About Edward’s Trust
Edward’s Trust is a local West Midlands charity providing support for bereaved children, young people, and parents. We have 36 years of experience and operate at the highest level, providing qualified counselling and holistic support for complex or prolonged grief. We do not set time limits and the service is completely free. We do not get Government funding; therefore, we rely on donations to keep this vital service going.
Our Values
RESPECT
We will act with integrity in all that we do, being mindful and considerate to all. We respect and remember those who have died. Respect is a constant that embraces diversity and uniqueness of experience.
HOPE
A feeling of trust in tomorrow. We embody, instill and empower a feeling of trust in tomorrow. Hope is the hand to hold. We have a vision that one day there will be a universal understanding of life-changing grief.
HOLISTIC
Complete and all encompassing. We acknowledge and respond to the needs of the whole person: mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We recognise the total experience of grief, promoting a holistic approach to bereavement care.
SUPPORT
Enabling with compassion and care. We provide responsive support that is appropriate, relevant, and meaningful to each individual. Together in safety and strength. Encouraging society to respond appropriately to people facing loss and surviving bereavement.
EXCELLENCE
Embracing professional integrity and creative innovation. We are passionate about providing exceptional services and maintaining the highest standards in all that we do. Excellence is valuing people. We are committed to driving innovation and change.
Role summary
Here at Edward’s Trust, we are excited and committed to growing our service offer and fundraising whilst working with a small but mighty team. We have strong and realistic foundations in the trusts and grants income stream and a secure base of income from long-term committed funders. These funders enable us to reach children and adults through our specialist counselling services and projects alike, but with a huge amount of new work in development, securing new income from trusts and foundations is a high priority for us.
This is an exciting role at Edward’s Trust that will challenge and provide excellent career development opportunities for the successful candidate. This role will deliver essential stewardship to our growing portfolio of warm trust supporters, engaging with them to provide inspirational impact reporting to secure continued funding. Our new colleague will gain exciting CV enhancing experience through working and securing new grants for some of the larger funders which is where we wish this post to focus on.
You will support Edward’s Trust to develop its presence in the trust and foundations world, by working to agreed new business targets and contributing to the creation of a high-quality pipeline of new trust and foundation opportunities.
Key Accountabilities:
- Become an expert in Edward’s Trust current activities and future plans
- Manage a portfolio of trust supporters, providing outstanding stewardship, and ensuring relationships deliver against agreed objectives to enhance the long-term relationship.
- Prepare and deliver engaging bids and reports to share impact and inspire future support.
- Work cross-organisationally to support projects and reporting and to help shape and develop appropriate projects for funding (alongside the Head of Fundraising and Service Delivery Manager).
- Build good working relations with key staff and Trustees of established trust supporters.
- Thank supporters promptly and ensure that progress reports and updates are received by supporters as and when required.
We are open to Flexible Working Requests which can be discussed during interviews.
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Supporting bereaved families with care, compassion and hope across the West Midlands
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We’re looking for a confident and experienced fundraiser to lead our corporate partnerships during a pivotal year of growth. This 12-month parental leave cover will oversee a small portfolio of existing corporate supporters, while driving forward our corporate strategy to build new partnerships—particularly within the finance and professional services sectors.
The role sits in PEAS’ small and ambitious Development Team, which raises over £7M annually to support our education programmes across Uganda, Zambia, and Ghana. You’ll work closely with senior leaders and colleagues across the organisation to deliver excellent stewardship, create compelling proposals, and grow our pipeline of corporate support.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead and manage our corporate fundraising strategy
- Build new relationships and identify partnership opportunities
- Deliver high-quality stewardship, reporting, and proposal development
- Line manage a Development Officer supporting on events and communications
We’re looking for someone with:
- 5+ years of experience in corporate fundraising or business development
- Strong relationship-building and communication skills
- Confidence working with senior stakeholders and developing tailored pitches
- Excellent writing skills, attention to detail, and a collaborative working style
- This is a great opportunity to take ownership of a growing income stream and help drive impact for thousands of young people through quality education.
Please refer to the attached job pack below for further details of this fantastic role.
How to apply
To apply, please click the 'Redirect to Recruiter' button to be redirected to our application form. Please ensure you have read the job pack attached to this job advert before applying.
We will be reviewing and shortlisting applications on a rolling basis, and will close the application process once we have a suitable number of candidates. Therefore, please do submit your application as soon as possible. Due to high volumes of applications, if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We are committed to ensuring our opportunities are accessible to all, so if there is any way that we can support you to be the best you can be in the recruitment process, please do get in touch by e-mail. We welcome all applicants and will always treat every application fairly based on merit.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.