Interim 4 month contract while the charity looked to recruit someone permanent in the role. Worked on a 3 month UK Aid Match Appeal for Motivation - leading on individual giving, digital fundraising and community/public fundraising.

Developing plans and managing Tree Aid's individual giving fundraising programme (Individuals, community groups and small trusts). Responsible for growing unrestricted income through donor recruitment and development, leading on legacy fundraising, managing the website, database and supporter services.

Temporary contract with integrated direct marketing agency Tangible. Working with commercial clients (Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland) to develop and run profitable and successful direct marketing (online, email, direct mail) and rebrand campaigns. Involved all aspects of campaign and client management.

Carried out conservation work, including community development projects, anti-poaching patrols and building fences. Improved website and online fundraising results through carrying out a website audit, updating web-copy to generate more donations and devising new fundraising products.

Previously Platform 51 / YWCA . A charity that empowers young disadvantaged women in England and Wales to overcome challenges in their life.Maximised net income and secured long-term support from individual donors (acquisition, retention and development), major donors, community fundraising and legacies. Developed successful fundraising strategies and managed campaigns through; direct marketing (mail, phone, door-to-door), digital fundraising (email, social media, SEO, SEM, affiliates) and community fundraising (sponsored/fundraising events and galas).Supporter retention/care - managed supporter communications, response handling, acknowledgements and donation administration and processing.CRM fundraising database management - administration, maintenance, audits, data quality, segmentation, data selections, manipulation, importing, analysis and reporting.Responsible for team management (staff, temps, volunteers) and also resourcing/managing agencies, suppliers and freelancers.

Previously Platform 51 / YWCA . A charity that empowers young disadvantaged women in England and Wales to overcome challenges in their life.Maximised income and engagement from individual donors. Planned, project managed and evaluated fundraising campaigns (mail, email, phone, door-to-door, online) to agreed budgets, targets and deadlines. Consistently met or exceeded targets.Supporter care/retention - managed donor welcome and reactivation campaigns, developed supporter communications.Fundraising events recruitment and participant support - developed communications and resources to maximise income.Managed legacies and developed legacy marketing approaches.

Conservation projects, community development

Planned, managed and carried out telephone fundraising campaigns to increase donor value, action and loyalty (renewing financial support, fundraising events, campaigning, legacy marketing and donor acquisition).Trained other departments and agencies on communications, supporter care and donor retention strategies and best practices.

Supporter care, compliant handling, high-value donor correspondence, supporting fundraising events enquirers and participants.