Marketing and fundraising group

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This group offers support, resources and networking for anyone working, or interested, in marketing, communications and fundraising in the voluntary and community sector.

How to join

Please note that in order to see the events, news, documents and resources associated with this group, you'll need to be registered on the site (or logged-in if you have already registered).

You'll also need to join the network by selecting 'Join' in the left-hand menu of this page.

From time to time we will send you email notifications about content that might be useful to you as a fundraiser or marketer. We will send approximately 1-3 notifications per month.

Ask a question!

The Group discussions -section is your online support forum. If you have a question or a problem related to fundraising or marketing post it to the group! Simply click on the group discussions -link in the menu and start a new discussion.

And if you think you can help please respond to the question by adding a comment.

Be sure to have a look at the events and news sections as well!

What the group offers you

An opportunity to ask questions
Best practice information to support you in your role as a marketer or fundraiser
Events for you to learn about, and get ideas, to use in your organisation's marketing, communications and fundraising
Resources to help you and your organisation be more effective
Networking and sharing learning with other members of the group
Case studies to learn from real-life experiences

Marketing

We hold two marketing conferences each year at which you will hear from leading communications experts on all aspects of marketing your organisation. The keynote plenary sessions are combined with a choice of practical and interactive workshops.

Data Protection

In addition, we run data protection seminars looking at how to apply best practice in your marketing and communications work. This training is led by Lesley Tadgell Foster who runs the BSI Data Protection Programe for Non-Profits and has worked with clients including Get Kids Going!, MapAction and The Prince's Trust.

Our next Data Protection Seminar is on 9 March in London. More information and book.

Membership schemes

Membership and supporter schemes are vital to the survival of many voluntary organisations. Our membership schemes events are held twice a year and will help you to grow, develop and maximise the effectiveness of your membership scheme.

Our last event was held on 12 July. Get valuable information from the event by joining our membership schemes group.

Our next Membership Schemes event is on 30 November. More information will be available shortly.

Fundraising

We have recently updated our fundraising advice pages for both the 'gift economy' (donations), 'grants' and trading. We also have a section of our site about public service delivery. NCVO's Sustainable Funding Project provides information and resources around fundraising and income generation. You can look at information about different forms of income, training days and events around the country or sign up for the newsletter.

Blog - Olof Williamson, from the Sustainable Funding Project here at NCVO writes a regular blog. Follow it here.

Event - Sustainable Funding Project's Annual Gathering 2010
Save the date now - 23rd November 2010. http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/SFP2010

Free event - Launch of The Art of Raising Money; using marketing theory to stabilise and grow your income
21st September, 4pm (after the Marketing Conference). A free introduction to how marketing theory can help organisations to raise more income.

Event - Fundraising Training 2010.
We run a Fundraising event each autumn which gives you top tips on successful fundraising. This year event is being held on 27 October - http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/fundraising2010. More infomration will be available shortly but you can pre-book your place now or use this group to tell us your ideas and comments.

What matters to you?

We are always looking for ways to make our training events as relevant as possible to you. If you have any ideas, concerns or particular challenges that you would like to see covered, please email them to marketing@ncvo-vol.org.uk.