Trustee - Fundraising lead

Context and purpose

• Downright Excellent (DEx) is a small charity committed to enabling children with Down syndrome to maximise their potential. We deliver a range of specialist interventions and support to children with Down syndrome and their families.

·      The trustee with fundraising expertise will help DEx develop and execute an effective fundraising strategy.  

·      The skills, experience and expertise of the fundraising trustee will help us increase our income, enabling us to shore up and enhance the work we do to support the children, young people and families we work with.

Main responsibilities

• Bring leadership and drive ensuring the development of the overall governance of Dex’s fundraising activities
• Define, design, and implement a Fundraising strategy
• Working with the other trustees and our volunteers, the Trustee – Fundraising lead will take a lead role in setting an effective fundraising strategy for DEx. You’ll work particularly closely with the lead trustee for Digital Fundraising.

·      Provide thought leadership on DEx’s fundraising and help build and implement this vision.

·      Provide strategic oversight of fundraising.

·      Draw on your networks to support our work.

·      Help ensure that the operations team have the capabilities that they need to implement the strategy.