Albion in the Community – regular giving scheme

I have undertaken a range of strategic and work for Albion in the Community (the charity arm of Brighton & Hove Albion football club), including the development of a specially tailored regular giving scheme that would attract supporters of the club and anyone who wanted to help this great charity’s work with the local community.
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Concern – from $18m to $43m

Concern was a key client of TW CAT’s, and the first million-pound account acquired by the agency under my leadership. I was one of the main strategic architects of Concern’s enormous and transformative income growth in the early 2000’s, as we built its voluntary income from €18 million to €43 million in 4 years. Aside from
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Schumacher Society – setting a new direction

The Schumacher Society commissioned me to review their entire organisation and the direction in which it was travelling, as the board was concerned that it had lost its focus. I conducted a comprehensive review of the organisation – from its financial situation and operational makeup through to the vision that each of the trustees had
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Green Party – growing a political movement

The Green Party was a client over a 4-year period, during which I helped them to get maximum value from their limited financial resources.  We built a fundraising and campaigning programme that brought some astounding results and gave them the platform to get their first ever MP elected, in the shape of Caroline Lucas.  
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FFI – building a fundraising programme

Fauna and Flora International has been a client of mine since 2011, and in this time I have helped it to transform its fundraising and membership programme from a very modest position (which several larger agencies had been unable to move it out of) into a one with a range of growing, balanced income streams
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CND – communications strategy

CND was reliant on its individual supporters for both its income and its success as a campaigning organisation. It needed a more planned and co-ordinated approach to get the most out of its relationships with these people, as well as the public at large. The nature of, and possibilities for, CND’s public-facing work was also changing with
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Humanists UK – strategy

Humanists UK had a reasonable-sized membership and supporter base but their fundraising, campaigning and communications to individuals were not as co-ordinated or effective as they could be. They asked me to help them address this. Following interviews and research within Humanists UK I developed a comprehensive fundraising, campaigns and communications plan that provided an integrated approach to
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