Vicky Rees Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for: - Charitable service delivery, including our on-site accommodation in partnership with Imperial Trust - All income streams and managing the fundraising & service delivery team to meet key targets.- Deputise for CEO and part of the SMT.- Trustee and committee liaison, Governance, legal and compliance, risk management for charity, fundraising and service delivery- Responsible for partnership development and agreements with key partners, other charities, NHS and health institutions and providers- Represent and be ambassador for COSMIC in the Media - Financial management, working with bookkeeper, accountants and auditors in preparation of annual accounts.- Senior liaison within key Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, the NHS and all internal and external stakeholders. - Responsible for Foundations & Trust, high value donors and major capital appeals – recent appeal £1.5 million +- Creating strategic plans for the development of the charity. - Management of the charity systems and procedures - reviewing and updating as appropriate - financial, databases and processes. - Managed the merger of the charity alongside CEO.

United Kingdom

RicNic is a genuine youth theatre company - a unique social enterprise where young people really do get to run the show.Each summer, RicNic produces full-scale musicals in amazing venues, where every member of the company - from the director to the dancers to the designers to the drummer - is aged 16 to 21 years.Given responsibility and trust instead of adult supervision, RicNic participants have the best month of their lives proving what remarkable things they can achieve, and developing leadership, teamwork and valuable professional skills at the same time.

London, United Kingdom

Working for a much loved Neonatal Intensive Care charity which supported two neonatal units, thousands of premature and ill babies and their families. - Managed all fundraising income streams.- Responsible for NHS Trust liaison and building relationships within the unit. - Responsible for reviewing systems and procedures and fundraising strategy of the charity. - Responsible for supporting the charity to merge with another charity, including preparing its systems – finances, governance, donors, and service delivery to be able to successfully merge.- Responsible for auditing fundraising – processes, donors stewardships, the diversity of income streams, and development plans.- Preparing reports and attending Trustee meetings.- Reviewing and supporting charitable service and project delivery and its transfer to the new charity.

I worked for an amazing charity which raised money for the Children's Intensive Care Unit at St Mary's Hospital in London, and funded internationally significant research into childhood diseases. Within this role, I worked across all income streams, the charities financial accounts and governance, partnerships and communications, as well as providing strategic direction. Fundraising streams include:• Corporate - new business and account management • Major Donor • Community & Events • Trusts & Foundations• Individual Giving • Partnership Agreements

Responsible for the account management of high value long term corporate partnerships in excess of £700k. This included sponsorship, CRM, staff fundraising, events and COTY.- Strategic development and retention of the account portfolio, including the creation and implementation of account and development plans. - Responsible for creating commercial contracts and ensuring all contractual obligations were met. - Produced and delivered written reports, proposals and presentations both internally and externally.- Financial management of my portfolio- Management of an Account Executive - Worked closely with the new business team to secure new partnerships including attending pitches.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the account management/development of Tesco stores across the UK for the Charity of the Year partnership. - Exceeded my £3m target, doubling income and raising over £6m.- Secured agreement within 3 months to deliver £1m stretch income.- Successfully developed and pitched new fundraising activities to different areas of the business, including securing the first ever UK wide Tesco Extra challenge event. - Leading on the development of a joint corporate and volunteer fundraising strategy to deliver short and long term engagement and mutual benefit.- Developed exciting new national campaigns, which exceeded target and delivered increased employee and stakeholder engagement.- Directly managed a team of 2 through objective setting, assessment and development.- Responsible for overseeing the development and distribution of partnership communications.- Responsible for delivering presentations, engaging senior managers, directors, and stakeholders and representing the organisation at external and internal meetings. - Gaining and maintaining the buy-in of internal stakeholders vital to the delivery of a strategic partnership. - Responsible for reporting on and evaluating store income and activities. Stand Up to Cancer The UK’s first SU2C telethon on Channel 4- Leading on the development of employee communications and activities for lead sponsor of the show - Tesco.

Regional Manager of a National Charity of Year Partnership with Tesco across the North of England. - Secured over 700k in income for the North region, exceeding target by around £100k.- Successfully delivered increased participation in national and regional Alzheimer’s society events.- Engaged a range of senior stakeholders and employees through targeted communications, networking, representing the organisation at meetings, and delivering local service engagement opportunities.- Exceeded the regional income target, through employee engagement, and merchandise sales.The Partnership raised £7.5 milllion and won 3 awards - Third Sector Excellence Award 2012: Best Fundraising Team, Business Charity Awards 2012: Best Charity Partnership, Charity Times Award 2012: Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Retailer.

Responsible for the regional delivery of Labour Party election target seats, national campaigns, fundraising and key stakeholder engagement.- Increased income in multiple fundraising streams, including corporate engagement, sponsorship, pro bono, donations, DM, and major giving.- Successfully delivered against demanding engagement and income goals to win key seats and local elections, and exceed income targets.Areas of Responsibility: • Campaign management and development - including, strategy, planning, delivery, budget setting, monitoring and evaluation.• PR - developing and delivering engagement plans for target audiences, the general public, media, key stakeholders and community groups. • Stakeholder management – political, local government, companies, celebrities, high value givers, community organisations and committees.• Fundraising – leading on the acquisition and development of donors, companies, groups and associations and community organisations. Development and delivery of key area fundraising strategy, targets and plans. • Event management - developed and managed high profile ministerial visits, regional conferences, training programmes, and fundraising events.• Marketing – responsible for development of key messages, campaign themes, and direct marketing segmentation and literature production, as well as regional and local brand management. • Other – In charge of volunteer management and development, change management (regional organisational and constitutional change), and supporting regional policy development.

Burnley

• Built, managed and maintained relationship with a range of organisations across Lancashire. • Managed community campaigns i.e. Fairtrade Town Campaign, including researching, developing and implementing campaign plans; writing and designing publicity material; organising events and photo calls; generating positive press coverage; managing volunteer workers; liaising with, and influencing external contacts such as community groups, businesses, and council members.• Dealt with casework liaising with government and external agencies to resolve problems. • Managed stakeholder databases and information recording.• PR - Liaised with the media, wrote quotes, identified news worthy issues and publicity opportunities, organised photo calls and wrote press releases.

Burnley Mechanics Theatre, Burnley

• Marketing• Channel 4's Big Arts project• Front of House