Michael Higgins Mciof Email & Phone Number

Stanford-Le-Hope, Gb

Raising funds through trusts and foundationsRaised £24,100 from four trusts

Researching potential funders

Corringham, Essex, Uk

Freelance trusts and digital fundraising consultant, current clients:Ocean Stars TrustRGC Wheelchair RugbyHope For African CommunitiesJournalism ClubBlack British Classical FoundationOpen Arts

Home-Based

Raising money to expand their art coursesRaised £3,000 from three trusts

Basildon

Raising money through trusts and foundationsRaised £10,750 from five trusts

Home-Based

Raising money for new equipment through trusts and foundationsRaised £60,000 from fourteen trusts

Home-Based

Raising money to set up a new sewing school in Sri Lanka through trusts and foundationsSuccessful in raising £11,105 from seven trusts

London, United Kingdom

Creating pages for events and training courses on EventbriteCreating a ‘How To’ guide for setting up web pagesHelping out at First Thursday events in person and on ZoomReporting statistics on events using ExcelCreated online application form for the bursary scheme and for First Thursday speakersManaging the bursary schemeRecording, editing and publishing Zoom sessions to YouTubeManaging the Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts

Home-Based

Raising money through trusts and foundations.Raised £23,000 from four trustsManaging the bank accountArranging Zoom meetings for the committeeHelping out at events

Home-Based

Raising money to set up the mentoring scheme in new schools through trusts and foundationsSuccessful in raising £31,600 from fourteen trusts

Home-Based

Raising money to set up Nation Children's Coding Festival 2018 through trusts and foundationsRaised £5,000 from three trusts

Home-Based

Writing articles for websiteCopy-editing articles for other contributors

Home-Based

Raising money for new equipment through trusts and foundationsSuccessful in raising £3,171.87 from four trusts

Grays

Researching and applying to trusts and foundationsUpdating LinkedIn profileHelping out at Volunteer AwardsSuccessful in raising £10,500 from seven trusts

Basildon

Researching and applying to trusts and foundationsEditing website (www.basmind.org) through W3 Web ManagerCreated LinkedIn, Twitter and Pinterest profilesSuccessful in raising £32,500 from ten trusts

Southend On Sea, United Kingdom

Checking and updating donor and Gift Aid details on Raiser's Edge and CybertillCollating donations on ExcelRecording Direct Debit and Standing Order payments on Raiser's EdgeProcessing PayPal donations

London, United Kingdom

Updating the website (www.childhope.org.uk) through online CMS (WordPress, formerly Wirenet), by adding the latest news, project spotlight articles, sponsored event details, job/volunteer opportunities, and uploading photos and files for downloadMoving content across from old CMS system to newCropping, resizing and captioning images using PhotoshopEditing, subtitling and adding credits to video files using AVS EditorPromoting events, job opportunities and project reports on social network sitesCreated pages on LinkedIn and Google+Added Justgiving and e-mail list sign-up apps to Facebook pagePromoting the Live Below the Line campaign in 2012 and 2013, by researching companies, university groups and food bloggers to promote the event to, contacting them to gain participants and sponsors, also event participant in 2013Researching and contacting university RAG societies, and applying to become an official charity, created an information pack for societies, and recorded all details in ExcelSuccessful in becoming an official charity for Birmingham City University and University of East Anglia RAGsResearching new trusts using Fundraiser UK and Charity CommissionUsing Raiser’s Edge to set up new donors, record donations and Gift Aid, add trust details, run reports and add document linksHelping out at events Sound:check and ChildHope 10kOrganised an ‘intern forum’, so that all volunteers and interns can meet and discuss their current projects and any concerns they haveProof-reading all articles before publication on the website, also the Children and Young People’s Participation Training Workshop Guide (being published soon), and helping colleagues who are at university with proof-reading their courseworkCounting and bagging street collection takingsEnclosing and franking mail-outs

London, United Kingdom

Promoting the Live Below the Line campaign, by researching companies, university groups and food bloggers to promote the event to, contacting them to gain participants and sponsorsContacting companies to obtain raffle prizes and free gifts for events, also contacting members of Team GB to ask for signed merchandise to use as raffle prizes, successful in obtaining: four tickets to the London Eye, two tickets to Adventure Wonderland, two tickets to Gulliver’s Theme Parks, two tickets to The 99 Club, and signed merchandise from Team GB’s Hannah WhelanResearching and contact branches of Soroptimist International, to become charity of the yearMonitoring the social networking and websites of other charities, recording current news and tracking likes/followsResearching trusts online using New Grant Maker AlertUsing Raiser’s Edge to record donations and Gift AidCreated LinkedIn page

London, United Kingdom

Updating download library (AutoLib XML)Researching new clients onlineLogging offsite storage (Excel)Digitising audiobooks (WaveLab)

Basildon, Essex, Uk

Dispatching files for clinics and auditsUpdating databases (Access/Citrix/PAS)Reporting clinic statistics (Excel)Dealing with phone queriesScanning and uploading old files (WinDIP)

Basildon, Essex, Uk

Basildon, Essex, Uk

Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex, Uk

Updating the contact details fact-sheetFinding postcodes for the mailing list databaseHelping with street collectionsAuditing accounts

Basildon, Essex, Uk

Mmath, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Alternative and Indie Music Society 1999-2002 (Secretary 2001-2), RockSocFirst

Foundation Course, Working For A Charity

Includes Listening Books volunteer work.

European Computer Driving Licence

Education record

A-levels Pure & Applied Mathematics A Chemistry B Physics B GCSE Information Systems B

Education record

10 GCSEs A*-C

Education record

Completed: Fundraising 101 Currently studying: How To Write A Grant Proposal Accounting & Bookkeeping For Everyone Creative Writing.

Education record

Gain Confidence In Major Donor Fundraising