Catherine Royall Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands

Managing Make-A-Wish International's collaboration with The Walt Disney Company - to grant life-changing wishes for children living with critical illnesses, together, globally.

I am providing interim cover for the Philanthropy team before I relocate to the Netherlands. My responsibilities include:-writing reports for major donors who have given 5 figure gifts-writing content for major donor and mid-value donor comms-assisting with pipeline and portfolio development-other ad hoc tasks the major donor and mid-value teams require eg drafting thank you letters

London, United Kingdom

This role entailed fundraising from high net worth individuals to secure 4- to 5-figure donations for the Party, by maintaining longstanding donor relationships and cultivating new ones. My responsibilities included:-Managing a portfolio of 155 donors and prospects.-Project managing the Party's donor giving club the Liberty Network, delivering bespoke donor events and communications for the Network and leading on its overall strategy.-Undertaking prospect research to identify potential new donors. -Recording donor information precisely and compliantly on CRM databases Salesforce and Raiser's Edge.-Recruiting senior Party figures to join the Liberty Network Board and co-chairing the quarterly Network board meetings.

London, United Kingdom

As a Philanthropy Officer I was fundraising from high net worth individuals to secure 4- 6- figure donations for the charity's £100million Stop MS Appeal. My responsibilities included: -Managing a portfolio of around 150 donors and prospects, building and maintaining relationships through delivering bespoke donor journeys and excellent stewardship. -Writing donor proposals and project up date reports, working with the research team to ensure scientific medical research was communicated to donors in an accessible and compelling format. -Team lead for the charity's giving club, Stop MS Pioneers, which involved developing strategy and supporting the chair and the advisory board, which I put together, with fundraising asks. I was also responsible for budgeting and planning for the programme and measuring performance by setting KPIs.-Supported senior members of staff, such as the Chief Executive and the Executive Director of Engagement and Fundraising, with management of their donor relationships and solicitation. This included supporting the management of the Stop MS Appeal Board, made up of some of the UK's leading business people driving the fundraising campaign.

• Managed the rolling programme of small and medium sized trusts and foundations, increasing the number that give by identifying potential donors through prospect research.• I also worked across several of the charity’s fundraising teams including major donors, corporate, special events and community and challenge events.• Splitting my time between these various team enabled me to develop my written and verbal communication skills, learning to tailor for different audiences.

• I oversaw and aided the organisation of the charity’s City Christmas Fair held at the Draper’s Hall in London supporting the events committee with administrative tasks including:o Processing ticket sales – updating ticket sales spreadsheets.o Responding to email and telephone enquiries about the event.o Pulling mail merges and stuffing and franking envelopes with event invitations.o Updating the database with contact details of attendees following the event.

I supported the Fundraising team with their administrative tasks. For example, updating the copy for fundraising packs, tracking supporters’ fundraising pages and recording information on charity of the year applications in a tracker spreadsheet.

Responsible for co-ordinating the Delegation Managers from the ECE Head Office which mostly entailed crisis management when the Delegation Managers faced issues on their tours.

• Responsible for the safety of 50 foreign high school students as they toured the UK and France on an educational programme.• Responsible for making the programme come alive, ensuring the students were engaged in the educational content of the programme.• Occasionally acting as a tour guide, imparting knowledge of the places we visited.• Ensuring the students got from A to B, liaising with coach drivers, ferries, hotels and restaurants and dealing with problems that arose with mass bookings and travel.

Msc, Gender

Politics, 1St Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Campaigns Officer for Amnesty International, Aegis Soc, Seconds Team Lacrosse, Musical Theatre society.

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