{"id":1378,"date":"2026-02-10T14:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dsc.be\/?post_type=cpt_news&#038;p=1378"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:40:07","slug":"dsc-strengthens-its-position-within-an-international-group","status":"publish","type":"cpt_news","link":"https:\/\/www.dsc.be\/en\/news\/dsc-strengthens-its-position-within-an-international-group\/","title":{"rendered":"DSC strengthens its position within an international group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Since May 2025, Direct Social Communications has been part of Market Holdings Group. What has changed as a result of this step, and what has remained the same? We are happy to share our story with you. <\/em><em>What has changed as a result of this step, and what has remained the same? We are happy to share our story with you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Direct Social Communications, DSC, has worked exclusively for non-profit organisations since 1985. What began in a home office in Uccle in Brussels grew into an established player in fundraising in Belgium. Over the past forty years, one thing has remained constant: a strong connection to social causes and the ambition to increase impact.<\/p>\n<p>Since the end of May 2025, DSC has been part of <a href=\"https:\/\/market-holdings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Market Holdings Group<\/a>, an international group active in fundraising. The group also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/innovairre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Innovairre<\/a>, an international player with a strong reputation in data-driven fundraising and technology.<\/p>\n<h4>Locally rooted, internationally strengthened<\/h4>\n<p>Joining an international group has no impact on the day-to-day operations of DSC. Our teams continue to work from Belgium and remain fully focused on fundraising for non-profit organisations. We continue to take into account the Belgian context, regulations, and the sensitivities of organisations and their donors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"u-bg-secondary-light-texture-dark u-rounded-lg p-20 p-lg-30 my-50\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"u-max-width-200 u-max-width-lg-400 col-lg-4 mb-30 mb-lg-0\"><div class=\"u-mask mt-n50\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dsc.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ludo-800x800.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ludo\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-lg-8\"><div class=\"rounded position-relative bg-light bg-opacity-25 u-bg-blur-4 text-white p-30\"><p class=\"h4 fw-normal u-font-family-base\">\u201cThis step does not represent a change in direction, but rather a strengthening of what we already do. With the same mission, and with more opportunities to increase impact,\u201d\nLudo Longin, CEO Direct Social Communications.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>By becoming part of Market Holdings Group, we gain access to additional expertise, international insights and innovative tools, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/squark.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Squark AI<\/a>, which support organisations in making data-driven decisions. This reinforcement enables us to further develop our expertise, without compromising our own approach.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any questions or would you like to discuss this further?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsc.be\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Please feel free to get in touch.<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since May 2025, Direct Social Communications has been part of Market Holdings Group. What has changed as a result of this step, and what has remained the same? We are happy to share our story with you.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1389,"template":"","class_list":["post-1378","cpt_news","type-cpt_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dsc.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_news\/1378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dsc.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dsc.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_news"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.dsc.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_news\/1378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1395,"href":"https:\/\/www.dsc.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_news\/1378\/revisions\/1395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dsc.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dsc.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}