Board of Education (NI)
Successful Ethical Funding Seminar
The Church of Ireland Board of Education (N.I.) and the Church of Ireland Youth Department recently held a joint seminar for those working with children and young people in the church around ethical funding.
![Ethical Fundraising Seminar with James Laverty.](cmsfiles/images/news/committee/2015/ethical-fundraising.gif)
Over twenty participants from fourteen parishes attended the evening in CIYD office in Belfast facilitated by Jimmy Laverty from Community Change (pictured above). Jimmy has worked as a community fundraiser for over twenty years and has particular knowledge of ethical funding in relation to churches.
‘This was a great opportunity for churches to get support in real live issues of fundraising and support,’ Dr Peter Hamill, Secretary to the Board of Education (N.I.), commented. ‘Jimmy brings a great depth of knowledge and practical application.’
A parish treasurer added: ‘This was a fantastic seminar and has been really helpful as we consider how we might raise money to employ a parish youth worker.’ Similarly, a youth worker remarked that it was ‘a brilliant event that would have saved me years of hard work if it had happened when I was first employed in my role.’
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