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Really thrilled that my effort to let more charities know about the free services of the FSI worked – fantastic the team are looking forward to making new friends.

I was amazed by how the whole experience and truly grateful for the new friends it has brought our way who are now part of our gang.

Thanks so much for all of you who have contacted us since our brief TV appearance – as I sat behind a cushion waiting to see what was broadcast and being absolutely certain I was made for radio not TV I was hugely relieved to have only a fleeting appearance and was impressed that Kim was coordinated enough to have purple nail varnish.

Been doing a lot of thinking and am absolutely gob smacked that already FSI is an organisation that lots of you not only respect but love – fantastic.   In its own space it’s really made a difference and done such great things – I am really proud to be part of this and even prouder that my Company A4e supports all the stuff it does for you guys.

And then the summer just flew by…….. It’s been a really busy summer here at the FSI we are busily preparing for our Forum in October – Sharing the Best ‘Innovation’. Here’s an open invitation to attend, get in touch with This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you want to come along (check out the page on this site) we haven’t sent out invitations yet and we are over 50% full. 

At the beginning of the month, I attended the Institute of Fundraising London Convention so I wanted to share with you what I picked up from the 3 days. Alan Clayton, Managing Director of Cascaid took the Final Plenary, the round up of the convention