Welcome to the Major Donors Collection

You’ll leave with fresh perspectives and practical ideas to help your organisation unlock more potential from the supporters you already have.

You’ll leave with practical ideas and actionable advice to help your organisation make the most of this growing source of income.

Discover the key fundraising trends for 2026 and how to adapt your strategy to strengthen donor relationships, embrace innovation, and grow giving.

Drawn from over 150 donor interviews, from philanthropists, this session will entertain, surprise, and challenge you to think differently about “major donors”, and it will give you the confidence to challenge others in your charity.

Join Veritus Group for an in-depth panel discussion on major donor giving focused specifically for UK fundraising professionals navigating a rapidly changing landscape.

This session will provide an intro to Mid-Value giving, highlighting what it adds to your organisation’s fundraising strategy and why it looks different for everyone.

Speaker Joanna Roberts is a Senior Relationship Manager at Stewardship, a Christian charity and Donor Advised Fund founded over a century ago, and will share practical insights informed by an experienced background in philanthropy and major gifts fundraising.

This session won’t promise innovation or shortcuts, but it will give you a realistic, replicable approach that builds confidence and momentum.

A session on creative writing.

This session will look at the steps Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls, took to develop a new gift acceptance policy

Whether you’re in a large or small charity, big budget or no budget, existing major donor programme or just starting, there will be something to takeaway for everyone.

Join this session to be uplifted and inspired (and be prepared to steal their ideas with pride).

We’ll talk you through our tried-and-tested approach for writing a funding proposal that does your work justice and stands out from the crowd.

This session will highlight the key ingredients that came together at the right time to facilitate this transformational philanthropic gift, while making it clear that this was something João worked on for three years, on and off, before the gift landed.

Led by Christa Orth, a seasoned major gifts consultant with a community-centric fundraising approach, this engaging session will share key aspects of how to get more face to face meetings, overcome obstacles (both internal and external), and build stronger, more authentic relationships with your supporters.