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Greater London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Catch22 supports people from disadvantaged communities across England and Wales, helping them to lead better lives. Our end game is to encourage government to adopt better public services.I build partnerships with corporates, trusts and foundations, leveraging funding and designing programmes based on social need. My focus is helping people furthest from the job market into sustainable work and training, including young people, serving prisoners and those with limited digital skills.Core areas include: Digital Skills, Digital Inclusion, Online Harms and Media Literacy, Care Leavers and Mental Health.

London, United Kingdom

Worked with Head of Strategic Partnerships and the Director of Income Generation to establish a corporate partnerships strategy for YMCA England and Wales and the federation of local YMCAs.Supported YMCAs with their corporate fundraising initiatives - proof reading proposals, rehearsing pitches, sitting in on meetings and delivering webinars.Explored corporate engagement opportunities within the YMCA network.Secured sponsorship for national events including the Youth Matters Awards and Chief Executives Network Conference.Successfully pitched for a 5 year partnership with an international law firm to support the development of a new youth centre in central London, in partnership with YMCA London City and North - developed a partnership plan for staff engagement and fundraising.Established a partnership with National Grid and engaged young people from YMCAs in their Grid for Good skills sessions online.Established plans for national employability programmes across the federation of YMCAs, and a Corporate Roomsponsor product.Supported the delivery of the Covid-19 emergency appeal and secured £20k in additional funding.

London, United Kingdom

• Worked collaboratively with the CEO, Senior Management Team and Trustees, to maximise all opportunities for significant income growth from corporate partners. • Worked with SMT and Frontline Managers to produce written proposals to target companies and corporate contacts. • Leveraged corporate connections to generate new revenue streams for St Giles Trust• Maintained and developed key relationships with existing corporate supporters such as Lancashire Insurance, Liberum Capital and the Nomura Charitable Trust • Successfully secured COTY partnership with Credit Suisse, worth £600,000. Spent two months embedded at the bank at the start of 2019 to set up the partnership, establish engagement, fundraising and volunteering opportunities. Providing ongoing support to maximise fundraising and engagement throughout the year • Achieved shortlist stage for COTY partnership with Bank of America Merrill Lynch• Established new partnerships with State Street, Big Yellow Storage and Quadrature Capital• Re-established a lapsed partnership with HSBC to fund employability work with disadvantaged young people• Managed the professional mentoring programme – matching employees with staff and volunteers at St Giles Trust to work on professional development• Explored new opportunities for Corporate Engagement and volunteering

London, United Kingdom

Corporate account management – managed 12 corporate partnerships ranging from £5k-£120k per year, including Charity of the Year, cause-related marketing & volunteer partnerships. Managed the delivery of key strategic partnerships with the likes of Sodexo, Elanco and Aspen Insurance (£50-£100k), including reporting, writing newsletters, regular communications (e.g. press releases, posters) Provided support to the team delivering the 2015 Charity of the Year partnership with Credit Suisse (worth £645k) Developed new partnerships, most notably with Bloomberg Working with the Marketing and Communications team on brand-led fundraising partnerships with Coca Cola, Tesco, Canderel and a media fundraising campaign with the Telegraph in 2017 Researched and wrote proposals for potential large corporate partnerships, tailored to specific CSR agendas and business needs Planned, hosted and reported on UK-wide volunteer drives with major partners, involving 300+ employees and 21 FareShare centres Organised a yearly recognition event for funders of all levels Supported the maintenance of accurate records for all accounts and income forecasting for a team target of £600kIndividual Giving – Oversaw the stewardship and development of individual donors - created regular and tailored communication (line managing one P/T Individual Giving Assistant)

London, United Kingdom

Corporate Engagement & Marketing Coordinator • Raising funds in line with the annual income plan from individuals and businesses through corporate volunteering and cause related marketing • Building and strengthening existing corporate partnerships • Working with the projects team to promote and coordinate Corporate Challenge Days for businesses and ensure a positive experience with the charity. Evaluating and monitor corporate volunteering activities to ensure standards are met and improved• Working with the Marketing and Communications Manager to develop and administer cause-related marketing schemes.• Responding to enquiries relating to employee giving and matched giving from employers, marketing payroll giving, challenge events and gift cards to employers.• Writing content for appeals to reach a wide range of potential and current donors. Evaluate campaign success in conjunction with the Marketing and Communications Manager.• Coordinating, developing and promoting Trees for Cities’ individual giving income streams (e.g. payroll giving, e cards etc) through regular giving, the online shop and virtual gifts and in memoriam giving.• Providing excellent donor management in respect of current and prospective individual donors, and communicate with donors effectively and appropriately by telephone, email and mail• Marketing and Communications support for regional and international projects• Reporting on all corporate partnerships according to the specific needs of each business.

London, United Kingdom

Coordinated participants and donations for fundraising events such as the Virgin London Marathon, Bupa 10k and Nightrider 2013.Responsible for editing and developing all website content Developing cause related marketing and employee engagement with the development team and business partnersDeveloped a communications and marketing strategy for the outdoor programme at the City of London Festival, which is to include a Tree Trail and Mobile Orchard.

London, United Kingdom

Provided support to the Project Manager for the Industry Readiness Programme, which engaged 550 university students across the UKEdited a student/employer Q&A film for the company website and YouTube channel using CamtasiaOrganised large scale events, and facilitated speed networking and Q&A sessionsHeld one-to-one careers advice sessions at Greenwich and Kingston UniversitiesManaged a central database for all students to track activity and participation in the programme, based on reports from CRM and SkillportOrganised the design and issuing of completion certificatesDealt with all e-mail queries from employers, students and consultants regarding a mentoring scheme..

London, United Kingdom

Interning in communications and marketing at Trees for Cities. Trees for Cities is an independent charity which inspires people to plant and love trees worldwide. Duties included drafting press releases for large scale tree-planting events all over the country, preparing press releases and researching appropriate press contacts planting events, creating new and editing existing website content, designing web pages, using Campaign Monitor to coordinate quarterly 'Tree Times' newsletter to supporters and patrons, attending meetings and sharing ideas to generate press and gain donations, attending planting events and taking photos for marketing material, assisting in writing a script for telephone fundraising, researching potential celebrity supports and making inquiries with agents, and using social media to promote events and campaigns.

Assessed applications for the London Taxicard Scheme, a partnership between 32 boroughs, London Councils and Transport for London, offering elderly and disabled people subsidised transport. Responded to telephone, email and other written communications from members of scheme, Borough Officers and support workers.Dealt with vulnerable adults, carers and parents of children with disabilities and behavioural problems, both in person and on the phone.Regularly liaised with charities and organisations such as Age UK, The Alzheimer's Society and the Stroke Association, in order to ensure correct information was relayed to members.Provided strong administrative support to the team including minute taking in large-scale Borough meetings and using Outlook to manage diaries and communication. Developed strong ongoing working relationships with the Transport Provider, Borough Officers from 32 London Councils and other support workers.

South West England

Assisted Self-shooting directors at various locations in South West England for BBC One’s ‘Rip Off Britain’. I was responsible for organising travel and navigation, and organising, carrying, setting up and ordering replacement camera kit. I successfully built up rapport with contributors and assisted Director with questions and script. Provided essential support to ensure smooth delivery of footage to BBC London Office.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Journalism Studies

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