What do members say about the Fundraisers Belgium?
"Over the past few years, your sessions have enabled me to significantly deepen my knowledge of fundraising in Belgium. What I particularly appreciate is that your training courses respond to the specific context of the Belgian fundraising sector. This makes Fundraisers Belgium's insights much more relevant and immediately applicable to me. Your workshops and webinars describe reality as it is – without sugar-coating it – while offering concrete, practical solutions. The combination of expertise and a realistic approach is a real added value for me." - Markus Neumann, Goodplanet Belgium
‘As a member, I have taken several courses at Fundraisers Belgium over the past few years. I attended each course with great enthusiasm and curiosity. The sessions have each made a difference in their own way – not only for me personally in my job as a fundraiser, but also within our team.’ - Ine Van der Heyden, Light for the World
"From my first day as a member of Fundraisers Belgium, my hunger was satisfied, I was surrounded by others and knowledge was shared. I took a number of more general courses as well as more specific, in-depth courses such as Major & Middle Donor Fundraising. That is a real asset of Fundraisers Belgium. As a fundraiser, all that knowledge and practical testing with other fundraisers gave me the assurance that I was doing the right thing (or not) and made it easier for me to present my strategic plans and ideas to the management and board of directors." - Chris De Cock, Welzijnszorg vzw
"When I started my career as a fundraiser, I immediately joined the Fundraisers Belgium. They offer a great range of webinars and trainings for every fundraiser (from junior to senior). They also involve the necessary external experts to be able to transfer sufficient knowledge to their members.” - Elke Saron - MS-Liga Vlaanderen
“For me, it’s is very important to have a look at how other NGO’s and organisations handle their fundraising. The cases by other organisations are like holding a mirror up to our faces. It made us rethink the way we interact with our (potential) donors. The training courses organised by Fundraisers Belgium are very interesting, too: my colleagues and I have already followed several of them. Apart from the 'theoretical’ content, they also give us the chance to get in touch with colleagues and exchange experiences and (good) practices. The job of a fundraiser is a bit lonely: this kind of exchange (and the simple fact of getting together with fellow fundraisers) is important to me.” - Eric Henrotte, VIA Don Bosco
"The Fundraisers Belgium ensures that we as fundraisers can always keep learning! Learning from colleagues in other organisations, learning during the workshops and presentations, learning from research... In this way we remain creative and continue to make progress as a sector. And if our sector grows, the natural consequence is that society improves!” - Ruben Fierens (UNHCR)
“The training courses organised by Fundraisers Belgium are very interesting. I and my colleagues have already followed several of them. Apart from the 'theoretical’ content, they also give us the chance to get in touch with colleagues and exchange experiences and (good) practices. The job of a fundraiser is a bit lonely: this kind of exchange (and the simple fact of getting together with fellow fundraisers) is important to me.” – Eric Henrotte, VIA Don Bosco
“It's important to me to be a member, to always learn new techniques, benchmarking, cases, etc. And you stay in contact with fundraisers from other organisations." – Jolien Pardon, Rode Kruis Vlaanderen
“The networking aspect and the update of current affairs and new insights within the sector are valuable. You save time because you don't have to find out and follow up all that yourself. Also the importance of fundraising in society and the fact that Fundraisers Belgium inspires in all areas to keep the sector alive is very important." - Koen Maertens, Oscare
“As a beginning fundraiser I learned a lot from Fundraisers Belgium years ago, but above all, being part of a group of fundraisers and being able to exchange experience is very valuable to me. The meetings always give me a strong boost. I now have a colleague-fundraiser, but as a fundraiser working alone for an organisation it can get quite lonely, and then it is nice to talk to fellow fundraisers, not only about achievements, but also about problems they are facing.” - Sandra Nelles - Mamas for Africa
