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TFN Wales & YTFN
A busy but exciting week ahead for TFN with two events taking place, TFN Wales and YTFN. Continue reading
A short film from Pitch, Pledge, Party.
We are thrilled with this film from the Pitch, Pledge, Party event – we hope you like it too!
Link to PPP Film
We Pitched, We Pledged, We Partied!
We are extremely pleased to report that our Pitch Pledge Party event held in partnership with 10:10 at The Guardian was a big success. This was an exciting new collaboration and the evening was a lot of fun. We are delighted at the amounts raised; our aim was to raise £3,000 each for the innovative [...]
A new Chair for The Funding Network
Dear Friend of TFN,
As some of you will already know, I will be stepping down as Chair of The Funding Network at the beginning of December. As one of the founders, and Chair since then, ten years in all, it is time to hand the baton on. I often say I am not so much [...]
Inspiring campaigners supported at The Funding Network
The passion and drive of the speakers was evident throughout, and the attendees certainly responded with insightful questions and generous pledging. Continue reading
TFN for Canada Event 17th June 2011
The TFN for Canada Event on the 17th June at Grange Hotel St Pauls was a great success. With the Canadian High Commissioner, Jim Wright and his wife, author Donna Thomson kindly present, we raised well over £30,000 for four projects linked in a variety of ways to Canada (also coincidentally the homeland of TFN founder, Fred Mulder).
Thanks [...]
A quick hello…
A quick note to introduce myself to you all and say how delighted I am to be here covering Sonal’s maternity leave (no news on the new arrival yet but we’ll keep you posted!).
I’ve known TFN for a few years in a number of “guises”. Firstly as a neighbour when the campaign I co-founded, We [...]
Blog Post: Insights into Philanthropy
‘I enjoy being part of a community of people who are thinking strategically about social change’, Karen Payne, TFN Member, writes her thoughts for our Blog. Continue reading
Member Experiences: The Selection Panel
In this post TFN Member Ruth Mantle describes her experience sitting on a Selection Panel. Continue reading
Blog post: Charitable gifts for the Royal Wedding
Cambridge from the Queen and a tandem bike from Boris Johnson: Prince William & Princess Catherine actually asked for donations to a set of charities for their wedding. Here’s my analysis of their plan. By Caroline Fiennes
Good idea
For sure the couple doesn’t need towels from John Lewis. And since charities’ income falls during recessions just as [...]
