World Horse Welfare is an international charity that improves the lives of horses in the UK and around the world through education, campaigning and hands-on care.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an aspiring individual to join a great team of fundraisers.  The aim of this role is to support the Director of Fundraising with the development and expansion of the charity’s major donors the main focus of this role being charitable trusts and grants. You will be required to engage and retain current and new high level supporters as well as assisting with the coordination of a programme of high value fundraising and engagement events and working with individual supporters.

We are looking for a driven individual, ideally with experience of trust and grant applications within the UK and internationally, or in a fundraising or marketing role within a non-profit organisation. You must possess excellent research and writing skills, show meticulous attention to detail, and be confident and personable with diplomacy in order to deal positively with some of the charity’s most valuable supporters.

The role is based at our head office in Norfolk but working from home for part of the week is currently available due to the current Government restrictions. You will be required to attend events around the UK and at our four centres located in Norfolk, Somerset, Lancashire and Aberdeenshire. Equine knowledge would be advantageous but is not essential.  You must have a flexible approach to your work and be willing to work outside of normal office hours.

World Horse Welfare takes great pride in being realistic, compassionate and forward-thinking and the successful applicant will be expected to share these values.

Philanthropy Officer
Permanent
Full-time, 34.5 hours per week
Dual London/Home – £30,500 to £34,500 per annum
Dual National/Home – £27,000 to £31,000 per annum

Are you passionate about building long-term relationships and securing high value donations from charitable trusts and foundations? Would you like to join one of the UK’s leading charities and make a meaningful difference for people living with cancer?  If so, we’d love to hear from you.

About the role
As a Philanthropy Officer, you will play an active role in the delivery of an ambitious strategy for income growth by securing major donations from trusts and foundations. You will work collaboratively with colleagues across the charity to identify opportunities, develop relationships and solicit donations of up to £100k. You will also provide the highest quality of stewardship to donors, recognising the impact of their support and enabling them too to become advocates and champions for Macmillan.

About you
A confident networker, you will be skilled at building relationships with senior stakeholders, and able to inspire them with your integrity and passion for Macmillan’s work. You will be adept at navigating detailed information to articulate a compelling vision and case for support, both in person and through exceptional written communication. And you will demonstrate an ambitious, entrepreneurial mindset, focused on delivering the best results for people living with cancer.

About us
Macmillan Cancer Support is one of the largest and most loved charities in the UK. We support millions of people living with cancer to live life as fully as they can, by providing emotional, practical and financial support. This role offers an excellent opportunity for anyone seeking a challenging and rewarding career in philanthropy in one of the UK’s most recognisable and trusted charity brands.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society.

We want to make our recruitment processes accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you to be the best you can be, please contact the Macmillan HR Team.

Job Summary
The Fundraising Officer is a key role for Trust House Lancashire and will lead on the generation of income with a particular focus on community, digital and corporate fundraising, and partnerships to support current and new projects. The right candidate will be a strong communicator who can engage effectively with different audiences and using different media to generate support for Trust House. The Fundraising Officer will increase awareness of our work in the local community and with local businesses and develop those relationships.
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requests for support since we commenced service delivery in April 2014. We worked with 411
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Key Relationships
Internal Chief Executive officer, Operations Manager, Administration Officer, Volunteer Coordinator
External Corporate Partners, Community Members, Friends of Trust House Group.
Main Role and Priority Responsibilities
To be responsible for leading on the development and growth of Trust House Lancashire’s income from Community and Corporate Fundraising.
• Leading on Corporate Events, Corporate Support and Partnerships, and Community Fundraising both digitally and face to face.
• Identifying opportunities and ideas for fundraising activities and events.
• Matching projects to potential funding opportunities.
• Developing and building on long-term relationships with corporate partners and community members to secure ongoing additional funding.
• Applying for awards, prizes, and other forms of recognition for Trust House Lancashire’s work.
• Write and submit regular updates to the CEO, Operations Manager and Trustees on plans and including progress reports, evaluations, and end-of-project reports.
• Keeping track of supporters, events, activities, and income.
• Feeding back on progress against set targets and budgets to CEO, Operations Manager and Trustees.
• Maintaining an up to date understanding on developments in fundraising and third sector funding and new opportunities
• Contributing to the development and delivery of the organisation’s strategy and working with the CEO/Operations Manager to support the implementation of the service delivery plan.
• Working with the CEO/Operations Manager to develop realistic costings and budgets to organise events.
• Contributing to, supporting, and where appropriate leading on additional and developing aspects of Trust House Lancashire’s broader income generation work.
• Managing your own workload to meet priorities, deadlines, and targets.
• Providing management and support to team members and volunteers as appropriate.

General
Trust House Lancashire has a flexible approach to working arrangements. The office base is in Preston, but the role may require travel to events in and around Lancashire and working outside of normal office hours.
Carry out from time to time and as directed, any other duties as required in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within your capabilities.
Ensure that at all times you take care of your health and safety and that of others by complying with health and safety obligations, particularly by reporting promptly any defects, risks or potential hazards.

The Fundraising Manager is responsible for the governance of existing and generating new income to ensure that Clinks has the funding that it needs to deliver on its strategy whilst measuring and understanding the impact the charity has. They lead on the delivery of our income generation strategy, grant fundraising from statutory and charitable sources and developing and managing corporate partnerships whilst incorporating new developments and trends to ensure Clinks has diverse and robust income streams.  They also ensure that Clinks understands the impact of its work from both an internal and external perspective.

The role delivers on Clinks’ 5th strategic objective – “Clinks being effective, efficient and professional in its work and operations. Ensuring we have the systems, resources and processes to achieve maximum impact”.

Clinks is an equal opportunities employer and individuals with direct experience of the criminal justice system and/or with protected characteristics are actively encouraged to apply. This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, there is no requirement to disclose any convictions.

Following our recent expansion, we are keen to attract an experienced and driven Head of Fundraising with a great track record and background in both grants/statutory and community engagement.

You will direct and manage a small team of 2 PT grants officers and 2 PT and 1 FT Community Engagement Officers.  

Your time will be broadly split 40-60 across Grants and Community and you will have specific personal responsibility for Community Engagement in Hertfordshire and N London, with others of your team covering other areas. You will also be working to leveraging grant and statutory funding yourself as well as further developing team performance. We will be wanting to play to your strengths, expertise and contacts. During 2021, we will be working to add further to your community team in new areas. 

The Community work will be across corporates, challenges, events, donor acquisition, promotion of our collection box and lottery programme etc. Developing local support groups in each area will be a key part of delivery.

Working directly to the CEO, you will have great work ethic and an excellent track record of effective income generation and supporter acquisition across both grants and community streams.

You are organised, strategic, personable, outgoing and good at developing relationships and partnerships as well as leading your growing high quality team. You will be well supported by an excellent team, with personal support from the CEO.

You will be excited by the opportunities in this role and growing charity and determined to achieve excellent results to provide even more and better services.

Role Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced Head of Fundraising to lead our small, dynamic Schoolreaders fundraising team and help grow income in line with the charity’s ambitious, exciting plans. This is the ideal opportunity for someone hoping to achieve great results within a rapidly-growing charity which is impacting the lives of thousands of children every week.

The role is flexible – partly home-based by arrangement, but travel to our Bedford office will be required at least two days a week and for management meetings as necessary, plus occasional travel to meet with supporters. The office is a 15 minute walk from Bedford Station.

About Schoolreaders:

Schoolreaders was launched seven years ago in Bedfordshire with the aim of recruiting volunteers to provide one-to-one reading support for children in primary schools across the country.  Before the pandemic over 12,700 children in over 650 schools were receiving weekly reading sessions from a Schoolreaders volunteer.  Pre Covid-19, one in four children was leaving primary school unable to read to the expected Government standard.  School closures over the past year mean that many children have fallen even further behind with their reading. Our service is needed more than ever before with 10% of primary schools across the country asking Schoolreaders for reading volunteers. Building on past successes, we now have ambitious expansion plans to address the need.

What you can expect:

A highly rewarding, senior fundraising role where you can develop your own skills whilst making your mark on a fast-growing national children’s charity. Schoolreaders is a highly professional charity which values every team-member’s contribution to our team efforts. We offer a generous holiday allowance, enhanced sick pay, an employee assistance programme, plus training and development opportunities. If you want to lead a great team in a fast-moving, welcoming environment whilst making a huge impact on children’s literacy across the country, this could be the perfect role for you!

Closing date for applications is 23.59 on 30th April 2021.

Further details including the job description and application forms can be found on our website.

Applications will be reviewed, and interviews offered, on an ongoing basis. We reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date should a suitable applicant be found, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Schoolreaders is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and requires staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a basic disclosure check of unspent criminal convictions.

Schoolreaders is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered in England and Wales (1159157)

My client is a vibrant arts organisation and events venue with a rich history and passionate culture. During 2020-21 they have worked with consultants to develop a fundraising strategy for the organisation. It focuses on two strands: charitable trusts and foundations; and individual giving.

This is a new role which will manage the implementation of this strategy, working closely with the Head of Audiences & Communications and the Chief Executive, embedding fundraising work across the organisation.

Responsibilities:

• To achieve or exceed our fundraising targets through the successful production of agreed applications to Trusts and Foundations, and through developing and managing relationships with individual donors.
• To develop individual giving infrastructure and processes, identifying leads from among and beyond our current audiences, and managing the cultivation of those potential donors and legacies.
• To meet all reporting criteria for successful grant applications, and to report on the progress of the individual giving programme.
• To identify planned projects and activities with potential for funding, and identify appropriate sources of funding for these activities.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record in achieving fundraising targets through Trusts and Foundations and/or individual giving. They will have demonstrable skills in coordinating across a wider team in order to deliver successful projects, securing and retaining buy-in and commitment through excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills.

Inch Park Community Sports Club is looking for a hard working, enthusiastic and creative person to join us as a Fundraising officer, to lead on the development and submission of fundraising bids.

We are looking for someone who is willing to absorb themselves in the ethos and work of our charity and use flair and enthusiasm to develop new ways of bringing in both short term and longer-term funding streams. We have a huge body of impactful work and a wealth of fundraising successes to draw upon and we are looking for an individual with fundraising experience, a flexible and creative approach to fundraising and someone who can think of new ways to deliver community benefit from funding. The role would include fundraising from Trusts, Foundations, Lottery and Statutory funds as well as developing support from the business sector.

The successful candidate will be interested in our work, our approach to supporting the community through sport. The ideal candidate will have a passion for persuasive writing, they will be efficient, with good attention to detail, organised and a self-starter. They will be reliable in meeting deadlines and be organised in working in collaboration both with the Board and the wider team in the development of larger multiyear funding applications. They will be competent with numbers, budgets, and financial projections.

About us

Inch Park is a Community Sports Club, a community hub founded by Lismore Rugby Club, Edinburgh South Community Football Club and Edinburgh South Cricket Club.

Originally formed to meet the lack of sporting facilities in the local area, our goal is to provide a vibrant inclusive community space where sport and other activities can take place.

Designated as a Community Sports Hub by our partners at Sportscotland, Inch Park exists to benefit the local community and ensure that the legacy of the club, and its hub, is passed down to future generations.

We help break down barriers and make sure sports are accessible to all who want to take part, regardless of sex, race, gender, background, or ability.

We believe inclusive and accessible sport makes a significant difference to young lives, particularly for people in disadvantaged areas. Sports not only helps with encouraging healthy lifestyles but has a much wider reach including helping with isolation, mental health, and personal development.  

Our venue covers around 9.8 hectares and consists of a modern clubhouse, two full-size rugby pitches, two football pitches and a cricket oval, complete with a synthetic wicket.

Through our clubs and partners, including Scottish Rugby and Cricket Scotland, we deliver schools programmes, the government’s Active Schools programme, and various youth initiatives.

Our clubs regularly reach over 6,000 youths and adults – through playing and coaching in addition to the work of volunteers and parents.

Additionally, an estimated 2,000 people pass through the doors on a weekly basis, attending a range of classes, meetings and social events including a baby café and dance groups.

Last year even with COVID-19 we put over 26,000 hours into the community with over 200 passionate volunteers.  

Leeds Mencap are seeking a talented and passionate Fundraising and Communications Officer to help us increase our income, develop our social media presence and engage with our supporters.

You may have worked in another area of fundraising or have transferable skills from a different role, including volunteering opportunities. You must have the enthusiasm, creativity and communication skills to engage with people from a range of different audiences and get involved with a variety of different projects and initiatives.

You’ll be a self-starter who can manage their own workload and be willing to get stuck in during this exciting time for Leeds Mencap. We’re a small team so you’ll be involved in all areas of fundraising and communications – this could be writing trust applications, supporting community groups with their fundraising, doing challenge events promotion and writing content for a variety of different materials, including social media.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious and developing local charity and to make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people with learning disabilities across Leeds.

The closing date for this role is 30th April 2021

Interviews are scheduled to take place on the 11th and 13th May 2021

Any offer of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, right to work checks and two acceptable references.

Please note that CVs will not be accepted. Currently our application forms request  information around an applicant’s current salary. We are aware of current debates relating to potential bias around salary information and so are reviewing our procedure. In the meantime provision of this information is optional and these details are not taken into account during the process of recruitment or offering a position with the charity.

No agency applications please.

We are looking for an experienced fundraiser to join our team. This is a home-based position, initially 21 hours per week to be worked across 3-5 days with the possibility of a full-time position. Initially the role will be for 6 months, with the possibility of a permanent post.

Team Kenya works with local people to educate girls, empower women and transform communities in rural Kenya. In partnership with Kenyan NGO, Twende Pamoja, we promote sustainable, evidence-based solutions to challenging gender equality and poverty, that put individuals at the centre.

As part of a very small team of one other part-time staff member in the UK and the CEO you must be happy working autonomously, managing and recruiting skilled volunteers to support your work.

For more information, please see the attached job description.

Fundraising Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Fundraising Manager, to help a Cambridge based charity increase income from trusts and foundations, major donors and legacies.  

Our client is a local charity that cares about Cambridge and its green landscapes, they protect the green setting of Cambridge and its most valuable landscapes and work to enhance and connect them for people and nature.

Position: Fundraising Manager

Salary: circa £35,000 pro-rata, dependent on experience.

Location: Wandlebury Country Park, Cambridge - This role is suitable for home working combined with team working at the office and site-based activity.

Duration Full-time (37.5 hrs per week) preferred but will consider flexible working arrangements to accommodate work-life balance.

Benefits: 33 days annual holiday entitlement pro rata, includes allowance for Public/Bank Holidays, a pension contribution of up to 5% of gross pay.

Closing date: 10:00am, Monday 17 May 2021

About the role:

As Fundraising Manager you will be a key member of the Management Team, you will co-ordinate and deliver fundraising activity and own the charity’s fundraising targets.

This role potentially covers the full range of fundraising opportunities, the main focus will be fundraising from mid-level donors, legacies, membership and trusts/foundations. The charity’s ambition is to develop a small team who can work to broaden the scope of the fundraising work, there will be opportunities for line management responsibilities if desired.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Increase charitable giving from current supporters.
• Research and identify fundraising opportunities from trusts and foundations as well a major donors and corporate fundraising.
• Develop and promote appealing memorial and legacy giving opportunities.
• Responsible for membership recruitment and retention to achieve annual targets for membership subscriptions. 
• Develop and maintain effective systems to support the fundraising functions of the charity.
• With the CEO, discuss and agree an annual budget for fundraising.
• Prepare accurate, succinct and easy to understand reports on the charity’s fundraising work.
• Ensure that the charity adheres to relevant fundraising legislation, including compliance with the Fundraising Regulators guidelines.

About you:  

To be successful in the role of Fundraising Manager you will be supportive of the charity’s cause; you will use your relationship management skills to strengthen existing funding relationships and use your research and networking skills to identify and cultivate new opportunities.

You will bring with you the following key skills and experience:

• Demonstrable evidence of successful fundraising from individual donors, trusts & foundations and legacies.
• Excellent written and visual communication skills, with evidence of producing effective fundraising content.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to encourage support for the charity and build long-term relationships.
• Knowledge of UK fundraising and data protection regulations.
• An excellent eye for detail.
• Good IT skills (spreadsheets, Microsoft Office suite, database management) and experience of fundraising support systems.
• Experience of administering grants and donations.
• Experience of organising donor cultivation and solicitation events.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small, friendly and committed management team where you can make a real difference and your work will have an impact, so apply today!

Please ensure that, along with your CV, you submit a covering letter telling us how you feel you would be a good fit for the role.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Fundraiser, Corporate Fundraising Manager, Community Fundraising Manager, Donor Manager, Major Donor Fundraising, Individual Giving, Philanthropy, Community Fundraising Manager, Trust Fundraising, Partnerships Fundraising, Development Manager, Regional Fundraising Manager, Area Fundraising Manager etc

We are looking for an experienced and driven fundraiser to join our small, busy team at a crucial time, as we grow and shape our long-term strategy.

Working within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Head to Toe Charity is focussed on enhancing and extending the NHS provision, creating more opportunities for the people who need our mental and physical health services to live well, whilst improving the wellbeing of our communities.

This is a new and critical role in helping Head to Toe Charity establish a long-term and sustainable fundraising and engagement programme. A varied role, this will see you lead on co-ordinating fundraising, engagement and stakeholder management. You will also play an active part in supporting the ground-breaking new Cambridge Children’s Hospital and its ambitious fundraising campaign.

This role is for someone highly organised and motivated. You will have significant experience within a fundraising role and be able to demonstrate previous success at generating and increasing fundraising income across a varied portfolio.

This is an exciting time to join Head to Toe, as you will have the opportunity to help shape our Charity and make a lasting difference to people with mental and physical health problems across the region. For the right candidate, there is the opportunity to significantly develop the role and be influential in the growth of the Charity.

Harris Hill are thrilled to be working exclusively with an organisation that puts young people at the heart of the community in South London. They are a small organisation looking for a Fundraising and Project Manager.

This is a new position which comes at a pivotal time in the organisation's development. You will be responsible for fundraising strategy and implementation as the charity pursues plans to redevelop its existing building. You will enable them to expand its offering to local children and young people with particular responsibilities for project management and developing existing governance, including taking on responsibility for some core functions from the trustee board.

This role is ideal for someone who loves a mixture of community development projects, but has a core background in grant and trusts fundraising as a lot of the funding comes from this. You will also be working closely with Lambeth council, so knowledge within this area would be key too.

This is a wide-ranging role and we welcome applications from candidates who have experience and knowledge of most of the below areas, but who may not have experience and knowledge of them all.

Essential

* Experience of charitable fundraising, especially trusts and grant applications.
* Experience of financial management, budgeting and tracking expenditure.
* An understanding of children's rights, their need to have access to free play and its benefits.
* A passion for supporting children and young people, particularly those facing disadvantage or difficulty.
* Ability to work independently with high level of efficiency in planning and delivering projects.
* Excellent time management and prioritisation.

It pays between £30,000 - £35,000 and ideally interviewing from middle to the end of April.

If you would like to receive a full application then please do get in touch with Hannah at Harris Hill on [email protected] or call her on 02078207331.

Rolling recruitment so please do get in touch ASASP.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

Charity People are thrilled to be helping Tommy's to find a Trusts and Foundations manager in a pivotal role to secure medium to high value gifts from UK trusts and foundations. This key position will be within a growing team that will offer huge opportunities to develop and progress an experienced Trusts fundraiser.

Job Title: Trusts and Foundations Manager
Organisation: Tommy's
Salary: £32,000 - £37,000
Location: London
Contract: Permanent (4-5 days a week)
Benefits: 2-3 days working from home
Closing Date: Thursday 29th April 2021
Required: Up to date CV

About the Charity

Tommy's was founded in 1992 ago by two obstetricians at St Thomas' Hospital. Since then, the charity has grown to become the largest charity funding research into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and pre-term birth. They fund five Tommy's Centres around the UK, where some of the World's leading scientists and clinicians in this field are making breakthroughs that are changing outcomes for families everywhere. Care and outcomes vary widely around the NHS and they are determined to close these inequalities, so everyone receives the same great evidence based care and outcomes are equally good for all ethnic groups and for everyone regardless of their wealth and geographic location.

Their mission is to halve the number of babies that die in pregnancy or birth by 2030, and to reduce the number of babies born prematurely. The charity believe they have the formula right for achieving this, because of the positive impact they've had to date.

About the Role

We are looking for a Trusts & Foundation Manager to win ambitious trust partnerships by writing exceptional proposals and developing relationships with donors and prospective funders. The Trusts & Foundations Manager would play a critical role in the Trusts team aim to raise £1.4m per annum by 2023. This person will act as the lead relationship manager for a portfolio of trusts and foundations worth between £20k and £75k, both current and prospective, generating activity regionally and nationally.

We need someone who is comfortable securing funding from charitable trusts, foundations and statutory sources and maintain existing relationships to meet annual income targets and key performance indicators. Also someone who can identify, secure and deliver growth opportunities across current partnerships, and renewing partnerships where possible.

If you are someone passionate about a cause like Tommy's then you can take pride in joining a team where you will be making a significant difference. Also, the role could be perfect for someone looking to take their next big step in their Trust fundraising career, to be surrounded by a motivated and ambitious team.

To find out more and apply for the role, please contact Stuart Milliner at Charity People.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.