(a charitable company limited by guarantee)
Registered Charity No. 1054914
Company Number 3182826
As at 31 March 2006, the individual members represented between them a total of 973 not-for-profit organisations, compared to 886 organisations as at 31 March 2005. The profile of those member organisations, in relation to income size is as follows:
In line with the strategy for regional development, during 2005 funding was secured from CAF to enable us to appoint a part-time Regional Development Manager. The post was filled in October 2005.
As at 31 March 2006, CFDG had four regions available for members to join. The overall percentage of members belonging to a region other than London has marginally increased during the year. The regional membership profile is as follows:
It was agreed that the priority for working with the regions would be the sustainable growth of CFDG as a regional network, ensuring that the provision of services and support for existing regional members was maintained at a high level, and that the current excellent retention rate was not jeopardised.
In February 2006 a survey was sent to all regional members in order to gain an insight into what topics members would like included in the events programme, how to encourage greater attendance at regional meetings and to understand what members value about CFDG membership. The results will be used to shape activities during the coming year.
We continue to develop the CFDG website as the primary medium for delivering information not just to the existing membership but also the wider sector and public audience. The usage statistics for the year 2005/06 demonstrate a significant growth in numbers accessing the website with the monthly hits increasing by over 80% during the year.
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