Part of a dedicated capital campaign team tasked with raising funds to build a new fit for purpose base in Cambridgeshire for the charity. More shortly….

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Heading up the Corporate Fundraising Team at this important charity where our mission is ensure all spinal cord injured individuals are able to lead a 'fulfilled life after injury'. SIA’s aim is to be the go-to place for everyone affected by spinal cord injury (SCI), so that we can quickly connect them to the vast network of people, organisations, and services they need.• Secure corporate, trust and foundation plus major donor funding for a portfolio of services worth £750,000 – 40% of the charity’s turnover. • Responsibility for the charity’s management and growth of corporate relationships across the financial, legal and health sectors as well as the much prized official charity partner of Williams F1 Racing.• Overseeing the development of sixty high value donors ensuring they receive regular communications on the charity’s service delivery as well as producing progress reports for both the CEO and Board of Trustees.• Team member who helped the charity win the coveted adoption by The October Club in 2019. This partnership raised £800K in new revenue for SIA and I secured four donations of £50K – two existing and two new. • Ensuring the highest standards of support and stewardship to all my relationships as well as attending regular management meetings for financial forecasting and sharing best practice.

The GSTTKPA is a volunteer run charity aimed at providing an improved experience for kidney patients, and their families, being treated at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals. The charity was also a grant making organisation for project connected to Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals that would benefit kidney patients and their families. Some of the projects we supported included covering the costs of a book aimed at explaining to children who had a parent with kidney disease what to expect when faced with dialysis. Committee Member initially before being promoted to Vice Chair in March 2011 and Trustee in May 2014 all before by the age of 28. Responsibilities include: - Advising and considering fiscal and strategic direction for the charity- Chairing the monthly meetings in the Chair's absence- Leading a sub group responsible for the instigation of the now annual Patient Fun Day (involving around sixty kidney patients)- Editor for the thrice annual 'KidneyTalk' newsletter that is distributed to in excess of 2000 patients- Experience of comprehensive database management and was project lead for the upgrading of the charity's storage system. Migrating from a non existent system to a fully integrated programme supplied by One and One with top feedback from colleagues. -Supporting the charity's administrator with the preparation of agendas, papers and action plans for our monthly meetings and AGM.

Based in their fundraising team with a focus on planning and overseeing creatively impacting events along with the challenging project management of multiple incomes streams. Specifically:Community - 'in aid of events' including golf days, dinner/auctions and quiz nightsCorporate - Charity of the Year adoptions, dress down days and team building exercises. This included winning the pitch for the charity to be adopted by the Worshipful Company of Saddlers' in 2014, one of the oldest livery companies in London, founded in 1363. I worked alongside twenty businesses - in varying sizes - with the stand out success being a £25,000 client relationship with Barclays Bank that I managed for four years. Achievements:- Project led a twelve month campaign to apply and effectively execute the prestigious and highly sought after Royal Wimbledon Golf Club's Captains Charity Day 2014.- £100,000 was raised to contribute to a wider £1million charity campaign called the Making EVERY Kidney Count Appeal - the largest sum ever generated from a combined in house and supporter led fundraiser. - Elected charity media spokesperson providing commentary through local/national radio and television on trending industry issues such as organ donation, disease management (transplantation, dialysis and diabetes link to kidney failure)- Interviewed on The Moral Maze (Radio 4 - see link) in February 2012 whilst cross examined by key opinion leaders- Devised concept of the charity's first racehorse ownership syndicate. Devised and oversaw the development of this initiative between 2012-2014. A successful fundraising model generating £20,000, double the intended target, and securing strong tri media exposure culminating with an interview on Channel 4 Racing featuring charity ambassadors during World Kidney Day, with an audience reach of 780,000.

Enforced absence from work due to health reasons.

I started on a three month graduate internship which progressed into a permanent position at one of London's top public relations agencies. JSC Sport specialise in lifestyle, sports, food and drinks and venue sectors honing some of the most efficient campaigns in the business. My client experience included servicing the Investec Derby at Epsom Racecourse, the William Hill Winter Festival (at Kempton Racecourse) and the internationally established Highclere Thoroughbred Racing - one of the UK's leading racehorse ownership syndicates. Achievements:- Distributing press releases to racing and national press- Establishing and progressing the company's social media accounts- Securing quotes from key stakeholders including racehorse trainers and owners- Delivering new business pitches with the Founder and Managing Director and securing one new business lead during my time there