The Tudor Trust is an independent grant maker that supports charities and community groups across the UK; each year the Trust made grants to organisations working to address the needs of marginalised communities. My role as a grants manager included: - Supporting Tudor’s grant making via assessing funding proposals in grant review meetings and as part of a delegated decision committee; supporting applicants to develop second stage applications; and presenting written and oral information for trustees. My work here ensured Tudor’s annual £20 million grant budget was directed towards a wide range of organisations across the UK. - Contributing towards Tudor’s ongoing risk management by analysing and summarising evaluation reports, audited accounts, and financial information; undertaking due diligence checks; managing and resolving multiple serious incident reports; implementing internal safeguarding practices; and finding solutions/troubleshooting for grant holders when challenges arose. - Successfully demonstrating my ability as a relational grant manager by overseeing a portfolio of 85 grants; developed positive, trust-based relationships with applicants and grant holders via visits and phone calls; implementing trustees’ decisions and providing feedback to applicants; providing constructive feedback to grant holders throughout the duration of their grant. - Providing strategic input into Tudor’s grant making by leading on funding in Northern Ireland and in increasing funding for projects supporting LGBTQ+ communities.

War Child is an international NGO working to protect children in areas affected by war and conflict. War Child delivers programmes addressing the themes of education, child protection and livelihoods in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and Uganda. As Trust Fundraising Executive my responsibilities included:• Working with the programmes team to write a diverse range of funding proposals to independent Trusts and Foundations. • Grant management and admin, including the use of CRM Salesforce. • Writing detailed and analytical reports for funders. • Relationship management with existing and potential funders, including face-to-face meetings and delivering presentations. • Prospect research and donor mapping, as part of the wider philanthropy team. • Assisting with War Child’s portfolio of events, such as the Passport back to the BRITs series of gigs, an annual Thank You event for donors and supporters, and the Winter Wassail.

Stonewall is an international lobbying and campaigning charity for the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* (LGBT) people. My role was within the Workplace team as part of the Diversity Champions programme, a best practice member’s forum for equality in the workplace, with over 740 members globally. My responsibilities included:• Advising clients on equality and diversity best practice, including: policies; training; communications; staff network groups; sexual orientation monitoring; procurement; career-development; leadership; supporting submissions and providing detailed feedback on Stonewall’s benchmarking framework, the Workplace Equality Index. • Client management: fostering and maintaining positive working relationships with over 50 clients from the NHS, to public sector organisations in the West Midlands; delivering workshops and training; and problem solving based on the diverse needs of my client base. • Business development: delivering a personal business plan; researching, liaising and pitching to potential clients; writing business cases and promotional copy for the programme.

• Working across a number of departments and programmes to write funding bids to for a medium sized lesbian, gay and bisexual health and wellbeing charity. •Writing business cases and reports detailing the impact of services and campaigns for funders.• Developing and coordinating campaigns and events for lesbian and bisexual women, as an active member of The LGBT Foundation's Women’s Leadership Group. This included organising events for the Manchester Pride Fringe Festival and International Women's Day. • Presenting detailed financial information to SMT relating to income targets and organisational budgets and maintaining all funding agreements via a customer relationship management programme (CRM). • Writing copy for and proofreading LGBT Foundation sexual and mental health publications, including online content, social media and a regular column in the Foundation's community magazine 'OutNorthWest'. • Developing relationships with corporate organisations; writing tailored copy for fundraising materials; attending networking events; and organising corporate fundraising events.