CIoF Central South Regional Conference 2025

We are delighted that the Central South Conference, hosted by your local CIoF Committee, will be returning for a second year - bringing networking and learning to our fundraising community.

The theme of this year's event is Future Fundraising: Thriving Through Change

The fundraising landscape is shifting fast. With the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, increasing competition for limited funds, and changing donor expectations, fundraisers are navigating more uncertainty than ever before. But with change comes opportunity.

Future Fundraising: Thriving Through Change is your chance to step back, take stock, and get inspired. This one-day conference will explore the challenges shaping the future of our sector—and equip you with the tools, ideas, and connections to respond with confidence.

We are putting together an engaging and lively programme for the day, and full details will be announced as we confirm them.

We are hugely grateful to our headline sponsor, Trethowans for helping us to bring this event to life, and look forward to making it a regular part of our calendar.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Central South Committee

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Info: 'Change - but different' - The word change often brings eyerolls and scepticism. Change can feel unsettling. But what if change became your best friend?! In this session, Helen Bull will share her experiences of change and how she has used it to open up new opportunities she never thought possible. Helen has represented her country in swimming, worked at Walt Disney World in Florida and faced adversity through serious illness and disability. Get ready to feel inspired and motivated - you will never view change in the same way ever again!

Info: Modern Giving: The Cashless Shift That Transformed Street Fundraising - How Play to the Crowd increased bucket collections by a third by adopting a cashless Fundraising Strategy . With Becca Moore, Play to the Crown and Vicky Hewlett, Give a Little

Info: Speakers TBC

Info: Creative ways to engage businesses and build value-based partnerships - with CP Robinson, Portsmouth Cathedral

Info: From Opt-In to Opportunity: Legal Perspectives on the new soft opt-in guidance and the 2025 Fundraising Code of Practice with Kirsteen Hook, Trethowans LLP

Info: Speakers TBC

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Arc, Jewry Street, Winchester, United Kingdom