Tuesday 9th October 2007 Central Hall Westminster 10 am to 4 pm followed by a networking reception until 5.30 pm The annual one-day conference for chief executives, trustees, fundraising directors, major donor fundraisers and high net worth individuals on how to enlist and partner the rich as major donors.

Attendance fee: £145 per delegate including VAT, lunch, presentation materials and networking reception. Programme includes:

Major donors

Britain’s biggest donors will share their enthusiasm for philanthropy and give advice to charities of all sizes on how to build successful relationships with wealthy individuals.

Sir Tom Hunter, Britain's leading philanthropist, has
pledged to give £1 billion to charity and supports a wide
range of humanitarian, educational and children’s causes.

Dame Stephanie Shirley amassed a fortune in information technology before focusing her energies on philanthropy, as both a giver and a highly effective major gift fundraiser. The Shirley Foundation has already committed over £50 million in grants, making it one of Britain’s top 50 grant-making trusts.

Lord Bilimoria, the founder of Cobra Beer, is using his
wealth to help charities in a range of fields including
community development, education and medical research.

Alec Reed, founder of Reed Recruitment Group, is launching TheBigGive.org.uk in September, a free-to-all website that allows high level donors (£100k - £10 million) to find specific charity projects that match their interests. He will explain how registered charities of all sizes can now raise substantial sums from major donors at minimal cost.

SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST

Dr Philip Beresford, author of the Sunday Times Rich List, will speak on key changes in the ownership of wealth in 2007 and this year’s leading donors to charitable causes.

Finding wealthy supporters

Kerry Rock, Research Director at Action Planning, will speak on Wealth Intelligence, the powerful resource from Action Planning being increasingly used by charities to identify and profile wealthy supporters and new names of rich people potentially sympathetic to your cause.

Building a major donor campaign

This session will be presented by Midé Akerewusi, Head of High Value Appeals at Scope and formally Head of Major Giving at British Red Cross, where he more than doubled major donor income.

Performance skills for donor meetings

Caroline Goyder of the Central School of Speech and Drama, one of the UK’s leading drama coaches, and Verity Haines, Major Donor Consultant at Action Planning, will demonstrate how to enthuse rich donors with your cause.

Why rich people give

The leading UK experts on philanthropy will explain how charities can benefit from the rapid growth in giving by the new rich.

Nigel Harris is Chief Executive of New Philanthropy Capital, which provides research and advice to major donors. The organisation highlights to donors the areas of greatest need and identifies charities that can use their donations to best effect.

Susan Mackenzie is Director of Philanthropy UK, which was established with support from the Association of Charitable Foundations to expand philanthropy in Britain. She will share new research findings from Philanthropy UK into what motivates rich people to give.

Mark Evans is Head of Philanthropy for Coutts & Co, the international private banking arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Mark advises Coutts’ clients on how to give effectively and runs events to encourage philanthropy.

Sheila Hooper is Executive Director of Individual Giving at CAF, which provides donors with a range of effective giving options for gifts from £5 to over £5 million.

Stephen Hammersley is Chief Executive of the Community Foundation Network. Community Foundations now manage over £140 million donated by wealthy individuals and organisations which wish to help charities locally.

Conference Chair

The event will be chaired by David Senior, Director of Development at Action Planning, a leading UK fundraising and strategy consultancy with a specialist major donor fundraising team.