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Below you can find a list of our upcoming training courses, qualifications and events. You can also view any resources (including blogs, guidance and articles). You can use the filter on the left to search for a specific type or interest for example. 

‘How I got here’ with Husne Begum, Head of Corporate Partnerships at Teach First

With the Fundraising Convention around the corner, Husne Begum of Teach First, shares her journey from ‘falling into fundraising’ to Head of Corporate partnerships, and how peer to peer learning can s...

Accuracy and clarity in fundraising

This short piece of guidance looks at how fundraisers can make sure their communications are clear and accurate for a wide range of audiences.

Trustees and Fundraising in Scotland

Trustees have a key role to play in ensuring that their organisation’s approach to fundraising is in keeping with its purpose, values and culture.

Sharing Stories of Children in Fundraising

Choosing to share their story can be hugely rewarding for a child looking to make an impact on the world. Their experiences have the power to inspire public support and change the lives of others. But...

Good digital fundraising puts people first

Following the member roundtable with the Law Family Commission on Civil Society, the Chartered Institute’s Policy and Information Officer, Charlotte Sherman, looks at the challenges fundraisers face w...

How to make your job adverts more inclusive

In this blog, Karen Harlow, Digital Manager at CharityJob, looks at the steps they've taken and others can take to make their job advertisements more inclusive.

Our next steps on bringing about a more equal, diverse, and inclusive fundraising profession

In this blog our CEO, Katie Docherty, discusses how we'll be encouraging our partners and organisational members to embed more inclusive recruitment practices such as showing salaries and adding unnec...

Payroll Giving Week 2022

As the second National Payroll Giving Week takes place this month (running from the 7-13 February), we are focusing on why you should be considering introducing payroll giving in your charity.

Understanding giving in 2021 can help fundraisers navigate 2022

Chartered Institute’s Policy and Information Officer Charlotte Sherman looks in this blog at the key pieces in our Research Roundup.

Legacy income is moving more quickly through probate, but 2022 remains an unknown

Rob Cope, Director of Remember A Charity, explains what probate delays mean for charities and what changes have been made to enable legacy income to flow more smoothly in future.

My Career: Setting you up for success

Chartered Institute Individual Member Anthony Blackman takes a look at My Career and explains how he has been using the member resource. He talks about how he has benefited from the tools on offer and...

What does the current jobs market mean for you?

Karen Harlow, Digital Content Manager at CharityJob, says that so much of our lives has changed in the last couple of years, and the jobs market is no exception. In this blog she looks at what the cur...

‘Public fundraising has shown its value, flexibility and high standards’

The Chartered Institute’s newly appointed Chief Executive, Katie Docherty, talks in this blog post about the value and power of a conversation, as she looks at the role public fundraising has played d...

How to make the most of Giving Tuesday

Ahead of #GivingTuesday2021, Andy Frain of the Charities Aid Foundation explores what drives the campaign and answers some of the questions that people have about how to get involved.

Draft response to the Northern Ireland Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Bill

The following is the Chartered Institute's draft response to the Northern Ireland Assembly's call for views and evidence on the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Bill. Please send ...

Excellence in fundraising is a trustee responsibility

Ahead of the launch of our new trustee handbook, providing guidance on fundraising regulation for charity trustees in Scotland, Michelle Cook, Head of Scotland, looks at what responsibilities trustees...

‘The Governance Gap’ – and why fundraisers could fill it

For Trustees’ Week, one of the Chartered Institute’s own trustees Kerys Sheppard MCIOF talks about why, during a time where both job and trustee vacancies are at a record high, employees are looking f...

Data: A new direction: Consultation response from the Chartered Institute of Fundraising

‘A far from typical year in events fundraising’

In this blog Jill Purcell, Fundraising Manager at MS-UK and a member of the East Anglia group committee, shares her thoughts on what’s in store for events in 2022.

GDPR changes are coming – charities must have a say and focus on supporter education

Suzanne Lewis, founder of Arc Data, looks in this blog at the government’s consultation on data and at what implications this is likely to have on charities and fundraising.