Part 1: November 29, 2016 - The Daily Telegraph published an exclusive by Kelly Burke that sent ripples through the commercial fund raising industry in NSW. On this occasion, the fund raising activities of the Rural Fire Service Association (RFSA)…
This part in our series displays an email thread dating back to early 2010. It is being provided as an example that others have raised concerns about the fund raising activities of the RFSA long before the recent newspaper exposure.…
The Sydney Morning Herald published the following article in January 12th 2014. This again raises concerns about the industry in general. Its not-for-profit clients include the NSW Rural Fire Service Association, Wheelchair Sports NSW, The Kids' Cancer Project and the…
Comments from a harassed member of the public The phone calls are aggressive and becoming increasingly so! This last call, the young male caller immediately went into overdrive saying "surely I'd want to support the great guys helping out in…
Radio coverage on this issue This part of our series includes two podcasts from the Ray Hadley Morning Show. Podcast 1. Ray Hadley talks to Mick Holton about the newspaper story, fundraising and the RFSA. Podcast 2. Ray Hadley grills…
The context of this "Media Watch" post can easily be applied to the RFSA and their fund raising model. If you want your donations to benefit your local firefighters then give your money directly to them... A national survey of…
The RFSA is sitting on $9,788,262 (ref: NSW RFSA Annual Financial Report - 31 March 2015). This article poses the question "what is the RFSA doing with all that money?" and looks at the fund raising activities of the RFSA.…