Speaker
Paul Thompson
Organisation:
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Biography:
Paul has been Head of Community Fundraising for Marie Curie in Northern Ireland and Scotland since mid-2010. Before that he was at Cancer Research UK, where he joined as a graduate trainee and stayed for eight years in a variety of roles. This took him from community fundraising at British Legions in Hackney and Parliamentary briefings at the Commons, via charity shops in Wick, back to overseeing Community Fundraising in Scotland and NI for CR-UK.
Paul has been Head of Community Fundraising for Marie Curie in Northern Ireland and Scotland since mid-2010. Before that he was at Cancer Research UK, where he joined as a graduate trainee and stayed for eight years in a variety of roles. This took him from community fundraising at British Legions in Hackney and Parliamentary briefings at the Commons, via charity shops in Wick, back to overseeing Community Fundraising in Scotland and NI for CR-UK.
- Session(s):
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- Local Fundraising Groups – Not just a thing of the past
26 Oct, 14:00 - 15:00
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Fundraising Groups were long the heart of traditional community fundraising. But in the past ten years their star has been on the wane as lifestyles have changed and groups have disbanded. This session will look at how Marie Curie Cancer Care has embarked on an ambitious strategy to grow a new generation of groups to be the foundation of community fundraising for years to come.
- Local Fundraising Groups – Not just a thing of the past
