We are looking for a skilled and motivated Grants & Trusts Fundraiser to help us increase the charity’s income from trusts and other major grant makers.

Salary: £26,000 to £30,000, depending on experience (pro rata)

Hours: 28-35 hours per week (0.8 to 1.0 FTE), with flexible working hours offered

Location: UK-based but the successful applicant must be available to travel to our central Manchester office for required meetings on average once a month.

Apply By: Monday 5th July

Who are GMYN?

For many young people, the transition to adulthood isn’t easy. In the UK, one third of young people are lonely, half feel unready for work and half feel like they don’t belong to their community.

Our vision is #YoungPeopleCan and we help young people in Greater Manchester overcome this. We deliver a range of development programmes and drop-in activities to help young people aged 13-25 transition to adulthood feeling skilled, supported and positive.

Fundraising at GMYN

GMYN is in a strong position with an annual income of approximately £850k, funded by a diverse mix of grants, contracts, as well as community and corporate donations. Over the past five years, we have been committed to investing in our fundraising activity, resulting in a period of sustainability. Our new fundraising team was recognised as a success and we were awarded Highly Commended Fundraising Team of the Year at the North West Charity Awards 2019.

In 2020, a challenging year for income generation across the sector, we successfully developed a new fundraising approach, winning new funding for GMYN core costs alongside our consistently growing and developing programme delivery. Now, in 2021, after five years of successful fundraising development, we are in an exciting position to restructure and grow our fundraising team further.

To Apply:

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, even if you don’t feel like your experience ticks every box on the person specification. While we are looking for some specific skills, we are much more interested in attitude, personal qualities and passion.

We also know that different people have relevant experience from many different aspects of life: at GMYN, we value lived experience just as much as we value experience gained through employment, volunteering or study.

Essential Criteria:
• Proven experience of bid writing or other similar income generation work with demonstrable transferable skills.
• Ability to use a range of fundraising techniques related to securing unrestricted and restricted funding.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken with the ability to present confidently.
• Ability to self-manage, work independently to targets but also join up your work with the rest of the fundraising team.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and workstreams with a “can do” attitude in order to produce positive results.
• Experience and/or understanding of producing impact reports and reporting to various audiences, ideally funders.
• Motivation to work towards the charitable purpose of the organisation.

Desirable Criteria:
• Knowledge and understanding of fundraising methods and changing trends in the funding environment.
• Experience of researching Trusts and identifying suitable income opportunities for both programme related and unrestricted core costs.
• Knowledge of the Voluntary and Community Sector and fundraising environment.
• Experience of writing successful grant applications to a variety of funders.
• Experience of using IT: key social media platforms, CRM/contact databases, the Microsoft Office Suite.

Whilst our staff team is diverse in many ways, we recognise that we are not currently representative of the diverse communities that we serve. We are currently working with specialist charities to adapt our practices to make sure that anyone, no matter their background, can work with us to their fullest potential. We therefore welcome applications from people from BAME backgrounds and people who identify as having additional needs or disabilities.

Further information on the role and more about GMYN can be found in the attached job pack.

You are passionate about fundraising for a small international development charity and confident about working remotely and securing grant income from a range of trusts and foundations. You will be responsible for identifying and cultivating new opportunities for small to medium sized grants as well as nurturing links with existing funding partners and making sure that we comply with all reporting requirements.

Educate for Life works to ensure integrated provision of education, healthcare and community development services in Bakhel, an extremely deprived and remote rural community in Rajasthan in India. Our aim is to enable socio-economic transformation in Bakhel and the surrounding area. Educate for Life works in close partnership with local organisations to successfully achieve this and to comply with Indian legislation.

You will maintain and develop trust and foundation fundraising activity in line with agreed objectives and targets for each quarter and financial year. You will be responsible for securing approximately half of Educate for Life's annual income from grants from trusts and foundations, with the support of our Director in the UK. You may have an interest in supporting the growth of other income streams, in particular individual giving and/or digital fundraising. There may be scope for this to form part of your responsibilities in the future. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Prospect research
• Managing grant applications
• Writing grant reports
• Supporting overseas partners with fundraising 

Job Requirements (Essential)

• Eligible to work in the UK
• Educated to degree level
• At least two years of experience of Trusts and Foundations fundraising
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills, including the ability to manage time effectively and independently
• Ability to set and achieve fundraising targets
• Strong interpersonal skills and wish to work remotely and in partnership with UK based colleagues and local operational team members in India
• Excellent IT skills including use of Excel, Word, G-Suite and Dropbox  
• Willingness to contribute to the day to day running and governance needs of a small charity
• A passion for working with us and our partners to achieve our vision and mission and a commitment to equal opportunities
• Ensure compliance with the Fundraising Code of Practice

Job Requirements (Desirable)

• Knowledge of India grant opportunities for a UK registered charity
• Experience of making successful grant applications for overseas projects
• Experience of meeting reporting requirements of trusts and foundations
• Understanding GDPR data protection requirements in the UK
• Experience of remote working
• Up to date on best practice developments within the charity sector
• Interest in developing other income streams – in particular, individual giving and /or digital giving

Educate for Life is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.Successful applicants will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services check.

Senior Trusts Fundraiser

 Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

Hours: 35 per week

Location: London

Salary: £29,678 per annum

Closing date: 30 June 2021

Expected date of interviews: Week commencing 5 July  2021

Job ref: VA429

Do you believe in standing up for human rights alongside torture survivors? Would you like to use creativity, technology and people power to raise significant funds to positively impact the lives of torture survivors?

Freedom from Torture is looking for a Senior Trusts Fundraiser to join our new, friendly Philanthropy and Partnerships Team. This is an exciting chance to join us as we place survivor empowerment and movement building at the heart of our next four year strategy.

About the role

The key purpose of the role is to generate income from Trusts and Foundations to support Freedom from Torture’s work with survivors of torture.  You will work closely with the Senior Trusts and Grants Manager and Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships to implement the fundraising strategy, by raising income from small and medium sized Trusts and Foundations in line with agreed income targets. You will be expected to identify high value and long term income growth potential, and deliver a year round portfolio of funding applications. 

You will also provide excellent relationship management and stewardship/cultivation to existing and prospective donors. You will prepare compelling applications and reports to donors in line with funders’ criteria and conduct portfolio reviews. 

About you

· To be successful in this role you must have demonstrable experience of successful fundraising from a variety of Trusts and Foundations including meeting and or exceeding fundraising targets.

· It’s essential that you have strong communication skills and the ability to build effective successful relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

· You must have experience and knowledge of Trust fundraising research tools and developing fundraising applications for a range of Trust funders.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the job description and person specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution and 1% employee contribution.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer! People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

No agencies please.

Role: Trusts Fundraiser (two positions available)

Salary: £21,500 to £25,000 DOE

Responsible to: Director of Income Generation

Location: Head Office, Buckfastleigh 

Scope and Purpose

The post holder is responsible for supporting and assisting the Fundraising Manager and Trusts Team to raise funds from trusts, foundations and similar grant providers and major individual gifts.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Fundraising Manager and Senior Trusts Officer to manage a
  portfolio of Trusts and a number of major donors, building and maintaining
  long-term relationships with new and existing funders
• Submit high quality proposals and applications to trusts and major donors
• Provide excellent donor stewardship to existing supporters through high
  quality updates and reports, face-to-face meetings, site visits and events
• Manage restricted income for the team, ensuring funds are allocated
  accordingly and spent within the funders’ deadlines
• Regularly conduct and manage research into new trusts and major gift sources
• Assist in the collation of fundraising materials such as case studies and photos
• Maintain accurate, compliant, and up-to-date information on The Raiser’s Edge database
• Ensure that support by volunteers, donors and partners is promptly and
  appropriately recognised
• Continue to develop the knowledge and skills required to fulfil the responsibilities of the position
• Prepare reports and evaluations on applications and activities

Person Specification

• Experience of working in a fundraising team on Trust income
• A positive self-starter with excellent self-management skills
• A persuasive communicator with the ability to establish and manage donor
  relationships
• Good interpersonal skills and team spirit
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to adhere to specific deadlines
• Experience of donor CRM software. Training will be provided on Go Beyond’s use of The Raisers Edge system

Everyone who works at Go Beyond has the responsibility for promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children

General Duties

• Positively promote the work of Go Beyond both internally and externally, and be a representative at stewardship and cultivation events
• Prioritise tasks to ensure maximum return on investment of your time and resources
• Willingness to travel, as required to support meetings or to achieve agreed objectives
• Willingness to work unsocial hours, including evenings, weekends and stay overnight
• To work in line with the Go Beyond Mission, Vision, and Values consistently, working with others to provide a supportive, responsive, environment and services
• To present a positive image of Go Beyond at all times, through every aspect of your work
• To ensure that all Go Beyond policies, procedures, and agreed protocols are adhered to
• To contribute to the planning, review, monitoring and reporting processes and activities
• To participate in team meetings and activities and represent Go Beyond at other meetings as agreed
• To respect the rights of individuals by maintaining confidentiality and working in line with GDPR legislation
• To attend training courses as identified and agreed for appropriate development
• To undertake other duties not specifically stated above, which from time to time are necessary without altering the nature or level of responsibility involved
• To make a commitment to improving Go Beyond environmental impact by means of energy saving and recycling in the workplace

Health & Safety

• To undertake regular risk assessments and take any necessary action to avoid potential health and safety hazards
• Having read Go Beyond Health and Safety manual, ensure compliance at all times with Go Beyond Health and Safety Policies including accident reporting procedures; fire drills and first aid facilities
• To liaise with the appropriate person on all Health and Safety matters where required

Commitment to Safeguarding Children

• Everyone who works at Go Beyond has the responsibility for promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children
• To ensure awareness of charity’s policy and procedures regarding Child Safeguarding
• To become aware of the signs and symptoms of abuse by attending relevant courses

Closing date for applications is Midday on Friday 18 June 2021.

As part of our Safer Recruitment, you will be asked to complete an application form with a supporting statement evidencing your suitability for the role.

We will be reviewing applications as soon as they come in so please ensure that you act quickly if you are interested in this post. Go Beyond reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date specified, should we find the suitable candidate.

Go Beyond recognise the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges
discrimination. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

RefugeeYouth is dedicated to tackling the isolation and challenges experienced by young people who are forced to navigate an increasingly difficult immigration and asylum system, often on their own. We work with over 100 young people each year to increase their wellbeing, build their connection to the community and offer opportunities for the future. 

We are looking for a skilled fundraiser with a strong track record of successfully raising funds from Trusts and Foundations. Over the last year, we have been awarded a number of grants to continue our work. We are now looking for an experienced fundraiser to help build on that success, increasing the sustainability of our work so that we can focus on making a difference to the lives of more young people.

This is an exciting role at a time of change and transformation at RefugeeYouth.

This role will focus on soliciting multi-year and annual donations of £20k+ from an existing pipeline of current and potential new supporters. This role will also work closely with colleagues to input and ensure we are meeting grant agreements and providing exceptional stewardship to donors.

The ideal candidate will be adept at navigating large amounts of information in order to develop a clear and powerful case for support. They will be a self-starter, comfortable managing their own time and working to competing deadlines. They will be a natural relationship builder, forging strong and mutually beneficial internal and external relationships to achieve shared goals.

You will be supported in your role by a committed team of staff, volunteers and Board of Trustees. And most importantly, you will be at the heart of an organisation that is a platform for young refugees to flourish in so many aspects of their lives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• To understand and communicate organisational funding needs, values and future strategy: including core funding and projects
• Work with the Director to build on, strengthen and prioritise a pipeline of funding opportunities at £20k+ level
• Lead on the writing of ambitious Trust and Foundation applications to secure multi-year and annual funding for core and project work
• Support the development of a succinct and persuasive case for support which can be sent to small trusts and foundations
• Work with Director to manage grant agreements and provide excellent stewardship to existing donors, including liaising with the Director to input into updates and annual reports

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of personally securing trust and foundation grants of £20,000 and over
• Experience of working in the voluntary sector
• Experience of managing deadlines
• Excellent understanding and knowledge of trusts, foundations and statutory donors
• Ability to research and write successful funding applications to small and medium grant giving trusts and foundations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly numerate with the ability to collate, analyse, understand and present financial information to a range of audiences
• Excellent personal organisation skills, including time management and IT literate
• A proactive approach, self-motivated and self-reliance to undertake the role and achieve high-yielding results
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Agreement to adhere to relevant RefugeeYouth’s policies and procedures
• Passion for the cause

Desirable

• Experience of fundraising for youth causes
• Experience of fundraising for migration causes
• Knowledge of the youth sector
• Knowledge of the migration/refugee sector

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a close-knit team for this much loved charity. You will take the lead in shaping strategy for Trusts and Foundations fundraising for the next five years to deliver growth.

The Role
Maximise income from Trusts and Foundations.
Responsible for managing the Trusts income budget, prioritising funding for core activities.
Work closely with the Care team and senior management to identify work that meets the funding interests of donors and prospects.
Prepare well targeted funding applications and to produce timely narrative and financial reports.
Prepare project budgets in partnership with the finance team and to monitor expenditure when reporting back to funders.
Monitor on a regular basis Trusts funding interests, income and expenditure trends, information about Trustees, application procedures etc.
Maintain and develop relationships with current funder

The Candidate
Experience of Trusts and Foundations fundraising and bid writing.
Proven experience of securing substantial funding from Trusts and Foundations.
Proven success in delivering results against set targets.
Experience of building effective relationships with individuals in helping solicit support from Trusts and Foundations.
Experience of strategy writing.
Has an interest in and understanding of trends in Trusts and Foundations fundraising

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

ABOUT WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST

Women and Children First was established in 2002 to pioneer approaches that support communities to solve problems themselves. We want a world where all women, children and young people can survive and thrive.

We are pioneers at empowering local communities, enabling women to take the lead in achieving this vision through community health groups. We guide them to overcome their problems, bringing people together to find the answers they need. Our world-class approaches are effective and recommended globally.

The charity is also developing a number of new pilot initiatives and innovations, including trialling personalised calendars, giving women information about their antenatal and postnatal care appointments.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser, working remotely or in our London office, will be responsible for supporting Women and Children First to achieve agreed income targets, with a particular focus on smaller trusts and foundations, writing proposals for unrestricted and restricted fundraising opportunities, and providing flexibility to support other areas of our fundraising and communications work.

You will have responsibility for managing existing relationships and raising additional income from our database of trusts and foundations, primarily in the UK. Supported by the Head of Fundraising and Communications, you will make a significant contribution to growing our network of active support from trusts and foundations.

An ambitious self-starter, you will have knowledge of working with trusts and foundations, and a successful record of fundraising.

You will have the personal attributes, including a strong commitment to the work of Women and Children First coupled with diligence, creativity, enthusiasm and a self-starting nature.

The role is for 2 days/14 hours per week.

YOU WILL BE…

The Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser will be an excellent writer, experienced at structuring persuasive cases for support.

Driven and self-motivated, you will have a track record of successfully securing trust and foundation funding and experience, preferably working in the health and international development field.

You will enjoy working autonomously and as part of a team, and will be comfortable with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.

What’s more, you will have outstanding relationship building skills, the ability to communicate complex messages and an exceptional eye for detail are all essential. An ambitious and confident approach and the ability to quickly gain the respect of others will be critical to success in this role.

The post-holder will have an appetite to learn and develop and be keen to play a substantial role in driving the performance of Women and Children First.

Working for a small charity, the person will be willing to help support other campaigns as and when needed, including fundraising with major donors, Community and Events fundraising, communications and admin support.

Short-listed candidates will be notified by Wednesday 7th July 2021 and invited to interview week commencing Monday 12th July 2021.

We are seeking an experienced, ambitious and highly motivated Trusts & Grants Fundraising Officer to help us increase the charity's income from trusts and other major grant makers.

Part-time: 21 hours per week

Salary: £24,000 FTE. £14,400 – PTE

Location: Bognor Regis, West Sussex

About us:

4Sight Vision Support is an award-winning charity established in 1921 to improve the lives of blind and sight impaired people living in West Sussex. With over 2,000 members, our mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of people living with sight loss by providing support, advice, advocacy and training to enable them to lead a life without limits.

The Role:

The Trusts and Grants Fundraising Officer role sits within the Fundraising/Marketing Communications team and will be building on our successful track-record of Trusts & Grants Fundraising, helping to grow this important income stream for the Charity.

This is an exciting time to join the team, having recently completed a Fundraising Audit of all income streams, you will have the opportunity to help shape our new strategy for trusts and grants fundraising. This year also sees us celebrate our 100th Anniversary and there are lots of exciting plans in the pipeline.

Key role responsibilities:

• Developing and writing compelling funding propositions to Trusts, Foundations, Statutory funders and other grant making organisations in a timely manner and to agreed financial targets.
• Building on the ongoing development of the Trust & Foundation pipeline
• Conducting thorough research to keep abreast of Trust funding criteria and identify new funding opportunities.
• Adhering to Trust and Foundation reporting criteria and working with the frontline services team to implement evidence gathering processes to complete robust funding reports.
• Support the Fundraising Manager in the development of strategy and plans
• Stewardship and account management of key funder relationships
• To contribute to the further development of optimal CRM usage for planning and reporting work with the Fundraising Manager
• To work with colleagues internally to develop interesting and compelling funding propositions and contribute to other areas of fundraising

Skills and Experience:

• Experience of fundraising from trusts and foundations
• Relevant fundraising qualification or experience equivalent to a degree qualification is desirable
• Experience of broader fundraising disciplines is desirable
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to proactively plan and manage a varied and busy workload

Job Details:

Part-time: 21 hours per week

Salary: £24,000 FTE. £14,400 – PTE

Schedule:

• Hours to be worked, in the main, Monday to Friday, however we offer a flexible approach to days/times, home working and from our Head Office in Bognor Regis.
• COVID-19 considerations:
  To keep our staff as safe as possible we are carrying out lateral flow testing twice a week and are following strict guidelines to ensure that those in the workplace wherever possible are following social distancing of 2 metres.

Process of applying:

CV or application form with cover letter outling why you are applying for the role and what relevant skills and experience you feel you could bring to the role.

Closing date: Friday 2nd July

Interviews taking place: Tuesday 13th July. 

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Fundraiser to help us raise unrestricted income by creating and managing relationships with key supporters and developing fundraising events/campaigns.

Salary: £26,000 to £30,000, depending on experience (pro rata)

Hours: 28 hours per week (0.8 FTE), with flexible working hours offered

Location: GMYN offices in central Manchester, with flexible homeworking arrangements if the candidate prefers.

Who are GMYN?

For many young people, the transition to adulthood isn’t easy. In the UK, one third of young people are lonely, half feel unready for work and half feel like they don’t belong to their community.

Our vision is #YoungPeopleCan and we help young people in Greater Manchester overcome this. We deliver a range of development programmes and drop-in activities to help young people aged 13-25 transition to adulthood feeling skilled, supported and positive.

Fundraising at GMYN

GMYN is in a strong position with an annual income of approximately £850k, funded by a diverse mix of grants, contracts, as well as community and corporate donations. Over the past five years, we have been committed to investing in our fundraising activity, resulting in a period of sustainability. Our new fundraising team was recognised as a success and we were awarded Highly Commended Fundraising Team of the Year at the North West Charity Awards 2019.

In 2020, a challenging year for income generation across the sector, we successfully developed a new fundraising approach, winning new funding for GMYN core costs alongside our consistently growing and developing programme delivery. Now, in 2021, after five years of successful fundraising development, we are in an exciting position to restructure and grow our fundraising team further.

To Apply:

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, even if you don’t feel like your experience ticks every box on the person specification. While we are looking for some specific skills, we are much more interested in attitude, personal qualities and passion.

We also know that different people have relevant experience from many different aspects of life: at GMYN, we value lived experience just as much as we value experience gained through employment, volunteering or study.

Essential Criteria:

• Proven experience of fundraising or other income generation work with demonstrable transferable skills.
• Proven experience of working to targets and meeting objectives and KPI’s.
• Experience of developing and managing partnerships where you have been able to gain new supporters, patrons to your cause.
• Ability to use a range of fundraising techniques related to securing unrestricted and restricted funding.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken with the ability to present confidently.
• Ability to self-manage, work independently to targets but also join up your work with the rest of the fundraising team.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and workstreams with a “can do” attitude in order to produce positive results.
• Passion and drive to support and represent GMYN and its support programmes for young people to other audiences.

Desirable Criteria:

• Knowledge of the Voluntary and Community sector and fundraising environment.
• Experience of delivery and management of fundraising events.
• Experience of using IT: key social media platforms, CRM/contact databases, the Microsoft Office Suite.

Whilst our staff team is diverse in many ways, we recognise that we are not currently representative of the diverse communities that we serve. We are currently working with specialist charities to adapt our practices to make sure that anyone, no matter their background, can work with us to their fullest potential. We therefore welcome applications from people from BAME backgrounds and people who identify as having additional needs or disabilities.

Further information on the role and more about GMYN can be found in the attached job pack.

This newly created, broad-scope role is perfect for someone wanting to widen their skillset and elicit real change!  You will be working within a small but thriving organisation that values your views and encourages personal and professional development. Investing in people, creativity, independent thought, and brave leadership allows us deliver life-changing impact to children and young people with Down’s syndrome in Kent and Medway.

We are seeking a resourceful, proactive, and organised person to support our fundraising activities. This role will be integral to the growth and development of our work, supporting the children and young people with Down’s syndrome and their wider networks. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to widen their skills, gain valuable experience, and develop a career in the not-for-profit sector.

Position: Trusts and Grants Fundraising Officer

Hours: 20 hours per week (the post holder will also be required to work occasional unsociable hours in the evening and weekends, for which time off in lieu will be offered)

Salary: £27,000 - £28,500 FTE per annum – depending on experience

Location: Central Maidstone Office, ME14 1HH. There may be flexible working options and home working available on request.

Remote Applicants are being considered 

About the role: The charity’s services are funded through a mixture of restricted grants, community, and corporate fundraising. The future of this income is always uncertain. This post is therefore crucial to ensure that we can continue to provide services and maximise the support we offer to our service users.

The post will focus on delivering the fundraising strategy with particular emphasis on raising money from Trusts & Foundations and other grant makers (including National Lottery).

About you: The ideal candidate will be proactive and self-motivated to achieve success, with excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will be experienced in charity fundraising and grants.  You will have experience in communication management, as well as the design and execution of suitable communication material.  You will have had demonstrable success at engaging people to a cause and motivating giving.

Description

As our Trusts and Foundations fundraiser you will have a pivotal role in raising the funds needed to help children living with illness, disability and serious health challenges feel better – using the proven power of giggling. Our Giggle Doctors bring magical moments to children in hospital, hospices and care centres and, increasingly, via virtual visits.

Developing exciting and persuasive proposals you will build new donor relationships and broaden support from existing donors to deliver significant donations and strong partnerships. 

Theodora Children’s Charity is a truly inspirational and pioneering charity which successfully works to improve children’s experience of being ill with our unique Giggle Doctor programmes.   

You will join a fun, hard working charity team along with Dr Bananas, Dr GeeHee, Dr Whoopee, and lots more Giggle Doctors, to bring much more than laughter for children and their families when they need it most.

Charity People are thrilled to partner The British Exploring Society to find a Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser to work with the Head of Development to continue to develop their pipeline of applications and future grant opportunities according to the strategic priorities in line with the organisational 3 Year Plan. We are looking for a Trusts fundraiser with experience securing regular five figures, with an ambition to join a truly exciting and rewarding charity.

Job Title: Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser
Organisation: The British Exploring Society
Salary: Up to £37,000 pro rata
Contract: Permanent, (Open to 3-5 days a week)
Location: South Kensington, London (Hybrid of home working and office)
Closing date: Thursday 24th June 2021
Required: CV and Cover Letter

About the charity

British Exploring Society (BES) is a world class youth development charity with a unique heritage, founded on the belief that challenging experiences can change lives, empowering and equipping young people with the courage, integrity, skills, resilience and motivation to make the most of their future.

They prepare young people for expeditions to remote locations where they face challenges, acquire outdoor skills and learn about themselves - as well as undertaking projects with content relevant to their lives and to the fragile environments that they explore. The results are transformative - not just in terms of practical skills and resilience, but in a new-found confidence and self-belief which they carry forward to their future life.

About the role

We are looking for an able, ambitious and engaging Trust and Foundations Fundraiser with real insight, and a flair for compelling bid writing.

In the role, you will need to produce high quality creative and effective proposals/applications to trust funding bodies in line with the strategy and in keeping with the brand and core values. We are seeking a motivated fundraiser to actively develop and maintain excellent relationships with funding bodies at both Executive and Trustee level, planning and delivering appropriate engagement opportunities and meetings as appropriate.

Ideally, you will have experience applying to a range of trusts or other grant giving bodies with the potential to give five and six figure grants; securing multi-year grants, as well as one-off gifts to agreed targets. Lastly, meet or exceed income targets for trust and other grant income for both restricted and unrestricted income as agreed.

This is a fantastic role with a great charity, it's a rare opportunity which we would love to discuss. To find out more and apply, 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.

Cranfield Trust is the UK’s leading provider of pro bono management support to the voluntary sector.  An independent charity, focused on welfare causes, we have a 32-year track record of supporting UK-based charities and non-profit organisations.  We work with our register of 1,400 highly skilled commercial sector volunteers and our funders and donors, to provide high value, independent services and advice to local and national charities across the UK. 

We are looking for an experienced Trusts and Foundations Manager with proven written, research and relationship skills to excel as part of our small Development team.  Your remit will be to lead on stewarding and further developing our significant trusts and foundation portfolio.  Reporting to the Head of Development and working alongside the CEO and other colleagues, you will manage and grow the portfolio in alignment with our fundraising strategy, initiate, develop and manage external and internal relationships, and secure income. 

Responsibilities include:

• researching and identifying prospective funding bodies whose charitable objectives align with those of Cranfield Trust;
• producing high-quality grant applications and proposals for funders in support of fundraising targets;
• working independently to initiate and build sustainable relationships with new and existing donors;
• liaising and building relationships with colleagues internally in support of our fundraising work.
• reporting to funders on progress under grant relationships; and,
• monitoring and reporting on trust and foundation fundraising activities to support internal discussions and planning.

The successful candidate will need to have the ability to research and identify new funders, independently build rapport with decision makers, and identify the right funding opportunities for Cranfield Trust and each prospective funder.  You will possess strong writing skills to produce compelling, tailored funding proposals for a range of funding organisations, applying for core funding, restricted funding, and where appropriate, tailored programmes of work that support funders to achieve their goals of supporting grantees or other charitable organisations within their remit.  A strong understanding of charitable trusts and foundations is essential, as is experience of working in a similar charity fundraising role.

We have ambitious plans to grow our income to ensure that we can support charities to adapt, survive and thrive following the Covid-19 pandemic.  If you are ready to help us meet the challenge, please do get in touch.  The role will be based in our Head Office in Romsey.  However, we are prepared to offer home-working with travel for meetings with funders and for internal meetings with your colleagues in Romsey as required.

We are committed to supporting you, your wellbeing and development, to ensure you enjoy working with us.  We offer 25 days / 187.5 hours pro rata plus Bank Holidays, a pension scheme, and opportunities for training and personal development.

Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser

Would you like to improve the health and wellbeing of children and adults through the healing power of live music?

We have an amazing opportunity for a passionate and creative Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser to win partnerships by writing exceptional proposals and developing relationships with funders.

Position: Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser Wales

Location: Cardiff office when return or home based in Wales

Hours: Part time (15 hours per week)

Salary: £20-£25,000 pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Excellent benefits package including 35 days per year (inclusive of bank holidays), Employer Pension contribution of 5%, Death in Service benefits, access to an Employee Assistance Programme and the opportunity for flexible working.

Closing Date: 24 June 2021 5pm

Interviews: Week commencing 12th July

The Role

The Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser will win partnerships by writing exceptional proposals and developing relationships with funders. You will act as the relationship holder for a portfolio of trusts and foundations both current and prospective.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Support the delivery of the work of the organisation primarily by securing income from trusts and foundations
• Ensure all proposals align with the organisation’s vision, mission, strategic aims and values
• Cultivate and sustain strong relationships with funders
• Research and plan a programme of approaches
• Submit bids as per priorities identified by the music delivery team
• Identify, research and create compelling proposals with budgets
• Produce reports as agreed with the Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Manager
• Undertake fundraising administration duties

About You

As Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser, you will be passionate and proactive with knowledge of raising money from trusts and foundations. You will use your energy to identify new prospects and create engaging proposals.

Fundraising knowledge to cover:

• The process and key success factors for raising money from trusts and foundations
• How to identify new prospects
• Proposal and report writing

You will have:

• Experience of raising funds from trusts, foundations or statutory sources
• Proven experience of a high standard of bid writing
• Experience of building relationships with trusts and foundations partners

When applying for this role you will be asked to submit a CV and Covering letter of no more than two sides of A4.

About the Organisation

The charity improves the health and wellbeing of children and adults through the healing power of live music. Every year, professional musicians share live music with over 100,000 people from across the UK, who may not otherwise get to experience it. This includes those living with dementia, mental health problems, or who are seriously ill. 

The charity is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes enquiries from everyone and values diversity in the workforce and is committed to safeguarding. This role will require a basic DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) or equivalent check

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