Resource Alliance unveils multilingual community platform at IFC 2024

Resource Alliance used the final session of last month’s International Fundraising Congress to announce the launch of a new online community designed to facilitate networking, knowledge sharing and collaboration among fundraisers.

Called the Global Community, the platform was developed on the Hivebrite community management system, and can be accessed via desktop or a mobile app.

It is initially available solely to delegates who attended IFC 2024, but will be opened up to the wider community in early 2025.

Global Community includes a range of content and interactive groups, covering topics including crisis and emergency fundraising; leveraging digital mobilisation for campaigns; ethical fundraising; innovative fundraising and more.

The platform is available in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese – and Resource Alliance says that the range of languages is due to expand as the community grows.

Nearly 400 members have signed up so far, according to the platform’s website, of whom around half are based in Europe.

Farkhanda Zahoor, global community manager at Resource Alliance, explains:

“The platform was created in response to a need we’ve observed across the sector: a collaborative, cross-border community where changemakers can share insights, find support, and co-create solutions to some of the sector’s most pressing challenges.”

Collaboration and community was a key focus for IFC 2024. Earlier this year, announcing the event’s programme of masterclasses, Resource Alliance stressed the importance of “applying community-centric principles in our work”.

Ruby Chadwick, the organisation’s director of programmes, said at the time:

 “As our world becomes more interconnected, it’s becoming more and more clear that our challenges – and our causes – are, too. The only way to rise up against those challenges, in our lives and in our work, is to harness our collective power and come together to ignite a movement that transcends borders.”