With no regular grant support, our independent Gardens Trust is entirely dependent on raising our own funds through income generation, grant funding and gifts.
With the equivalent of £1,000 per day, 365 days a year to raise to cover our ordinary costs, our fundraising work is a constant journey.
Although everyone at the Gardens is involved in some way or another, we are now looking for a bit of dedicated and specialist support from a volunteer..Can you help, or know someone who might be interested?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and imaginative volunteer who has experience with onsite and individual giving, preferably in the heritage or cultural sector.
Below is some detail. If you would like to know more, please email us at cbhallgardens@gmail.com for an email or tel. chat . Many thanks
Here is the link to our general volunteering page for information about the many other roles here that you might find interesting. Volunteering Page
Individual Giving Fundraising Co-ordinator
Objectives
The objective of the role is to generate further income for the Trust through supporting, co-ordinating and making the most of, a small range of individual giving schemes including, but not limited to, GiftAid (entry and donations), our Birmingham Community Lottery site, helping launch our Tree Guardians scheme, promoting legacies and other forms of individual giving.
The Gardens small team always works in a mutually supportive manner, so although this role is specialised and focussed, the work is not isolated; teamwork and cooperative decision making is assumed.
Tasks of this role might include:
- Supporting staff, volunteers and trustees in their activities to raise funds.
- Managing and further developing existing schemes to make them efficient and productive.
- Identifying new opportunities.
- Producing (social) media materials which encourage members of the public to financially support
- Gathering data and ‘good news’ stories to support a variety of fundraising channels.
- Encouraging members of the public to commit to making legacy arrangements in favour of the Society.
- Administering and improving donor and funding database.
About you:
We do not expect you to be a professional fundraiser, this is a volunteer role!
However some of the following skills and areas of knowledge are likely to be in your make up. Support will be happily given and shared to increase your skillsbase.
You have an understanding, even if basic, of heritage and cultural heritage charities and at least some of the following
- You have experience of individual giving/community fundraising, either through your work or previous volunteering
- You have a general understanding of corporate fundraising
- You are familiar with JustGiving, Google non-profits ads and/or and other online donation platforms
- You can write clearly and concisely
- You have a passion for and an understanding of what makes the community tick
- Basic design skills and experience of Canva or other visual …
- You’re reliable and able to work
Days, hours, outcomes and place/mode of work are all negotiable but a commitment to at least an initial six month period is requested.