(a charitable company limited by guarantee)
Registered Charity No. 1054914
Company Number 3182826
We aim to increase our membership headcount by 5% (ie from our 31/03/07 total of 1,289 to 1,354) and our membership income by 8%. We will target charities that have a gross annual income in excess of £1m but will also try to reach smaller organisations through closer collaboration with other networks and our education strategy.
We aim to continue to develop the website as a tool to facilitate communication with members and non-members. We will achieve a minimum of 60,500 document downloads over the course of the year.
As part of our longterm strategy to move from being a London-based organisation with a regional network to a truly national organisation, we will continue to recruit more members in the regions so that each region can eventually gain a degree of self-sufficiency. We will develop our plans for more regional events, in particular a conference in Manchester in June 2008.
We aim to increase overall attendance at our training courses and educational events by 7%. In particular we will increase the scope and attendance at our Annual Conference by adding a fifth stream and increasing the number of delegates by at least 10%.
We will implement the on-line booking system and achieve 50% bookings on it by 31/03/08.
We will hold an event to mark our 20th anniversary in February 2008 and will use this landmark to raise our profile in the sector.
The policy officer has drawn up a policy and campaigns strategy, building on four key priority areas identified by Trustees (tax; regulation; public service delivery; and accountability, transparency and reporting). The strategy identifies priority areas for action and identifies the key stakeholders CFDG will need to engage with to further our policy activity over the next 2-3 years. A refreshed Public Affairs Committee will work alongside the policy officer to implement the policy and campaigns strategy. Targets from this strategy to be achieved in the next financial year are:
• the production of two publications building on current best practice in the sector;
• the implementation of a campaign on an issue central to CFDG members which results in ministerial support;
• to enhance CFDG’s reputation within government, so that government consistently consults CFDG on financial issues impacting on the sector;
• the implementation of an media strategy culminating in 100 mentions in the press over the next financial year.
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