovered Howard Lake. I was researching an article on "Charity Links" when I came across Fundraising UK, which is absolutely brilliant. I then had to read all your articles straight away."
Graham Andrews
I Don't Feel 50
10 August 1999

"The continued evolution and growth of UK Fundraising is truly amazing. Congratulations on your success!"
Jay Frost
Director, Global Philanthropic Markets and Training
Thomson Financial Wealth Identification
7 August 1999

"Congratulations - I have been researching web sites for a long distance education (via internet) course I am preparing called the Fundamentals and Ethics of Nonprofit Management. Your site is exceptional, perhaps the best I have encountered... Truly, after extensive research (3
full days) I think your site is without a doubt the best on the web!"
Chloe O'Loughlin
Vancouver, Canada
5 August 1999

"We recently had a few new members sign up at 4charity.com
citing that they found us through your web site. I took a look...wow! What a resource! You guys have done a tremendous job."
Scott Dunlap
4charity.com
10 March 1999

"We have been receiving requests for our guidelines from people who have seen details on your site - it works!"
David Carrington
PPP Healthcare Medical Trust
11 February 1999

"I will continue to use your site as a resource of phenomenal information. Thanks a million"
Dennis R. Gerik
Business Development Manager
FlashNet Marketing, Inc.
19 November 1998

"UK Fundraising - http://www.fundraising.co.uk/
"I myself spent quite some time looking at charity related sites a while back, following the death of my grandfather, who was heavily involved in UK fundraising, and I found UK Fundraising to
be an excellent source of information."
DS
Free Pint
29 October 1998

"It seems you have organized yourself as a one-man clearing house on the subject of philanthropy in the UK."
Roberta d'Eustachio
Founder & Co Editor
Giving Magazine
22 January 1998

"I just found your web site and thought it was very impressive... I will be sure to keep watching your site. Keep up the good work... I've been telling people about your site."
David Newhoff
Development Department
San Francisco Opera
8 January 1998

"Your site is great"
Tom Froehlich
Fund Raising Software 101

8 January 1998

"I'm a big fan of your site and use it all the time in the Internet workshops we offer here at the Support Center for Nonprofit Management. I've learned a great deal by looking around your site and following the links. Very interesting and well-organized... I admire what you're able to accomplish with your site".
Martha Simpson
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

"Just wanted to say how impressive "UK Fundraising" has become. You have done a tremendous job of building this site. It's certainly one of the major destinations for nonprofits on the information highway. Keep up the great work".
Doug Jamieson, CharityVillage

5 November 1997

"We're very impressed with your website. Your links to it are phenomenal - we've found you everywhere."
Nancy Bikson, Chapel &
York Limited
12 November 1997

"Compliments on your informative website"
Carol Lazerick
Jewish Women International

23 July 1997

"Your open and accomodating website is refreshing indeed and fits right in with my contention that we experienced professionals are obliged to provide as much support and encouragement to our colleagues and the volunteers in the field as possible."
Tony Poderis
13 Jul 1997

"I think it is great to have a site that I designed be featured so prominently on such a well known site as UK Fundraising"
Gregory Shearer
Carnegie Mellon University
13 June 1997

"Keep up the great work!"
Martin Shaw
MIDAS
15 March 1997

"Let me congratulate you on an excellent site. Every time I return, it has improved again. Thanks for your excellent resources."
Maggie Leithead
Canadian
FundRaiser/CharityVillage
2 Dec 1996

"Site looks great"
Bill Vartorella
Craig
& Vartorella, Inc
14 Nov 1996