Tom Abbott Email & Phone Number

Rochester, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

Leading the brilliant fundraising, retail and communications teams at St Christopher's Hospice. With income targets in excess of £16m, the teams support the charitable mission of the hospice and work every day to make the experience of death, dying and end of life immeasurably better for people and their families facing the most difficult of times.

London, England, United Kingdom

Essex, England, United Kingdom

East Surrey And West Sussex

East Surrey And West Sussex

Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Managing a team of 8 community and events fundraisers to deliver a variety of activity in order to reach income targets of around £1 million.

Maidstone, Kent

Developing and delivering a programme of mass participation events to raise funds for the Hospice.This includes:Planning and delivery of all event elements, marketing and social media, sourcing and booking all event elements and venues within tight expenditure budgets, liaising with corporate partners and sponsors, writing and managing budgets (individual event budgets and annual budgets), managing staff and volunteers, responsibility for health and safety, customer experience and having overall responsibility for ensuring the events provision reaches and exceeds challenging targets for each event and annually.Over a year I personally manage 15 large scale events from start to finish and have input in to a number of smaller events delivered by other members of the team.

Canterbury, United Kingdom

I was responsible for the development, management, marketing and delivery of volunteering projects and events that engage a wide range of students from many different backgrounds. Projects were focused towards the local community and excellent relationships with organisations and charities were essential. All activities were delivered according to annual budgets which I applied to the board for and are granted based on performance and marketing plans I had prepared. I also managed the online volunteer brokerage system and support various student groups, including Raising & Giving, to deliver their events.Through all areas of my role I am responsible for health & safety, safeguarding, financial management and control, performance control, feedback, evaluation, development and quality control of all projects, activities and events.

London / Kent / Cyprus

As a self-employed events consultant I delivered, advised and assisted in the production of a wide variety of events in London, Kent and also overseas.Working with Universities, as well as outside of the student movement, I set up my own company to offer events consultancy and delivery on numerous different events and special occasions. I have consulted and delivered events for nightclubs, weddings, conferences, showcases, information fairs, student activities and delivered my own brand of student nightclub events. I sourced and booked all event elements on behalf of the clients including venues, AV, guest speakers, celebrities, entertainment and more.As a self-employed individual I am solely responsible for the financial, legal, ethical and reputational well being of the company.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the creation, management, promotion and delivery of all of the social activities of the Union. Events were delivered with the focus to hit financial targets and to make profit in order to fund other areas of the Union. Events included club nights, society events, fundraising activities, the Give-It-A-Go programme, annual dinners, awards nights, cultural development activities, information fairs, Union-University relationship building events and staff development activities. Responsible for the financial stability of all events across the year according to the budget provided, health and safety of all events, the impact of events on student engagement and satisfaction statistics and to develop the role of events and activities to aid other areas of the Union

London

Twice elected as Students’ Union President. City University London Students’ Union is a small Union and at the time of my Presidency there had been no General Manager/CEO in place for five years. As well as representing the members of the Union I worked hard to build a better relationship between the Union and its stakeholders, ultimately leading to an increase in the Block Grant, which funded the appointment of a new General manager by the end of my second term. I also oversaw the implementation of a new 5-year strategy, introduced a revolutionary volunteer Advice and Representation provision, developed a new Health and Safety strategy, overhauled an outdated constitution and laid the foundations for changes to the Union required by new charity.

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Football

Bsc Psychology

Activities and Societies: Football

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