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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. 

From players to pledgers: The hidden legacy potential in gaming programmes

At Fundraising Convention 2025, three fundraising experts presented compelling evidence for what many in the sector has long suspected: supporters who engage with charitable lotteries and raffles repr...

Benchmarking Fundraising in 2025: What the Latest Survey Reveals

The UK fundraising landscape continues to shift rapidly, with charities under mounting pressure to deliver more impact in increasingly challenging conditions. Against this backdrop, reliable benchmark...

Building Direct Mail Capability for Better Supporter Experience

The fundraising landscape is at a critical juncture. While leaders champion supporter experience initiatives, a gap exists between aspiration and reality. Fewer than a quarter of charities say their d...

Unlocking new funding with Prize Draws

As charitable giving faces unprecedented pressure from the cost-of-living crisis, innovative fundraising models are proving essential for charities seeking to maintain and grow their income streams.

Fundraising Lotteries: A Low-Risk Path to Diversified Income

Fundraising lotteries are a compelling solution for charities seeking to diversify their income streams with minimal upfront investment. In a webinar we hosted with Gatherwell and The Giving Machine, ...

Digital Fundraising for Older Donors: Your Most Valuable Untapped Opportunity

Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund

The Government has launched a new fund to help more people get online, with £9.5million available for charities to use in their communities.

Managing AI Tools Safely: A Data-First Approach to AI Governance for Charities

The artificial intelligence revolution has arrived in the charity sector, but a sobering prediction from Gartner suggests that 60% of generative AI projects will be abandoned by 2027 due to inadequate...

Breakthrough fundraising: How senior HNW volunteers can transform charity growth

A new approach combining investment thinking, campaign strategy, and high-net-worth volunteer recruitment is helping smaller charities access previously untapped funding streams while building sustain...

Crowdfunding for Professional Fundraisers

Discover how crowdfunding can support your fundraising goals, learn from others who have run successful crowdfunding campaigns, and find out how to get started.

Earth-friendly fundraising: How Great Ormond Street Hospital charity is creating a revolution

At the 2025 Fundraising Convention, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Charity presented groundbreaking research that could transform how the sector approaches environmental sustainability.

Driving standards in face-to-face fundraising: new guidance strengthens charity-agency partnerships

Find out how we created the new Face-to-Face Fundraising Guidance, what is new in the Guidance and how it puts fundraisers first.

Fundraising Regulator welcomes updated partnership guidance for Face-to-Face Fundraising

The Fundraising Regulator says the updated guidance addresses key recommendations from its 2024 market inquiry and will help charities and agencies build more transparent, accountable partnerships to ...

Partnering with Purpose: A guide to charity-agency partnerships and payment models

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising is pleased to publish new guidance aimed at strengthening best practice and accountability in face-to-face fundraising across the sector.

New report highlights need to navigate AI tools in fundraising “carefully”

A new report shows how fundraisers and charities are approaching AI with caution in their work.

Get involved, stay inspired: join a group to help you grow

There are many benefits to volunteering with a special interest, regional or national group.

How volunteering prepares you to support volunteers

Working in the third sector, it’s likely that you’ll spend some time working with volunteers, and possibly even managing them. If it’s the first time you’ve done this, or haven’t worked with volunteer...

Essentials of fundraising law and regulation

Fundraising is essential to charities missions and that’s why there are clear rules and regulations in place to protect the public, ensure transparency, and help charities build long-lasting trust wit...

Fundraising complaints and how they are handled

Fundraising is a vital activity for charities, enabling them to serve their communities, and it must be conducted transparently, ethically, and in line with established standards. When concerns arise ...

How small charities can keep up with compliance

Fundraising is subject to a wide range of laws and regulations which are overseen by several government departments and independent regulatory bodies. These rules are integral to ensuring donors have ...