Periodic
Consulting

Time for some tailored fundraising support?

It could be that you already have a large, experienced in-house fundraising team able to pick up many of the specialist fundraising tasks that consultants usually provide. In these situations, we offer a tailored, step-by-step partnership that complements existing strengths and injects clarity or momentum when it’s needed most.

Key Benefits

Supports your existing fundraising staff with expert advice and guidance when they need it most
Strengthens grant success with major funding bodies like the National Lottery Heritage Fund
Provides short-term additional back-up when planning or delivering a capital fundraising campaign
Helps to ensure that new projects or programmes benefit from wider knowledge and experience

Choosing a bespoke approach

There are several reasons why you might choose periodic fundraising consultancy support over a comprehensive Study, Strategy Review or a full-time Campaign Management services. These include:

1 - Cost-Effectiveness - Engaging consultants on a short-term or project basis is often more affordable than engaging full-time support.

2 - Internal Capacity - You may have an in-house fundraising team but need external expertise for specific challenges or projects.

3 - Strategic Input Only - You might be seeking high-level or specialist advice rather than more general or broad-based fundraising guidance for your entire team.

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National Lottery applications

We also offer a service to help you benefit from our expertise in planning and submitting major applications to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the National Lottery Community Fund, Arts Council England or Sport England. If you’ve never completed an application before, or you’ve struggled to find success with these key grant-makers, you may be interested in engaging us to provide specialist guidance that will set you on your way.

Project development

New fundraising initiatives require careful planning and the appropriate delivery mechanisms. Often your existing team may not have this experience and so the best solution may be to bring in periodic support to ensure that the programme is ready at the right time and with the right impact.

Campaign development support

You may have a sizeable in-house development team, but have plans to launch a major capital fundraising project in addition to meeting your annual revenue costs. In this situation, it makes sound business sense to invest in some short-term additional resource. This could include support with hands on major gifts fundraising, or mentoring and training your in-house team to develop the new skills required.

Training

Sometimes our clients want to focus on skills development. Through our suite of training packages, we can upskill both volunteer leadership and in-house development teams on topics such as asking for the money, prospect evaluation and bid writing.

"We have a small team here at The London Clinic, so the support of Gifted has been invaluable to ensure we progress fundraising plans at pace. The Gifted teams experience mixed with their approachable nature ensures it’s always a pleasure to work with them on achieving our ambitious goals."

Rachael Church
Executive Director, The London Clinic

"Whilst we have a dedicated team of volunteers at St Paul’s, we did not know how to go about raising the funds we need for our project. The training and mentoring package we’ve had from Amy has been so valuable. Not only have we gained new skills to take forward for the future, but we have benefitted greatly from the specialist knowledge about what is required for applications which Amy has given us."

Rev. Michael Woodcock
Parish priest at St. Paul’s, Witherslack