In May 2010, Acorns Children’s Hospice approached The Affordable Fundraiser with the combined need to raise funds quickly from trusts and foundations and build capacity within the organisation’s fundraising team. To this end The Affordable Fundraiser swiftly took over management of trusts and grants fundraising for the organisation and over the following months trained a member of staff to do the same. With this successful combination of external expertise and internal support, the first year’s income target was exceeded, and The Affordable Fundraiser was delighted to work with the organisation for over 6 years.
Service cost to Acorns (ex VAT): £63,735
Funding secured: £2,316,609
‘We worked with James for a number of years and the level of success he consistently achieved was exceptional. Working with a number of our team, James offered support with managing existing trusts, whilst identifying new trusts and helping to compile new and engaging cases for support. Overall we are delighted with his work and it has added real value to our fundraising efforts.’
Richard Brown, former Individual Giving Manager
International health charity, Arrhythmia Alliance recruited The Affordable Fundraiser in August 2008 to take over management of trust and grants fundraising activity for both A-A and its two sister charities, The Syncope Trust and Reflex Anoxic Seizures (STARS) and The Atrial Fibrillation Association (AFA). With major applications to international foundations and The Department of Health, supplemented by regular smaller applications to UK trusts, all three organisations had considerable success over the following three years.
Service cost to A-A (ex VAT): £33,752
Funding secured: £396,215
‘The Affordable Fundraiser not only met but exceeded targets to increase sustainable income and secure project funding. Researching and producing high-quality grant applications together with regular updates proved a winning formula.’
Trudie Lobban MBE, Founder & Trustee
The Affordable Fundraiser first started working with Different Strokes in December 2012 at a point when the charity wished to consolidate and build on its grants and trusts fundraising, and free up capacity in-house for service development and delivery. The Affordable Fundraiser has since established a growing list of regular trust funders for the organisation’s support services, assisted staff in securing a significant grant from the Government’s Local Sustainability Fund, and continues to research new sources of funding for both core and project work.
Service cost to Different Strokes (ex VAT): £114,775 (December 2012 – April 2024)
Funding secured: £914,688
‘James is great to work with. He is great at listening to what our priorities are, and has really got to know and understand our charity. He then combines this with his expertise to find the right trusts and foundations to approach. He has a great track record at sourcing new potential funders, and has a very high pound raised to pound spent ratio. I look forward to working with him for many years to come.’
Austin Willett, Chief Executive Officer
Other health-related charities we have worked with include:
Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice
Cheltenham and Gloucester Hospitals Charity
Havens Christian Hospice
Lilian Faithfull Care
Tough Enough To Care