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Funding success for TASHA Foundation

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd were delighted to learn that as a result of our consultants working closely with the TASHA Foundation, the Foundation has been awarded a grant worth up to £25,000 from the Department of Health Section 64 fund for its innovative programme of support to first time carers and carers in hard-to-reach communities. TASHA has extensive experience of supporting service users with mental health and/or substance abuse problems. The ground breaking carers programme focuses on the needs of those caring for anyone with those issues.

The Solent Steam Packet Limited

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd are delighted to welcome The Solent Steam Packet Limited as a new client. The Solent Steam Packet Limited own the SS Shieldhall, a Heritage ship included in the National Historic Ships Core Collection and generally recognised to be the largest working steamship of her type in Britain and probably Europe. In the first instance, Funding Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd will be working to research potential funding opportunities and advise on fundraising feasibility.

Association of Fundraising Consultants Membership

Charity Fundraising have joined the Association of Fundraising Consultants (AFC). Members of the Association of Fundraising Consultants are accredited to the highest professional standards available within the European Union. Established in 1990 by fundraising consultants who recognised the need to provide a European professional standard, AFC membership has become a hallmark for best practice within the not-for-profit sector

Committed to advancing philanthropic endeavour, AFC members also subscribe to a rigorous code of practice. Members are subjected to regular client reference checks. Members have the benefit of drawing on an international perspective and shared experience of the fundraising profession. AFC member firms serve clients of every size and purpose within the not-for-profit sector. With a wealth of experience in raising hundreds of millions of pounds, AFC members represent the most respected and qualified consultants available.

Graham Parker, Director of Charity Fundraising Ltd said; ‘ All members of the team at Charity Fundraising Ltd are delighted that further to extensive enquiries made by the Association of Fundraising Consultants, including taking detailed references from four of our client charities, we are now in membership of AFC. Along with this quality mark we are also NCVO Approved Consultants; in Corporate Membership of The Institute of Fundraising; an accredited Open College Network (OCN) training centre; and, an approved Business Link supplier under the Social Enterprise Business Support scheme. We are delighted that the Association of Fundraising Consultants has acknowledged the quality of our services and we are delighted to join them.’

Ipswich Disabled Advice Bureau

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd are delighted to welcome Ipswich Disabled Advice Bureau (DAB) as a new client.

The Ipswich Disabled Advice Bureau is a local, independent agency, which works to support people with any form of disability, their carers, families and others in related fields, who live in Ipswich, Suffolk, and the surrounding area. They provide free and confidential advice, information, advocacy and services and aim to provide advice and information to organisations and agencies serving people with disabilities. They also work to improve statutory services, educate public opinion and co-operate with similar bodies.

Funding Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd will be working with Ipswich DAB to research potential funding opportunities and draft funding applications in support of their work with people with disabilities in Ipswich and the surrounding parts of Suffolk.

Somerville Adventure Playground

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd are delighted to welcome Somerville Adventure Playground as a new client.

Somerville is a grass roots well-established community based Adventure playground serving the Community of New Cross, East London, and the surrounding area. Somerville Adventure Playground offers essential safe playspace; support and activities for school aged children, which they are otherwise denied by their environment.

Funding Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd look forward to working with Somerville Adventure Playground to research potential funders and to draft funding applications for the playground and their work with young people from all ethnic groups.

Nilaari Agency

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd are delighted to welcome Nilaari Agency as a new client.

The Nilaari Agency is a community based drug treatment provider that administers accessible high quality culturally appropriate services. Nilaari aims to improve the emotional and physical health of adults and young people from Black & other Minority communities who misuse or are at risk of misusing drugs and alcohol in Bristol.They target the Black & other Minority communities as these groups are under represented in drug treatment services. However, anyone in need can access their services.

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd will be working with Nilaari Agency to research potential funders and draft high quality funding applications in support of their work with young people from BME communities in Bristol. 

RSPCA Bath and District

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd are delighted to welcome Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Bath and District Branch as a new client.

RSPCA Bath and District exist to shelter and care for unwanted animals in the Bath, northeast Somerset and west Wiltshire areas, until they are successfully re-homed. They run Bath Cats and Dogs Home, one of the largest re-homing centres in the UK with over 3,000 unwanted cats, dogs and small animals relying upon them every year.

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd will be working with RSPCA Bath and District to research potential funding opportunities and to draft high quality funding applications in support of their work with unwanted animals. Application processes will reflect the fact that RSPCA Bath and District service delivery includes work with children and with the elderly involving animals.

Age UK Norwich (formerly Age Concern Norwich)

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd are delighted to welcome Age UK Norwich as a new client. Age UK Norwich is an independent charity and a partner of Age UK. They work to improve the quality of life for all older people in and around the city of Norwich, Norfolk, providing information, advice and care, to help them as far as possible to enjoy independence, security, dignity and well-being.

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd will be working with Age UK Norwich to research potential funding opportunities and to draft high quality funding applications in support of their work with older people.

Transparency International

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd are delighted to be working with Transparency International. The global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world.  TI's mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption. Working with the International Secretariat, Charity Fundraising Ltd will provide professional fundraising input to support the expansion of Transparency International's Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres which provide free and confidential legal advice to witnesses and victims of corruption. Offering a simple, credible and viable mechanism for citizens to pursue their corruption-related complaints, ALACs empower citizens in the fight against corruption. The ALAC approach is already successfully used by TI National Chapters in more than 40 countries.

Graham Parker, Director at Charity Fundraising Ltd, said, “The fact that we have been appointed to work for this highly respected global civil society organisation is due to the impressive reputation achieved by the International Development experience of Paul Parker and Sarah Owen.”