I have over 20 years experience in fundraising, strategic and operational management and leadership roles for environmental, educational and community causes. I'm proud to have helped to build successful charities and social enterprises, large and small, that deliver real impact. Skilled in research, planning and writing bids, reports, presentations and marketing materials. I can help you shape your strategy, develop a plan and find and engage the funders and partners you need to make it happen.
From £34.50/hr
Jenny D
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 10 feedbacks
I am a recently retired woman, who has over 25 years experience of working in the voluntary sector, seven as the Chief Executive of an organisation working with older people. I would like to use my skills, expertise and experience to assist other organisations. My specific skills are fundraising both in tenders and grants, personnel management - I have managed a team of 23 staff and directly managed 7 senior staff, recruitment and staff training.
From £23.00/hr
Fiona E
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 4 feedbacks
I have spent 25 years in the charity sector primarily in international development working with a number of agencies, I have a strong track record in proposal development and bid writing including trust and foundations. In addition I have significant experience in donor reporting and knowledge management in support of programmes. I relocated to the UK three years ago and I am keen to continue to support the charity sector.
From £46.00/hr
Julie F
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 2 feedbacks
I have worked in the charity sector for over 20 years, in senior fundraising & comms roles for both large, national & small, start up charities. In recent years I have specialised in high-level statutory & trusts fundraising, raising 6 figure sums from major grant funders. I am a skilled bid and funding report writer with a strong track record of success. I am also experienced in designing & writing website copy, Annual Reports & Reviews and appeals literature. I can also help develop strategy. I am passionate about sharing learning & up-skilling smaller charities that do incredible work.
From £69.00/hr
Debbie W
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 2 feedbacks
My specialism is Individual Giving, troubleshooting existing programmes or setting up new ones. I've worked with all sizes of charity - from household names through to new not for profits. My skill sets are across Direct Marketing, Strategic Planning, New Product Development, Digital, Donor Development and Donor Recruitment. I have a particular interest in Digital Fundraising, having gained an MSc in Marketing Management with a dissertation focusing on how charities can use Digital Media to increase levels of giving.
From £54.05/hr
John H
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 2 feedbacks
I am passionate about supporting charities and voluntary organisations working to support those who need it most. I enjoy supporting organisations in going through complex change processes. I'm thrilled when I can help clients access the funds they need, be this £500 for staff laptops to work from home or £850,000 raised for one client over 3 years. I support organisations to be ready for investment - through developing strategy, designing outcome and impact systems, working with boards and evaluations. I believe in working together to help vision based organisations achieve their goals.
From £34.50/hr
Rebecca W
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 38 feedbacks
I have over 15 years experience in charitable organisations at senior management level. This has included substantial financial management and fundraising experience. I have raised funds and managed grants from institutional and trust funders, both in the UK and internationally. My financial experience ranges from setting up general bookkeeping systems to manage restricted and unrestricted grants to developing and monitoring annual budgets and providing management accounts to Board members and meeting funders reporting requirements.
From £20.70/hr
Beth R
Current rating of 4.9 out of a total of 17 feedbacks
I have worked within the charity sector for the past 20 years in many different areas of fundraising and am a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising (MCIOF Dip). I have many years of experience creating DRTV adverts, website and social media content, script-writing and editing. I also regularly produce volunteer resources including film, online campaigns and printed materials. In all of this I aim to share with supporters the impact of their gifts on people's lives. I enjoy the challenge of sharing stories from projects on the ground and bringing them to life.
From £46.00/hr
Claire C
Current rating of 4.7 out of a total of 3 feedbacks
A highly experienced fundraising professional with 30 years’ experience and proven success in increasing income. Strong in leadership and change management and the development of integrated fundraising, marketing, and digital strategies, working at Senior Management / CEO level for 19 years.
My experience includes Director of Fundraising & Communications at Alexander Devine, The Fire Fighters Charity and Rainbow Trust as well as CEO of Rockinghorse. I have worked for national and local charities including Woking Hospice, Save The Children and Oxfam and as a fundraising consultant.
From £28.75/hr
Vanessa P
Current rating of 3.0 out of a total of 1 feedbacks
Vanessa works collaboratively with clients of all sizes to help them turn strategic objectives into successful operational delivery. A qualified lawyer she also holds an MBA and MSP, Prosci and PRINCE 2 accreditations. She has led projects and programmes worth between £10,000 to £210 million and written or co-written (with subject matter experts) grant applications and funding bids ranging in value from £3,000 to £36 million. She enjoys writing everything from bids to strategies, plans and formal corporate report. In her spare time she is a keen costume maker, reader and charity volunteer.
Over 30 years in small-medium charities, both UK national and international organisations.
Strengths include: strategic planning and review; impact-led planning, theory of change and the evaluation process; partnerships and merger; governance and risk; working with challenging boards; group facilitation and organisational change; achieving financial and organisational sustainability.
Open to consultancy, coaching, mentoring, and interim roles.
I have 24 years’ experience in Charitable, Social Enterprise and Educational organisations at a senior and service delivery level. Creativity is at the heart of a great Fundraiser. If you can tell your story in a way that connects with others whether they are a Trust Foundation, corporate sponsor or local school. Essentially, I am a Storyteller, giving a voice to those pushed to the outside of our community. I have a lived experience of homelessness which gives me a unique perspective in how to engage an entire community to support the financial stability of your Charity.
With over 20 years working for charities in the social welfare, health and criminal justice sectors I specialise in prospect research and in writing bids to grant making trusts and foundations. My writing skills can help your charity make an impact, attract funding and keep your supporters engaged and I'm good at writing reports and marketing materials too.
From £34.50/hr
Chris G
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 30 feedbacks
I’m an experienced copywriter and worked for many years in the public/third sectors. I can provide you with the expertly written content (web and print) you need to engage with your audience, describing how your work improves lives and benefits the community. Getting the right messages to the right people. Curiosity is the gateway to creativity. And I enjoy the challenge of getting under the skin of an organisation, understanding its marketing needs and bringing its story to life. I also have extensive experience of bid writing, having successfully run grant schemes and written applications.
From £23.00/hr
Norma W
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 9 feedbacks
Experienced event manager - boardroom to arena, writing event documents, project management, EA support, meet&greet. Good at research. I'm determined, friendly, resourceful. Fee negotiable. Early in to London or distance travel - expenses required. Passions - theatre/acting/
literature/music/travel
From £69.00/hr
Anand S
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 8 feedbacks
Anand works in interim leadership and strategic consultancy roles. He is an experienced chief executive and non-executive director with specialisms in strategy, advocacy and impact management, supported by strong emotional intelligence. Recent projects with Blume include developing three year strategies and mentoring senior leaders and chief executives. Anand's leadership skills were recognised when he became a Clore Social Leadership Fellow in 2012, and when he was awarded a scholarship by the Harvard Business School Alumni Club of London in 2018 to study strategy at Harvard Business School.
From £57.50/hr
Alex E
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 6 feedbacks
I'm a full-time consultant for the charity sector. As a highly experienced Chief Executive and Director of Third Sector organisations, I've spent many years helping organisations of all sizes develop and implement high-impact programmes, build winning strategies, and build a sustainable income. I offer strategic review, evaluations, service and project development, and strategic fundraising support. I'm also a highly qualified professional researcher specialising in qualitative approaches. As a mentor and coach, I want to help you achieve *your* goals as well as your charity's.
From £17.25/hr
Blume A
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 5 feedbacks
With over twenty five years experience both in the UK and on an international basis, I can help with your market intelligence and business information requirements. I can help you understand your industry sector in terms of market trends, consumer developments, new products, distribution changes.
I can also help with your business publishing needs including the commissioning, researching, writing and editing of newsletters, reports, white papers, conference briefings, blogs and press releases.
I also have experience in website content, be it creation of new content or the review of existing content.
From £34.50/hr
Matthew Scott S
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 3 feedbacks
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From £17.25/hr
David R
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 2 feedbacks
I have spent the last 32 yrs in IT, covering everything from technology to sales. I currently build websites and manage SEO & social media at VERY competitive rates. I am also very reliable and always finish what I start.
From £40.25/hr
Margaret D
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 1 feedbacks
Business Development Manager (SMEs) and
Deputy Manager of a charity
Key strengths:
- Workflow & processes; introducing efficient systems
- Creativity; thinking outside the (charity) box, with creative fundraising ideas
- Social media strategy; creating relevant, high-value, share-able content
- Empathic listening skills, providing a sounding board for strategy discussions
(I know it can be lonely)
- attention to detail: proof-reading
- Website design
- Certified Laughter Yoga Leader - a unique virtual fundraising idea!
- English & German language
From £49.45/hr
D'Arcy M
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 1 feedbacks
I excel in strategy and leadership development, mentoring, performance improvement, evaluation, significant organisational change and development. I am motivated by being able to unlock the potential of people and organisations so they can have a bigger social impact.
I specialise in working with Boards and leadership teams to promote a productive governance culture and provide an essential understanding of financial management as key tools in delivering the changes that organisations need.
From £36.80/hr
Claire K
Current rating of 5.0 out of a total of 1 feedbacks
I'm a dynamic, successful, capable and affordable freelance fundraiser and prospect researcher. My career covers strategic planning, project management, prospect research, relationship building, performance analysis, and - most importantly - income generation. Both as an employee and a freelancer I've worked at a strategic level with non-profits, and I relish the creative process of internal evaluation, needs assessment, market viability and devising plans to raise income, build capacity and achieve objectives. I'm skilled, articulate, imaginative and persuasive, with a ready to go approach.
I'm an experienced social entrepreneur, published non-fiction author, copywriter, feature writer and Quaker, driven by a strong sense of equality.
I don't claim to be a fundraiser, but my approach of building rapport with grant makers has delivered millions to projects I'm involved with. It helps that I've sat on both local and national grant panels, so I have a sense of what works and what doesn't.
I've also set up successful crowdfunding campigns, both for my own projects and those of others. I work intuitively and collaboratively and as I get older, only take on projects I can believe in
With a background in project management, marketing and healthcare (I am a qualified Occupational Therapist) , for the last 8 years I have specialised in development, management and fundraising for small to medium charities in the health, wellbeing or art sectors.
I work from home across all of the UK - but can visit clients in person as often as needed.
Freelance, contract or permanent all considered
Clients I've worked with: SAFA Self Harm, Twinkleboost CIC, Cumbria Societies for the Blind, Brathay Trust, www.arcos.org.uk, Lancashire Women, DigiLocal CIO & Paintings in Hospitals
I have been working in fundraising since 2005 in large, medium, small and tiny charities giving me a breadth of experience in organisations with widely varying budgets and resources. I have a proven track record of increasing income from campaigns and events (sporting, community and special events) and engaging the community to fundraise.
I am passionate about building relationships with donors and creating activities to engage them with fundraising for a cause.
I have 25 years experience in the voluntary sector, primarily in international development, working with a broad range of agencies. I specialise in case for support development, organisational and fundraising strategy and in securing high level grants from statutory funders, trusts and foundations. My academic background in international development, extensive first-hand experience of development projects in the Global South and strong communication skills have given me the knowledge and expertise to build strong relationships with donors, develop compelling proposals and write engaging report
Hello!
I've 20 years working on the www to go with 25+ years in Marketing and Business Analysis - for Commercial and Charity clients - and I hope I've helped as best I can the smallest and largest clients
If you want to tell (show) your story to best effect I can help with CX/UX and 'Agile' - in ways that Charities can really benefit from
Often the 'basics' need to be revisited. Big investments in technology can come later. I'm known for helping client help themselves, for creating long lasting engagement that is measurable and really successful
You could do less but better and be happy!
An experienced and creative senior manager and fundraising professional with with 12 years experience working for charities of all sizes and a unique set of skills gained from a background in television and corporate communications, working with some of the world’s leading brands. Strong experience of managing and leading fundraising teams and driving income generation through informed strategy across major income streams, with extensive knowledge of corporate partnerships and trust fundraising.
Additional experience of providing professional leadership to small charities and start-ups.
I have two years paid experience as Fundraising Manager for the Hollie Gazzard Trust. During this time I significantly increased their income by successfully applying for grant applications. I have other fundraising experience as Mayor of Cheltenham and through voluntary work. I was an elected councillor for 16 years and helped develop a number of community groups and helping charities access grant funding.
Rachel has worked as a consultant to the international development non-profit sector for the last 10 years. Her specialism is advising on institutional funding, and she offers research skills and know-how, training, and facilitation as well as writing and advising on winning proposals to major institutional donors, trusts and foundations. Rachel has worked over a wide range of sectors and geographies, with large leading NGOs such as Save the Children, Care International, and Oxfam, as well as with specialized medium-sized NGOs, such as ActionAid, Leonard Cheshire and Sense International.
I am a team player with a real “hands on – sleeves up approach” to all tasks. I have strong personal drive and ability to work accurately at pace. With over 9 years of experience in fundraising, charity communications and administration - including database management and finance admin, I can demonstrate versatility and flexibility with an ability to adapt to changes in agenda and task requirements. I take full ownership of my own role and objectives producing results to the highest standard and would be delighted to have a chat and see how I can help you!
Pamela has 20 years' experience as an executive in the charity and early years sectors; passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable families and comfortable working with stakeholders at all levels. Specialisms include strategy, crisis management, restructures and mergers, project implementation, impact management and fundraising. Holding a PGDip in voluntary sector management from Cass Business School, Pamela was awarded a Churchill Early Years Fellowship in 2017. Collaboration and integrity are core values which underpin her work.
I have worked across a broad spectrum of charitable organisations supporting people in crisis. My strengths are bid writing; securing valuable funds to effectively run your charity or a specific project. I have significant experience dealing with all HR issues and functions and can help you develop policies, procedures and guidance. I am a thorough researcher and evaluator with the ability to assess complex data. As a qualified Life Coach I can advise on leadership, management and offer mentoring support to CEOs and other senior managers. I am pragmatic and responsive.
I recently retired as Chief Executive of Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO), having developed it into a highly successful and sustainable organisation.
As the CEO of a membership and support organisation, I supported other leaders, developed strategy, bid (successfully) for grants and contracts for GMCVO and others, and worked with funders.
I offer wide and deep strategic and operational experience at executive and non-executive levels in organisations of all sizes, along with knowledge of public policy, equalities and inclusion, consultation and qualitative research.
A commercially astute, articulate, insightful, consultative Relationship Manager and Branding Strategy Leader, with a track record of generating revenue, new business opportunities and adding value at both strategic and operational levels.
Contact me for copywriting, marketing plans, strategy planning and writing, event management, awards and grants, membership retention and growth, project management and unravelling knotty operational problems.
Over a 20 year career I've worked with many organisations from the Biochemical Society to the Royal College of Surgeons and Twentieth Century Fox.
Growing up in Belfast during the Troubles motivated him to work for inclusion and societal justice.
Peter is passionate about helping the voluntary sector to survive and succeed for the long term. He has wide-ranging relevant experience as a chair, a trustee, and a CEO.
Peter is keen to support charity boards, chairs, and trustees in challenging times as they look to develop a new vision and focus for their work, and work through different perspectives to succeed. He is particularly experienced in coaching charity leaders, and supporting trustee boards and chairs as they work through conflict
I have extensive experience in the third sector in leadership roles to CEO and Trustee level with specialisms in income generation, good governance and strategy development. I am passionate about the third sector and its ability to deliver change for the greater good. I thrive on challenging projects where my people and creative skills can be fully utilised and I am motivated seeing the impact of my work. I have worked in new start-ups and in long-established NGOS that required fundamental restructure. I am available for short, medium or long term assignments and for interim leadership roles.
I’ve been in leading charity roles for over ten years now, with wide-ranging senior digital and marketing positions at Tommy’s, NSPCC, Rethink Mental Illness, Time to Change, Mind and Pancreatic Cancer UK, as well as many other public and private sector roles.
I love the voluntary sector, I've worked in it for most of my career and believe that people taking action for themselves is good in itself. My main interests are with smaller, local organisations. I specialise in bid writing, leadership and management development including developing trustees and committees and supporting organisations to grow and develop positively.
I will be passionate and committed to empowering you to move forward. I've 35 years experience in local and national organisations in the public and charity sectors. This includes 9 years as CEO of the British Youth Council, 8 as a 'Head' at the Prince's Trust, and 4 as founder/Director of my own business. I have a wide range of experience and skills to a high level - including strategic development, business planning, programme design, communications, fundraising, quality assurance, and campaigning. I'm open to consultancy, mentoring & interim roles.
Experienced administrator, data officer and coordinator. Attention to detail and ability to manage heavy workloads. Background in NHS, charity sector and university. I can provide professional support with administration, technology, fundraising, social media.
I have over 16 years third sector leadership experience and have developed many operational models, based on evidence-based research, both in the UK and overseas.
With particular experience in strategy (business planning/options appraisals), CSR/employee engagement programmes, operations management and impact assessment (developed a model for understanding theory of change).
As a former CEO for 10 years I completely understand the challenges faced by charity leaders and Trustees to build a sustainable, transparent and evidence-based intervention.
I’m a fundraiser with over 13 years’ experience. gained from working with all sizes of charity from small to household names. I have track record of delivering sustainable growth. My specialisms are Individual Giving, Innovation, Digital, Legacy and Supporter Journeys; troubleshooting existing programmes & setting up new ones. My skill sets are strategic planning, budgeting, campaign delivery, leadership, and fundraising legislation. I am available on a consultancy basis to support strategic reviews, troubleshooting, budgeting , product development campaign delivery, and interim support.
Adaptable and transformational leader with a genuine, life-long interest in making a difference to people’s lives, no matter how small. Proven record of strategy creation, delivering complex projects, generating and building relationships, and coaching individuals to success. Exceptional communication skills, comfortable with making critical decisions and developing opportunities that further enhance organisational goals.
An experienced Trustee (Vice Chair) and volunteer. No matter what the challenge, there is always a solution. My approach is pragmatic, collaborative, empathic but strong.
I'm an experienced fundraising manager and public relations director with a solid track record of working with commercial enterprises and non-profits.
I work with words to realise the potential in smaller organisations to achieve great things.
I have enjoyed working in the charity sector for 16 years with 8 years leadership experience at Home-Start Hampshire, Help for Heroes and Age Concern.
I have excellent strategic planning and project management skills and gained a distinction in my Masters in Strategic Management 2020. As CEO at Age Concern North Dorset I demonstrated good leadership, communication and presentation skills and the ability to build relationships with diverse groups of people. I am also an artist with 3 years experience of delivering art workshops and projects including two high profile exhibitions.
An experienced major donor development manager, event expert and business manager, having worked in the not-for-profit and private sectors in London and Kent
Fundraising Freelancer and Consultant.
Providing interim support and short-term contract-based project work.
Experience working in hospices, children's charities, health & medical research, local and national organisations.
If you need some support with your fundraising or just want some advice - please feel free to contact me.
Experienced in all aspects of fundraising, business development, strategy, and marketing.
Proven track record of leading organisations and delivering exponential growth in income-generating activities.
An experienced charity leader having served at national, regional, County and local levels in professional and volunteer capacities. Primarily in sport with National Governing Bodies of Sport, based in Local Authorities, and charities (including two Trustee roles with youth charities). Specific contribution made using my expertise in fundraising and events creation, management and development. Secured over £10m from Sport Lottery in professional roles, and over £1m in voluntary - Huntingdon Gymnastics Club and Kings Cliffe Active - and organised a broad range of sports events.
A strategic leader in the charitable / foundation sector with a wealth of experience developing strategies, programmes, events and delivering plans that achieve results. Passionate about making a difference and helping people to create sustainable change. Good at getting initiatives off the ground and leading and galvanising teams. Can act as interim management or fill a gap to get a new strategy, programme, project or event off the ground.
A passionate, committed senior manager with significant international experience in governance, operations, & programmes, & a proven ability to deliver outstanding results, continuous organisational (strategic & operational) & personal improvement, & executive leadership in diverse & challenging environments. A broad range of skills & expertise developed to the highest levels in both charitable & commercial sectors, including: governance, strategic planning, project management, quality assurance, & research & evaluation. Exceptional people skills & stakeholder management. Fluent French.
I have 20 years’ experience of high value fundraising and donor engagement, strategic development, funding and programme management, mentoring and organisational reviews as both funder and grantee. I’ve secured and managed multi-million, multi-year commitments from international trusts, foundations and governments.
As a consultant, I’ve advised on strategy setting and international fundraising. I thrive on contact with diverse non-profit and social enterprise partners, supporting initiatives flexibly and proactively. I’m convinced that by working together, we can make the world a better place.
I have 25 years experience as a Data Scientist. I've helped charities, universities, government, and companies with statistical analyses. I can help if you have data that you need analyzed (statistically) or if you need to design an experiment for data collection, clean the data, fit a model to the data, machine learning, and post analysis interpretation, A/B testing, non-parametric, linear multivariate regression analyses, logistic regression, multiple comparison tests, ANOVA, and survival analysis...and more!
Are you looking for an insightful, understanding and solutions focussed consultant? I have 11 years leadership and CEO experience in the voluntary and charity sector, alongside a diversity of consultancy expertise and as a Director of a CIC. My work includes strategy, campaign, policy and resource development, income generation and evaluation and spans the community development, education, environment, campaigning and international fields. I am passionate about helping organisations resolve the spectrum of challenges they may face and looking strategically at how best to achieve their mission.
I have successfully gained 109 funding grants totalling over £420,000 for various charities and voluntary groups ranging from sports clubs, community group's, mental health support, history groups, the arts and domestic abuse.
I am married with four grown up children and seven grandchildren. I am a Christian, hence my interest in Charities and charitable works. I find that I now have considerably more time now that the children have grown up.
Hello! I am a confident, enthusiastic and personable fundraiser with excellent, proven, income generation and project management skills across a variety of income streams.
I am friendly and hard working and always produce high quality, innovative work on time.
I have worked in the charity sector for nearly 10 years in a mixture of large national charities and small local organisations.
Outside of work, I am a keen podcaster and spend my spare time with my young family, dog and managing a large international facebook group for parents.
As a former Funding Manager with nearly two decade's worth of experience in Economic Development, Higher Education and International Development sectors, I have had grant applications to the UK's National Lottery, Social Inclusion Partnerships, Strathclyde European Partnership, Home Office (Ministry of Interior) and the European Union's ESF, LEADER+ and ERDF approved on behalf of a variety of small businesses, charities and both UK- and overseas based NGOs.
I thrive on working with charities embedded within communities who have strong, personal relationships with service users. I work best by having conversations with people, seeing change, getting feedback and making the third sector really work, focussing on strong delivery. I am keen to work with executive teams, trustees and service users advising on developing business strategy, realistic & achievable fundraising plans, building partnerships and submitting strong funding applications. I also want to help organisations plan for more effectively for the future, particularly through merger.
Over 16 years of Charity Management experience, managing all aspects of charities including, finance and administration, HR, Governance, strategy development and statutory reporting. Reviewed and updated policies for implementation of GDPR.
With over 27 years’ experience within the charitable sector, I have provided both strategic and practical leadership to grow income for a number of organisations, including the British Red Cross and Barnardo’s, and managed income in excess of £35 million per year and teams of up to 100.
As a volunteer I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising SIG on Supporter Experience and also sit on the National Fundraising Convention Board.
I specialise in Strategy, Individual Giving, Legacy Marketing, Digital Fundraising, CRM/Database Management and setting up Supporter Care functions.
Supply chain professional with over 15 years experience.
Extensive expertise in national and international procurement following EU and donor guidelines as well as UK Public Procurement regulations. Managed tenders up to a value of GBP3.5 million for immediate supply and framework agreements including technical equipment and social care services.
Experience successfully supporting charities through public procurement tender process.
Have worked with a number of organisations to implement and improve their Procurement and Logistics processes.
Experience undertaking supply chain audits
I am a change manager with extensive experience in the charity and local government sectors. I have worked with diverse communities in London for many years. I have recently qualified as a life coach and enjoy supporting leaders in the challenges they face.
Fundraising, Finance and Marcomms Executive with over twenty years' experience in fundraising, income generation and social investment (repayable finance and social impact bonds).
I'm always reliable, deliver on promises and am tenacious to the extreme.
Able to work at the BIG picture end as well as in the detail to get you to where you want to be.
Enjoy working with entrepreneurial/creative individuals within non-profits that create social change or provide life saving services.
With well over ten years of experience supporting the charitable sector, I have a wide range of experience, across the UK, which I bring to each assignment. From developing strategy and improving operational delivery to leading on £multi-million tenders. I have experience of mergers, service redesign and restructure as well as a wealth of experience at improving operations, measuring impact and evaluating funding streams. I have supported charities to streamline operations, providing better services for frontline users and regularly write successful funding bids for the charities I support.
I bring significant national and international cross-sectoral experience in the public and not-for-profit sectors at both strategic and operational levels. I'm skilled in research, programme management, monitoring and evaluation, writing bids, reports and presentations. I have a natural talent for engaging with people, facilitating relationships and facilitating new ways of thinking and working. A strong collaborator, I enjoy problem-solving and supporting organisations and individuals grow.
A highly experienced business development/fund raising professional with a proven, demonstrable track record of success in the charity and social enterprise sectors, the private sector, UK and European financial services and the UK public sector sector. Impeccable professional references available on request together with board level testimonials and compelling case study examples of my work.
I worked as head of department in 2 large city organisations in charge of all marketing and running the teams. I was responsible for bringing in up to $4,000,000 in fees annually. Giving presentations and attending events around the world gave me skills that were easily transferable to the charity sector. I am an excellent networker and know how to build relationships. I have been very successful in writing bids and really enjoy mentoring others.
Excellent administrative, stakeholder and project Management skills. Expertise includes commissioning, performance, compliance, Report writing, governance data analysis and Service Improvement. Recent experience in charitable sector writing funding bids etc.
Skilled charity manager and CEO with over 20 years of experience in the non-profit sector. Proficient at all aspects of charity growth and change. Development of overall mission and strategy in addition to fundraising, marketing and programme plans. Operational know-how in all aspects of charity start up and growth including policy, profile and marketing, data base development and volunteer management. Experience in governance and development of Board and committees.
Signifcant fundraising and marketing experience in strategy and application. Both project and change mgt experience.
30 years a fundraiser, 25 as a consultant, I started out as an individual giving specialist, then expanded to other areas. I particularly enjoy strategy, copywriting and case for support development. Over the years I have worked for many causes, large and small, and for many UK universities, including over half of the Russell Group. I'm backed by a team of Freelance colleagues who add value to the service.
I stepped away from consultancy for 4 years, and I'm now returning, so keen to meet new clients, and offer an effective, value for money service.
I am fundraising, operations and finance professional with five years of working experience in the UK and Europe. I am an expert in obtaining European Funding with an impressive experience of their processes including registration, bidding, reporting and audit. My international work has turned into a reliable source of connections with different NGOs across Europe, which is essential for obtaining European funding.
My expertise lays in sectors of education, children and young people, refugees and social justice, animal conservation.
