Press coverage of UK Fundraising

Howard Lake and Fundraising UK Ltd have received considerable coverage in the press and from other resources over the last decade or so, in particular for the award-winning website for professional fundraisers, UK Fundraising. Here is a small selection.

"[Judy] Lester found the UK Fundraising website very helpful"
Child's play
by Yvonne Roberts
Guardian Education
11 June 2002

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"UK Fundraising
Huge amount of links and info regarding fundraising possibly the best resource for charities on the net. This is a must."
Design Aid
5 June 2002

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"Are you trying to make a living from your site or is it a free service? If you are looking to make money then try cross-selling related products and revenue from advertising. If you are a non-profit then there may be a grant available. A visit to www.fundraising.co.uk/grants.html may be worthwhile."

Site mechanic Webbuilder
.net magazine
Spring 2002, p.80

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"Details of fundraising courses are available through... Howard Lake's comprehensive UK Fundraising portal."

Nick Cater
Internet column, CharityWeek
27 March - 9 April 2002

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"HealthProm's website was hailed as an example of good practice in the sector at the recent Charity and Associations Exhibition,
for its use of viral marketing, encouraging supporters to adopt a HealthProm autosignature. UK Fundraising first picked
this up at the end of last year. HealthProm’s website has again featured on the front page of the UK’s leading
fundraising website, UKFundraising -generating many more hits! - this time for our HealthProm Wish List Why not visit the site now and see what all the fuss is about?"

Healthprom
Newsletter
March 2002

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"UK Fundraising (www.fundraising.co.uk) has been around for eight years, and is a business-to-business resource for UK charity fundraisers and the fundraising industry. There's advice on access in the Services section of its site."
Dave Wilby
Expert help
Internet Magazine
March 2002

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"UK FUNDRAISING
For UK and International news on-line go to http://www.fundraising.co.uk the website of UK Fundraising. It has just announced its 5,000th subscriber! Congratulations to Howard Lake who set it up and has edited it with flair and imagination for seven years.

UK Fundraising website also gives fundraisers, whether inside or outside the UK, information to help them plan fundraising strategy from UK sources, and it is completely
free.

The site is currently undergoing a "make-over" that will, it is promised, if the necessary funds can be identified, help fundraisers find relevant information faster and reduce charities’ fundraising expenditure. The search is on for a site sponsor to realise these plans. More information is posted on the site.

Wherever you are in the world you can sign up for regular updates, and you can join the email discussion forum covering all aspects of UK fundraising. It is a moderated forum which means that Howard makes sure that emails are to the point and not too long.

This combination of news and the discussion is an excellent way to keep up with and contribute if you wish to know what is happening in the UK charity sector."
Chapel & York
E-Information Service Number 01
February 2002

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"Visit
the website www.fundraising.co.uk. There are a number of useful links, but more importantly it has a wealth of ideas about how to use the web to raise funds."
Karen Gilchrist
Promoting Your Cause: A guide for fundraisers and campaigners
February 2002

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"www.fundraising.co.uk
This Web site has developed a strong worldwide following based on its library services and in-depth coverage of events, jobs, news, grants, funding, compilation of sites. It has a great feature called "stay in touch" which e-mails you about site updates."
Elizabeth Westman Wilson
Building Credibility: The Foundation for Fundraising
2001

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"UK Fundraising - the UK's leading online resource for charity fundraisers."
Charity Technology Trust
Press release
29 October 2001

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"For not-for-profit organisations wanting to begin e-marketing, applying your existing marketing skills in an integrated way and using online resources such as the searchable www.fundraising.co.uk site would be a better place to start"

Book review
ThirdSector
18 October 2001

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"www.fundraising.co.uk
GREAT resource - mine of information about lots of fundraising topics"
Quid Pro Quo
ICFM Midlands Newsletter
July 2001

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"[UK
Fundraising] is an exceptional service to fundraisers maintained and developed by Howard Lake. It has extensive coverage of all that is new in UK fundraising and a host of features and services. If you have not already visited the site I would recommend that you spend plenty of time browsing through it until you are quite familiar with all it has to offer, and then come back to the site on a regular basis has it is frequently updated. It also has a host of jumping-off points (links) to other organisations and fundraising discussion groups."
John Baguley
Successful
Fundraising
2001, 2nd edition

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"Sprawling site hightlighting the latest fundraising news along with useful resources"
VirtualPromise.net
28 February 2001

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"If you feel like understanding this, and other, models of giving, then UK Fundraising, a kind of online magazine at www.fundraising.co.uk/index.html,
is an excellent and wide-ranging resource. You'll find charity-related news, a discussion list, warnings of email hoaxes, ideas
for raising money yourself and stacks of other stuff.

While you're there, make sure you check out www.fundraising.co.uk/examples/affinity/paybar.html which has details of, and links to, many of the sites that run click-donate or similar schemes."
Rob Beattie
Charity
begins at your homepage
VNUnet.com
6 October 2000

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"Who
is it? Charity website found at www.fundraising.co.uk.
Who is it for? As the name implies, charity and voluntary sector staff facing the frustrations of fundraising.
What does it claim? To be the 'leading internet resource for professional charity and non-profit fundraisers in the UK and beyond'.
So what does it do? Provides charities and fundraisers with up-to-date information on fundraising issues.
Scope of content Very broad. Offers books, consultants, email discussion lists, events, funding, grants, magazines,
non-profit resources, products, professional organisations, research papers, services and software.
Navigation of content Hit and miss. Easy and quick, but at time of rating, some links did not go through or were out of date. There's no direct link back to the original homepage.
Look and feel A friendly and interesting read. Good use of colours.
Best features News features and very broad scope of content. Lots to look at.
Worst feature Navigation. There's no place like the homepage.
So what do we think? This website has a lot of information and makes for interesting reading. Potentially very useful.
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Workthing.com
21 January 2001

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"Fundraising is covered by a number of sites of which the most useful [includes] perhaps www.fundraising.co.uk - which includes an impressive amount of information, but unfortunately some of the links are broken."
Allan Pearson
Internet Resources for the Voluntary Sector
Freepint
17 January 2001

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"The de-facto web site for UK fundraisers and well known by most charity internet users,
but for good reasons. Its constantly updated news feed on fundraising on the internet is its centrepiece, but it also lists many resources including fundraising resources, events, software, consultants, grants links, job vacancies and much more."
Top 10 Most Useful Technology Web Sites For Charities: 2000
IT For Charities
29 November 2000

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"UK Fundraising: Site which describes itself as a resource for UK charity and non profit fundraisers - offers lots of links to other sites."
Southern
Eye: The Giving Game
BBC2 South
Thursday, 18th November, 7.30pm

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"Help is at hand from organisations such as the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, UK Fundraising and Internet for Charities."
What price a handbag?
by Jessica McCallin
Charity Finance supplement, p.8
The Guardian
27 September 2000

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"Fundraising.co.uk - For professional fundraisers this site gives advice, taxation and policy info, international news, access to services, jobs pages, book reviews. http://www.Fundraising.co.uk"
...Holly Ellson does online marketing and fundraising for WWF, the conservation organisation http://www.panda.org.
from Holly Ellson
WWF International's Online
Marketing Officer

Free Pint
70, 7 September 2000

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www.fundraising.co.uk
Although we have profiled this site before on the Bulletin Board it is worth visiting
regularly for user-friendly, lively information for charity fundraisers in the UK. A new
addition to the site is the opportunity to join UK Fundraising News, a new e-mail
newsletter for fundraisers, that will bring regular up to date information straight to
your computer."
London Community Foundation
Issue 5, Spring/Summer 2000, p.8

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"Updated daily, this online 'consultancy' helps charities harness the Internet as a successful fundraising tool and offers online articles, charity case studies and discussion forums. Newspapers and magazines are scanned for charity news, with key articles posted in the main section. This is a carefully organised business-to-business resource that will prove invaluable to industry professionals and students alike."
BBC WebGuide
22 March 2000

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"Then I went to www.fundraising.co.uk, which seemed informative but it was more a magazine for fundraisers, so there was no chance of donating. However, it did include the shameful information that, on average, each UK household donated £4.40 to charity in 1997/98. But don't feel too bad, it has actually gone up from an impressive £4.06 in 1994/96."
Interface, The Times, p.7 (6 March 2000)
Charities Aid Foundation

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"UK Fundraising - a leading portal for fundraisers... UK Fundraising is a vast resource of fundraising and other non profit information and links and is an invaluable reference point for fundraisers embracing the web."
Charities Aid Foundation

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"Associate of the Week

UK Fundraising
This great site has a clear layout, including very well-organised content on the homepage.
Being the first page that your visitors will see, this is extremely important. The UK
Fundraising homepage not only includes a link through to the Bookshop, but also recommends
specific book titles from the Amazon.co.uk shop.

Prominent links like this attract those visitors who only spend time viewing the headlines
on your homepage before clicking to a new Web site."
Amazon.co.uk
12 November 1999

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"The UK Fundraising examples of online fundraising page divides its examples into many useful categories, from Advertising and Affinity to Trading and Volunteers."
Nonprofit Online News
23 September 1999

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"... there are lists that specialise in discssions about fundraising in other countries. Among them are the United Kingdom-based FundUK (subscribe fundUK in the subject line, mail to: [email address no longer in use - Editor, April 2008])"
Gary M Grobman
International Journal of Nonprofit
and Voluntary Sector Marketing, Vol 4. No. 4
16 September 1999

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"UK Fundraising
Aimed at charities and other fund-raisers, this is a practical and user-friendly guide to
putting the Internet to work to raise funds."
UK Plus
17 August 1999

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"Recommended
News and services for nonprofit professionals. Focuses on philanthropy in the United
Kingdom, but covers a range of international topics including publications, discussion
groups, foundations, associations, and products available worldwide, with comprehensive
directories of related links."

17 August 1999

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"The Internet was never bound by geography, so don't be concerned with this site's UK disposition. This web page has developed a strong following based upon its library services and in-depth coverage of events, jobs, news, grants and funding. It also has a great feature called 'stay in touch' which e-mails you about site updates."
The Wyman Report: Web Sites Every Fundraiser Should Visit
8 July 1999

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"The UK Fundraising Web site reports that the word 'spam' caused many campaigners to criticise Oxfam and ask it not to go ahead... According to Howard Lake of UK Fundraising the use of the word 'spam' was misleading. The e-mail addresses selected belonged to people who had agreed to receive mailings from both the original company and other companies, in line with UK DP legislation."
Professional Fundraising magazine
20 May 1999, p.3

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"Howard Lake reports on the NetGrocer and Second Harvest fundraising collaborative."
Nonprofit Online News
7 May 1999

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"Howard Lake has published iGive's response to criticisms recently published in the New York Times."
Nonprofit Online News
18 April 1999

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"sites like the excellent www.fundraising.co.uk provide fundraisers with on-line access to a huge range of material."
Factsheet 4
NCVO and Tate Bramald Ltd
1999

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"Howard Lake keeps his examples of online fundraising page up to date with annotated links to many of the most interesting nonprofit fundraising efforts."

Michael Gilbert
News through 6/14/98
Nonprofit Online News
Tuesday, June 9, 1998

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"Howard Lake has compiled a list (updated regularly, so go back if you've visited him before) of online fundraising efforts - from simple appeals to funds to more sophisticated efforts."
Benton Best Practices Toolkit
23 June 1998

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My favourite fundraising Web site
This outstanding website for fundraisers comes out of England: "UK Fundraising,"
managed by Howard Lake, is a gem. Includes essays, events, publications, and links to an
interesting assortment of websites that do online fundraising. Refreshing to get a
different perspective on NPs and giving from a European point of view, too. You'll find it
at www.fundraising.co.uk.
Food for Thought
Thursday, January 8, 1998, volume 3, no.1
Published by the Support Center for Nonprofit
Management.

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If I were a charity I'd be on the Internet... Howard Lake's
research into electronic information resources for fundraisers worldwide led him to set up
the UK Fundraising World Wide Web Page to demonstrate the Internet's potential to the
sector: www.fundraising.co.uk

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Howard Lake has been appointed director at Fundraising UK Ltd, the Internet fundraising consultancy for charities. He joins from Amnesty International UK.

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Today, charities and other groups are increasingly using the Internet to raise funds. In terms of legislation there are no legal guidelines covering on-line fundraising, but it would be safe to assume that all UK charity law applies to this activity.
Despite the current extent of on-line fundraising activities, there is very little case law concerning it. You do not have to be a registered charity for on-line fundraising. If you are a
registered charity, ensure that your charity number appears on all Web pages which request
donations. If you would like to view some examples of on-line fundraising, visit the website http://www.fundraising.co.uk/examples.html.
For further information and advice contact Howard Lake, director of Fundraising UK Ltd,
the Internet fundraising consultancy and training organisation, on 01206 579081.
Another useful source of information is Direct
Connection's guide to Fundraising on the Internet by Howard Lake (Aurelian
Information, £12.99). The book is available from most good bookshops, or contact Aurelian
on 020 7794 8609.
Take the Initiative
Nursery World
30 October 1997, p.13

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UK Fundraising
Don't let the UK name fool you. There's lots of info here for everybody - not just the Brits. Books to order, links to other valuable sites and more.
January 1997, Vol. II, No. I

Recer Estate Services

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Howard Lake has set up one of the first fundraising discussion lists for the UK voluntary sector. Sponsored by Direct Connection, the list is called FundUK. It is easy to join up (and also to unsubscribe)... Howard's discussion list does not restrict itself to the Internet or fundraising technology. Rather it is an arena to discuss any topical fundraising issue, or to raise specific fundraising questions.
Howard Lake has set up a site on the Web called UK Fundraising at www.fundraising.co.uk. This provides an excellent on-line source of advice, pointers and real illustrations of Web fundraising. There are reviews, details of helpful magazines, links to software and useful products as well as details of courses and events. Howard Lake has produced a book called Direct Connection's guide to Fundraising on the Internet, published by Aurelian Information Ltd, which can be ordered securely online from the UK Fundraising Bookshop.

There is also a useful guide called Direct Connection's guide to Fundraising on the Internet, by Howard Lake, published by Aurelian Information Limited and sponsored by Internet Service Providers Direct Connection.
Howard Lake has set up a consultancy called Fundraising UK Ltd which provides training and advice on Internet fundraising. He can be contacted on +44 (0)1206 579081 or hlake@fundraising.co.uk.
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Howard Lake's site www.fundraising.co.uk and his book Direct Connection's guide to Fundraising on the Internet (ISBN 1-899247-06-8) provided numerous leads for this pocketbook, and his Web site continues to be a mine of information for fundraisers using the Internet.
Karen Gilchrist, Fundraising with Modern Technology, Croner Publications Ltd, pp 24, 25, 87, 88, 95

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A comprehensive resource guide for UK fundraisers, established by Howard lake, including details of courses, events, book reviews, grants and funding available.
NGO Finance, vol.6 issue 4,
September 1996

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"[Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]
It's good to see more sites like this appearing on the Internet, an area devoted to those people who are involved in charities or some sort of fund raising. On here you'll find lots of information of great use such as a list of charity events happening in the near future, courses that can be taken, vacancies at charities, magazines and press for charities and a list of links to other relevant resources on the Internet. There are other headings as well, but as yet their contents have not been put on line."

UK Fundraising, What's New, NetUser, Issue 4, October 1995 p58

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"UK Charities will be inspired by the example of one fundraiser who has produced the UK's first World Wide Web page for charity fundraisers. Howard Lake, a fundraiser at Amnesty International and professional fundraiser for seven years, says that the page has received a huge response - and not just from those based in the UK".

Riding high on the Internet, Association Quest, August 1995, p23

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"The UK's first Internet page for charity fundraisers contains discussion lists, upcoming events, magazines, vacancies and examples of online fundraising appeals by various charities. Produced by Amnesty International fundraiser Howard lake, its address is
http://web.city.ac.uk/~bh543/fundraising.html."

Fundraising goes online on the Internet, News in Brief, Third Sector, 15 June 1995 p3

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"Charity fundraisers will find much of interest on pages created by a professional, Howard Lake ([old Amnesty email address deleted - Editor, April 2008]). He has spent the past year researching electronic sources of fundraising information as part of an MSc at City
University, and is putting the results on the World-Wide Web. The URL
(Uniform Resource Locator or address) is:
http://web.city.ac.uk/~bh543/fundraising.html"

SCHOFIELD, J. Netwatch The Guardian Online, 1 June 1995 p5

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A fundraiser at Amnesty International British Section has produced the UK's first WWW page for charity fundraisers.

www.fundraising.co.uk/

The page lists fundraising discussion lists, upcoming seminars and events, service organisations, magazines, vacancies, and other not-for-profit Internet resources. It also has examples of online fundraising appeals by various charities.

Howard Lake, the creator of the page and a professional fundraiser for seven years, says "I hope the UK Fundraising web page will act as a practical example to the UK voluntary sector of what can and should be done with the medium of public electronic communications."

Information on Fundraising in the UK, by Howard Lake, published in the Nonprofit FAQ at the Internet Nonprofit Center (28 May 1995)