Resources from the United Kingdom- Institute of Fundraising

According to its website:

“the Institute of Fundraising is the professional membership body for UK fundraising. Its mission is to support fundraisers, through leadership, representation, standards-setting and education, and it champions and promotes fundraising as a career choice.”

The Institute’s website contains many practical resources for fundraisers, no matter which country you live in, available for free download. If you live outside the UK, you should be able to adapt the resources for the needs of your organization and compliance with the laws of your country.

In particular, the Institute has assembled a library of best practice codes. Currently, there are 29 codes in the library on various fundraising and related topics, including:

acceptance or refusal of donations,

major gift fundraising,

direct mail,

event fundraising, and

many more.

To access the Institute’s homepage, copy and paste the following link into your address bar: http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/

To access the Institute’s directory of best practices codes, just click on the title to this post.