I recently read an article in a UK fundraising magazine1 where the author, Bruce Tait, questions whether British charities need fundraisers or whether they should outsource the fundraising ¿ particularly relationship management ¿ to agencies and employ more junior staff to manage the accounts in-house. I recently read an article in a UK fundraising magazine1 where the author, Bruce Tait, questions whether British charities need fundraisers or whether they should outsource the fundraising – particularly relationship management – to agencies and employ more junior staff to manage the accounts in-house. Provocative stuff but does he have a point? How do we train fundraisers and what skills are important to the…