Further response to the Age Article

Hi my name is Matthew Brine and I am the Director of The Fundraising People.

You could say I have a slight bias on this subject but after 11 years of passionate dedication to the raising of vital funds for awesome NFP’s I feel I have the right to get on my soap box in response to this rather misleading article.
I started my fundraising adventure back in 1999 as a street fundraiser on the mean streets of London and I fell in love with the idea that we can make a difference in our short time on this planet. In the past 11 years I am clear my efforts have made a difference after raising millions of dollars and pounds for many vital NFP’s.

I have worked with 100’s of the so unfairly named “chuggers” and the one common characteristic present in these passionate young people is their desire to make a difference to the people of this planet. They do not do it for money or for their ego, they do it make a positive contribution. And YES they are paid as they to, have to pay the bills, just like you...
Face-to-face fundraising remains the most profitable way for charities to raise money and increase their donor databases. Regular giving supporters become the lifeblood of the charity, increasing awareness, income, advocacy, the number of volunteers and most importantly secures the future of the organisation.
I find articles of this nature very disrespectful to fundraising staff, highly skilled individuals who take their responsibility to their charities very seriously and thus would not continually invest in activities that weren’t beneficial to the cause. Please, please, please give these people the respect they deserve!

Finally for those people who disagree with what we do, all we ask is that you say “no thank you” and we will in return, BEAM you a smile and throw you a “have a nice day!”