Charitable Trust Fundraising
Charitable trusts and foundations distribute nearly £2 billion per year in the UK. Are you getting your fair share of this?
Our Trust Service has been operating successfully since 1998. Here are some of the ways we can help you:
- Launch of a new trust fundraising programme from scratch
- Trusts audit - to see if your trust fundraising faces new opportunities or could be strengthened
- Trusts research- to add new prospects to your target list
- Case for support development - drafting compelling materials to secure funds from trusts
- Contact mapping - to help identify any personal contacts your organisation may have with trusts (which can greatly increase both the chances and size of a gift)
- Mentoring and support of your trust fundraiser
- Bid writing support - generating approaches on your behalf
- Interim support - keeping things moving if your trust fundraiser is absent
- Advice on relationship building, record keeping, stewardship, recruitment etc
Our team includes several highly experienced trust fundraisers, who average 15 years experience in this field. Our Director Simon George, who established the Institute of Fundraising's Trusts Special Interest Group in 1999, says: "Trust fundraising is probably what we are best known for and it is our depth of experience which makes us different. Out team can help you maximise your income in this very cost effective but competitive area of fundraising."
Such is the cost effectiveness of our Trust Service that many clients come back to us year after year. Recent successes include:
- Over £1 million raised for Graeae Theatre Company, mostly from trusts
- £165,000 raised for Life Education Centres, West Midlands
- £202,000 for Calibre Audio Library, whose Head of Fundraising, Elizabeth Twining, said recently: "Things are going well on the trust fundraising front and we have already passed our target for this year... Ros is excellent and I feel we made a good choice in appointing Wootton George."
Please give us a call to discuss your needs today. Our trust fundraisers are waiting to help you!
