WORKSHOP TRACKS

Workshop tracks are guided pathways through the International Fundraising Congress, each spotlighting a key area of fundraising and social impact.

At IFC 2026, you will build your own programme of learning and engagement – tracks help you easily navigate and plan your attendance at those sessions that will bring the most clarity to your work.

Core fundraising & supporter growth

How do we sustain our income and retain our supporters?

Fundraising is still at the heart of IFC, but the way we build and sustain support is changing. This track focuses on the core fundraising skills and strategies you need now – from major donors, legacies, and individual giving to retention, digital channels, and supporter insight.

We will explore how different fundraising approaches connect across digital, face-to-face, telemarketing, and more, and how your organisation can strengthen relationships while growing income in an increasingly complex environment.

Financial reality & funding models

How can your organisation manage financial pressure and changes to income?

With traditional funding models under pressure, the financial reality for many organisations is getting harder. This track turns the lens on how organisations are responding, from managing financial risk and developing new markets to engaging the private sector and experimenting with alternative forms of financing.

Join us to learn how income strategies are evolving in uncertain contexts, and what it takes to remain financially resilient when the usual approaches no longer deliver.

Power, partnerships, & system change

How can we learn to share power and truly work with one another?

Fundraising relationships are changing, with donors, communities, partners, and movements. This track examines how power shows up in funding, how partnerships can be built on trust rather than control, and how your organisation can shift towards more collaborative and community-driven approaches.

You will experience practical examples of coalition fundraising, grassroots strategies, and corporate partnerships, and consider deeper questions of equity, justice, and shared values.

Mobilisation, campaigning, & civic action

How can we bring more people together to take action?

Fundraising is increasingly connected to participation, campaigning, and civic action. This track will explore how organisations and movements are mobilising people in challenging and often restrictive environments, and how trust, solidarity and shared purpose are being built across borders and communities.

Through campaign examples and practical discussion, you will learn how collective action can strengthen engagement and support for your cause.

Narratives, influence, & public trust

Are you telling your story in a way that builds trust & connection?

The stories we tell shape how people understand our work, our cause, and our legitimacy. This track considers narrative power, public trust, and communications in a more polarised and contested environment.

From responding to hostile public debates and reframing aid to shifting from deficit- to dignity-led storytelling and learning from unexpected influences, these sessions explore how we can communicate more effectively and build support in a world that calls for new forms of messaging.

Leadership, systems, & organisational change

Leading effectively in environments that demand adaptability.

Is your organisation trying to grow and adapt with teams stretched thin and change that feels constant?

This track examines what it takes to lead and deliver effectively in this reality, from organisational culture and leadership under pressure to building systems, partnerships, and ways of working that support fundraising and impact. It combines practical approaches to collaboration and delivery with broader perspectives on leadership and team performance.

Innovation, AI, & future practice

Integrating new ideas and new technologies.

With innovation playing an increasing role in how we fundraise and engage our supporters, using technology in ways that strengthen, rather than undermine, those relationships is essential.

This track will explore how new digital tools and artificial intelligence are being tested in practice, from the use of AI in personalised engagement to building fundraising systems that scale while maintaining trust, and how we must balance innovation and risk.

Be part of the International Fundraising Congress to get clear on what matters now.

IFC brings together experiences from across regions, movements, causes, and from organisations of every type and size –  helping you see beyond your own context and learn from people tackling similar challenges in very different ways.

Join us this October 2026 and reaffirm your commitment to being part of a force that shapes the world, not just one that responds to disaster.