Building partnerships, growing people

One of the fundamental principles of fundraising is that to succeed, you must always act with integrity, staying true to your values and making sure that these are faithfully reflected in your vision.

It’s no different in our role as fundraising consultants - if you lose touch with your reason for being, you also risk losing your way. That’s why I’m so keen to make sure that the culture we build at Gifted is grounded in the people and partnerships that keep us thriving. It’s about sharing our expertise and experience in a field that continues to excite us – philanthropy.

A culture based on empathy and experience

If we believe in the importance of philanthropic giving, our client relationships must go beyond the transactional. We need to start with a clear understanding of what’s motivating volunteer leaders to fundraise.

To do this, the team at Gifted foster a personal history of philanthropy by actively giving time and money to the projects or programmes they care about. In my own career, this has inspired friendships with some remarkable individuals and built longstanding volunteer relationships with a number of different charities. From serving as a Trustee with organisations such as The National Churches Trust, to taking on leadership roles within local government, I’ve been constantly reminded of the power of philanthropic giving.

Simply put, being a good partner to charity leaders and volunteers means appreciating the journey they're on and understanding the challenges they face.

Building great client partnerships

Knowing what it means to give and what’s at stake when you invite others to share your enthusiasm for a project, has helped me to direct transformational fundraising programmes in the UK and overseas.

When I started out more than three decades ago, I had a sense of how important major gifts fundraising was to building financial health and long-term organisational resilience. I still believe that to be the case. But I also realise that you don’t have to make a major gift to be a philanthropist. On the contrary, it's a privilege available to anyone who is prepared to master their wealth, whatever size it may be, and direct it for the greater good.

My experience with clients as diverse as the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Gordonstoun School and Peterborough Cathedral, has taught me that campaigns only win when fundraising is personal; philanthropy flourishes when people are encouraged to give to other people, rather than causes. As we plan for the future at Gifted, this is one truth that will continue to sit right at the heart of the way we do business.

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Client assignments

Animals & Environment

  • Countryside Alliance, London

Arts, Culture & Heritage

  • Black Country Living Museum Dudley
  • Bretforton Theatrebarn Gloucestershire
  • Dr Johnson’s House London
  • Lord Leycester Hospital Warwick
  • Regent on Broadway Palmerston North
  • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre London
  • Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Stratford on Avon
  • The Bach Choir London
  • Young Vic Theatre London

Civic & Community

  • British Library London
  • Centre for Social Justice
  • English Heritage London
  • Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust London
  • Goldsmiths’ Company City of London
  • Severn Valley Railway Kidderminster
  • Skinners’ Company City of London
  • Vintage Trains Charitable Trust Tyseley

Education

  • Brambletye Prep School East Grinstead
  • British School at Rome
  • Cheltenham College Gloucestershire
  • De Montfort University Leicester
  • Edinburgh Business School Scotland
  • Elstree Prep School Woolhampton
  • Gordonstoun Schools Scotland
  • Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh
  • Horris Hill Preparatory School Newbury
  • Kenilworth School Warwickshire
  • King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham
  • King’s School Canterbury
  • King’s School Ely
  • King’s School Tynemouth
  • Mayfield School East Sussex
  • Malvern St James School Worcestershire
  • Moulsford Prep School Oxfordshire
  • Napier University Edinburgh
  • Skinners’ School Royal Tunbridge Wells
  • Solihull School West Midlands
  • St Mary’s Calne
  • Warwick Schools Foundation
  • Whitgift Foundation Schools South Croydon
  • University of Hull
  • University of St Andrews
  • University of Sunderland

Faith & Religion

  • Blackburn Cathedral
  • Canterbury Cathedral Trust
  • Chapel Royal Hampton Court
  • Ely Cathedral
  • Great St Bartholomew London
  • Guildford Cathedral
  • Holy Trinity Sutton Coldfield
  • Leamington Spa Hindu Temple
  • Lichfield Cathedral
  • Peterborough Cathedral
  • Shree Krishna Mandir, Leamington Spa
  • St Albans Cathedral
  • St George’s Mayfair St
  • St John’s Notting Hill
  • St Michael's Boldmere
  • St Paul’s Knightsbridge
  • Worcester Cathedral

Health & Welfare

  • Addenbrooke’s Hospitals Cambridge
  • Colchester Hospital Essex
  • Edinburgh & Lothians Health Foundation
  • Essex & Herts Air Ambulance
  • Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance
  • Kent Surrey Sussex Air Ambulance
  • Royal College of Physicians London
  • The London Clinic Marylebone

International

  • ‘Bear Cottage’ Children’s Hospice Sydney
  • Christ Church Cathedral Dublin
  • Christ Church Cathedral Vancouver
  • Christ Church Cathedral Christchurch
  • Clean-up Australia Sydney
  • Griffith University
  • Brisbane Holy Trinity Cathedral
  • Auckland Landcare Australia Sydney
  • National Trust of Australia Sydney
  • Pretoria Technicon South Africa
  • Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
  • Royal Hospital for Women Sydney
  • Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
  • St John’s Cathedral Brisbane
  • St Mary’s Cathedral Limerick
  • The Southport School Gold Coast
  • University of Canterbury New Zealand
  • Westmead Children’s Hospital Sydney
  • Western Development Museum Canada

Sports & Recreation

  • Marylebone Cricket Club

Young People

  • Friends of Ibba Girls’ School, South Sudan
Services list

Feasibility Studies
Campaign Management

Strategy Reviews and Development Audits
Periodic Consulting

Legacies
Communications

"Andrew Day has been a source of wise counsel and support for our fundraising campaigns at Warwick School, over a number of years. He has given valued strategic oversight and practical guidance throughout and has a huge wealth of experience and understanding of the nuances of fundraising in different environments. Andrew has also given advice and support to the day-to-day operations of the Development Office. Importantly, he has acted as a voice of authority and assurance to our Headmaster and governors that we are 'doing the right things"

Phillip Rothwell
Former Director of Development, Warwick Independent Schools Foundation, Deputy Chair IDPE