Together with our friends and colleagues at Fierce, MAIA, Open Theatre, Ort Gallery and Talking Birds (all small – and brilliant – arts organisations in the Midlands), we’ve created this Toolkit through a series of frank, and sometimes uncomfortable, conversations over a number of months.
Why this Ethical Fundraising Toolkit came about
As a group we’ve all had experiences of making decisions about whether to accept funding or commissions from sources that were questionable, or just unknown to us. In those moments, many of us reached out to find expertise or guidance from others who’d been in this situation before – but couldn’t find anything relevant.
This toolkit is our attempt to make those decisions easier for ourselves and others in the future, and it is available for free for anyone to download and use.
Ros, our Director of Funding and Partnerships says:
“Alongside the creation of a Toolkit, this was a wonderful opportunity to discuss fundraising in its broadest context with other, similar organisations. The chance to discuss, learn and debate issues around this increasingly relevant topic has been invaluable to us. I hope the Toolkit encourages more of these conversations amongst fundraisers, charities and even funders themselves!”
We welcome your thoughts and feedback on the toolkit
We’re interested to know what you make of this Ethical Fundraising Toolkit: if you’ve found it useful and easy to follow (or not), and whether it has affected the way you, or your organisation think, or talk, about fundraising.
We’d really value your feedback – please send this to the group via talkingbirds.co.uk/EFT
Talking more about Ethical Fundraising
In May 2025, we plan to talk around the issues of Ethical Fundraising as part of Talking Birds’ Nestival of Ideas series. If you have used the Toolkit and would be interested in being part of a panel discussion around Ethical Fundraising more broadly, please get in touch.
Download the Ethical Fundraising Toolkit here:
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This Ethical Fundraising Toolkit was produced through a series of conversations between members of Geese Theatre Company, Fierce, MAIA, Open Theatre, Ort Gallery and Talking Birds. It was designed by Andrew Moore at Pixeltrix.
