We saw the familiar faces on the day but we also saw growth in engagement with smaller charities and harder to reach audiences. Our collaboration with both NICVA and Arts & Business will continue to support that in the coming year – we need to speak for all fundraising charities in NI and not just those with the resource to engage.
It was great that we also saw organisations outside the common perceptions of fundraising, like Ulster Orchestra and Business in the Community. It feels like the Chartered Institute’s audience is widening, being seen as more open, more accessible than ever and we hope it keeps moving that way.
In the last year we’ve also recognised that we, the volunteer committee, all have similar levels of experience and perspective. We’re changing that and in recent months we’ve been fortunate to increase diversity and inclusion. We’ve also already used the awards platform to begin conversations with new potential volunteers earlier in their fundraising career. We want to represent all fundraisers, not just those who’ve been round the block! Our aim is to champion fundraising, support fundraisers and increase inclusion, and we feel we’re making real progress.
2024 Winners
• Fundraising team of the Year: - HC (Highly commended) was NI Fundraising Team, AWARE NI, Winner was Fundraising & Supporter Engagement Team, Christian Aid Ireland
• Campaign of the Year – HC was The If Campaign, Inspire. Winner was The Good Food Fund, Business in the Community Northern Ireland
• Fundraising event of the Year – HC was The Colour Run, Inspire. Winner was The Bog Run, Cancer Fund for Children
• Fundraising Partnership of the Year, HC was Inspire and Dunlem. Winner was Cancer Fund for Children and Henderson Group (Eurospar & Vivoxtra)
• Volunteer of the Year – Individual – HC was Brenda Brown, Alzheimer’s Society. Winner was Patricia McNeill, Mary’s Meals
• Volunteer of the Year – Team or Group – HC, Mary’s Meals Armagh and Benburb group. Winner was Air Ambulance Northern Ireland’s Fermanagh volunteer group
• Fundraising Leader of the Year – Linzi Stewart, Alzheimer’s Society
• Fundraiser to Watch – HC was Klaudia Wall, East Belfast Mission. Winner was Hannah Moore, AWARE NI
• Special Recognition – HC, Ann Curry, Mary’s Meals and Winner, Eddie Marcus, Cancer Fund for Children
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