Senior Philanthropy consultant specialising in social justice causes. Fifteen years’ experience of working with HNWs, boards and senior volunteers through participation in high profile awareness raising campaigns, capital projects and mid-value and major giving programmes.
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The X Factor
Last year I started writing a memoir. This probably sounds laughable to some people reading this. I mean, seriously, what…
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Just Giving
In his book ‘From Generosity to Justice’, President of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker, writes “we don’t make progress without…
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Major Donor Fundraising – Digital vs Analogue?
Anyone who has worked with me will probably concur that whilst I’m no Luddite, I’m perhaps not an obvious choice…
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What’s the emotion driving your fundraising story?
About 6 months ago someone retweeted something into my timeline that’s made me think more about the power of storytelling…
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Fundraisers – It’s Time to Get Personal
There were a number of things I’d planned to do during lockdown. I had all the best intentions to do…
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The Story of Us
As Campaign Director at The Scouts, something that has been preoccupying my mind a great deal of late has been…
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Trust Me, I’m a Fundraiser
It’s hard to overestimate the importance of trust right now. When we are surrounded by uncertainty, when we witness daily…
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Relationship Fundraising – Be a Swan Not a Magpie
Relationship fundraising is one of those phrases that gets thrown around a lot, but isn’t is just a bit too…
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What’s Our Story? – Fundraising for the Arts Post Brexit
Yesterday some of the UK’s most prominent cultural institutions expressed their deep concern over the impact of Brexit and our…
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Let Me Entertain You?
We’re not here to entertain people. Every fundraising event I’ve produced has started from this basic premise. If your…
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Money Makes The World Go Round?
Money. It’s emotional isn’t it? Show me someone who isn’t capable of getting hot under the collar about it. Having…
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The Dark Art of Major Donor Fundraising?
Early on in my career I asked a Fundraising Director what were the two things I most needed to be…
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The Altruist – coming soon!
