Fundraising & Strategy for Charities

Lizzie Briggs, with long-brown hair and a pale blue shirt, smiling in front of a colourful graffiti mural.

Fundraising Consultancy

Whether you need me to carry out daily fundraising activities or provide expert support with your fundraising strategy, I am here to help strengthen the organisation through its fundraising function.

Strategic Fundraising Support

What I offer:

  • Fundraising Audit – an expert review of your current fundraising performance, identifying gaps, opportunities and improvements for your Board, Senior team, Staff and Volunteers

  • Fundraising Strategy – working with your team to create a sustainable, diverse and achievable fundraising strategy, that is evidence-based and data-driven

  • Evidencing Impact and Communications Audit – an expert review of how you evidence your impact with workable recommendations to improve your data capture/storage, evidencing and analysis for better impact communication to donors/supporters

  • Case for Support – help the team to improve, develop or create a compelling Case for Support for a variety of income streams, that is data-driven and tells your story in a human way

  • Coaching, Mentoring and Training – provide a ‘sounding board’, tailored advice and training to teams and senior managers/fundraisers, creating a more confident, whole organisation fundraising culture and improving fundraising skills

  • Staff Recruitment – support you in identifying, interviewing and recruiting effective fundraisers for your organisation.

  • Digital Fundraising - I work with external consultants to provide support in developing your digital fundraising activities.

Hands on, day-to-day fundraising activities

With experience of all income streams, I can bring calm, clarity, and professional competence to your daily fundraising activities to get things done and generate income.

  • Prospect Research – I can identify and research funding opportunities, mapping out who to apply to, how much to request, and likelihood of success

  • Grant Applications – I am an expert at creating compelling, concise and clear trust applications. I am also happy to edit applications, create reports, and develop systems for recording activity and outcomes.

  • Individual Giving – reviewing your current donor-base and supporters, I can create actionable steps to increase giving, find new donors, identify and approach major donors, harness crowdfunding and Gift Aid, develop events, and create a legacy campaign, where applicable

  • Corporate Giving – I can develop a plan and approach for corporates connected to your cause or local area, whether it be preparing you to manage a Charity of The Year partnership, or carry out sponsorship for events or match giving

  • Community Fundraising – I can help you develop grassroots fundraising where it harnesses your supporters and local passions effectively as an income generator

  • Earned Income – I can help you think through earned income opportunities for your organisation and whether it is a viable opportunity or risky endeavour

  • Fundraising Staff – I can coach, recruit, train or mentor fundraising staff or leaders to grow in confidence and skills, meaning my work doesn’t have to be long-term.

  • "Lizzie took time to really listen to what we needed, and gave us sensible fundraising advice, meaning we could focus on the areas that would offer the best return. It was a pleasure working with Lizzie."

    Ren Renwick, CEO The Pituitary Foundation

The best way to understand how we could work together is to book a 30-minute free consultation.

Whatever your charity size, needs or challenges, I will listen and reflect as to how I could best help you. I am on your side and excited to connect! 

Book a Conversation with Me