IOF Convention Special Guest Announced

• Institute of Fundraising
• Raise Your Game

Barbara will deliver the conventions' closing plenary with an interesting insight into the foundations of the George Best Foundation and will share information on some of her fundraising successes.

Charlotte Trinder, Chair of the IOF NI, said:

‘We are delighted and really excited to have Barbara McNarry on board for this year’s Convention. We are very impressed with what she has achieved to date with the George Best Foundation and thank her for coming on board. The George Best Foundation is a hugely successful fundraising story and we know that Barbara will both inspire and motivate fundraisers attending the convention on 28th June’.

The George Best Foundation was set up to provide charitable funds for research into liver disease and alcoholism as well as supporting the promotion of a healthy lifestyle among young people through participation in soccer.  The Foundation was established to promote general charitable purposes for the benefit of the public in Northern Ireland and abroad and for the benefit of University College London without distinction of ethnic identity, age, gender, sexual orientation, nationality political or religious opinion.

The Institute of Fundraising NI Annual Convention, kindly sponsored by JMT Direct based in Derry, is taking place on 28 June 2007 at the Ramada Hotel, Shaws Bridge Belfast from 8.30am to 5.00pm.  This year’s Convention will deliver a wide range of fundraising topics from direct marketing to events to managing volunteers.  The convention will also host specialist topics for community groups.  Bursaries are also available.  

Registrations are now taking place for interested fundraisers. 

For further information on this year’s convention, please contact Siobhan Hanley on 07790033973, email northernireland@institute-of-fundraising.org.uk or log onto www.institute-of-fundraising.org.

The Ramada Hotel has kindly donated early bird incentives for the Omni Ayurveda Health & Beauty Centre which we will offer to the first 50 registrants.