The trustees of the FSI have released the following news…
The trustees of the FSI are sorry to announce we have taken the difficult decision to formally wind up the charity. It has proved increasingly challenging to balance delivering the training and support we provide to members with the funding received from the multiple streams pursued by the FSI’s leadership. We are extremely disappointed that yet another infrastructure charity must close at a time when supporting these organisations is so vital.
Since inception, the challenge of sustainability, while retaining accessibility for members, has hampered the work of the FSI, despite the rising demand from our services. This challenge has finally become too significant to continue.
FSI’s dedicated and highly motivated team of staff, associates and volunteers have worked extremely hard in recent years to serve our members helping many small charities to grow and serve their end users. We were the charity behind Small Charity Week, an initiative that has expanded to become a sector-wide event. We have reached nearly 9,000 small charities with our member offers and trained thousands of individuals across the country. We are sorry that we will not be present in the future to do more of the same.
Our aim is to close the charity responsibly in Spring 2023.We will look to secure ongoing support for small charities through other means. Any news in this regard will be posted on the website and social channels in the coming weeks.
As we progress our closure, we will look to respectfully wind down contractual arrangements between partners, suppliers and sponsors. We will do our utmost to support our staff in the coming months to look for work and ensure their wellbeing.
We acknowledge how difficult this news may be to receive. FSI would not have existed without our members and we have been so proud to promote the contribution of small charities for the past fifteen years.
We hope our legacy is that the needs of small charities are permanently at the top of the sector’s agenda.
On behalf of the Trustees
FSI
