Mentoring Support
If your fundraiser lacks experience in particular fundraising techniques, have you considered mentoring support as a means of upskilling them?
With recruitment in a number of fundraising disciplines still challenging, some of our clients have recruited staff with transferable skills and asked us to mentor them as they develop their experience. This can be a very cost effective way of "growing your own" fundraiser, especially outside London where fundraising experience is in short supply.
Mentoring is carried out by members of our team with in-depth experience of the discipline required. Whether this involves supporting a graduate in a first job or mentoring someone who has entered fundraising as a second career, we have seen some novice fundraisers develop into very effective practitioners!
Mentoring takes place over a period of time (typically 1 - 2 years) with on-site meetings, backed up by email and telephone support. Areas covered include:
- Fundraising planning
- Funder/prospect research
- Case for support development
- Writing effective funding bids
- Record keeping for fundraising
- Trust fundraising
- Statutory fundraising
- Corporate fundraising
- Community fundraising
If you need support in your role or if your charity is recruiting someone to a new role who lacks in-depth experience, please call us today to see if mentoring is an option for developing your fundraising capacity.
Please call Simon George on 01785 663600.
