National Fundraising Awards October 20, 2009

Bookings are now open for the National Fundraising Awards. There is no charge to attend the ceremony, but booking is essential. The event will be held in the Four Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, on Tuesday, 20 October, and will be hosted by RTÉ presenter Mary Kennedy.

The National Fundraising Awards were established in 2008 by The Wheel, a national support and representative body for community and voluntary organisations, and Fundraising Ireland, a network for fundraisers, with generous support from the Vodafone Ireland Foundation .

These Awards have been created to recognise, celebrate and promote excellence in the profession of fundraising, which too often is on the receiving end of 'bad press' from the media, the public and also within charitable organisations themselves. We believe that fundraising is a very honourable profession and fundraisers enable support to be provided to the poor, vulnerable and excluded; culture and the arts; preservation of heritage; provision of social services and much, much more.

Official Website: http://www.fundraisingawards.ie