Appendix 2: Research sources

In order to develop this project, I sought input from the following:

• trust_fundraising@yahoo.co.uk – a mailing list operated by the Institute of Fundraising Trusts and Statutory Fundraising Special Interest Group.
• Fundraising Chat – a closed Facebook group of over 2,500 fundraisers based mainly in the UK as well as some international fundraisers.
• UK Fundraising (fundraising.co.uk) – an online magazine covering news, ideas and inspiration for professional charity fundraisers.
• A legal contact in a major legal firm in Edinburgh who works with many trusts.
• Association of Charitable Foundations (AFC) – who I contacted for a response to my proposition (echoed in my blog).
• Institute of Fundraising North East Funders Forum.
• nfpSynergy’s two reports on grant fundraising 1) Inside the mind of a grant-maker: Useful stuff on how grant-making works (June 2013); and 2) Taking nothing for granted: A research report into what charities think a model grant-maker looks like (June 2012).
• Colleagues, fellow trust fundraisers and other Commission on the Donor Experience project leaders through informal discussions.
• Over 14 years’ personal experience raising income from statutory, lottery and charitable organisations in Canada, the United States, England and Scotland and gathered from my involvement as a Member, Committee Member and Officer and Chair with the Institute of Fundraising Scotland’s Special Interest Group for Trusts, Statutory and Foundations.