At a glance

Skills

Fundraising research / Bid writing
Fundraising strategy

Where

Shrewsbury, SY3 7PQ

Mainly at home

Travel limit? It would be helpful to be able to meet in the Midlands but does not need to be based in Shropshire.

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
15-90 hours The role is flexible and task-based. We would hope to work with the volunteer for up to 10 days over a 5 or 6-month period.

Deadline

31 Oct 2024

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Welcome to Reach Volunteering. We are a community and registered charity that connects people, skills and good causes.

To apply for this role, and any other on our platform, you need to be based in the UK, have at least three years of experience using the skills you wish to volunteer in a professional capacity or have lived experience (for trustee roles). Read more about our criteria.

We seek an experienced fundraiser to work with our Director to secure funding for our Creative Pathways programme, which supports young people with fewer advantages to explore the arts, build skills and consider career options.

What will you be doing?

We are seeking the support of a volunteer fundraiser to work with our Director towards raising c.£40k towards two staff roles and our Creative Pathways programme in 2025/26. Creative Pathways supports less advantaged young people to explore the arts in their local area. meet creative professionals and then take up opportunities and roles with the magazine. We use youth journalism to build young people's confidence and skills and both staff work directly with young people.

We have a fundraising strategy, a good list of prospects and plenty of impact evidence to support bids but are facing challenges in maintaining our funding streams in the current climate.Tasks would include:

developing and writing bids to selected funders
further building our prospects pipeline
supporting our approach to donors and sponsors

What are we looking for?

The right candidate will have:

experience in securing grants from trusts and foundations (knowledge of Midlands funders may be helpful)
a good understanding of fundraising for the arts and media sector and/or youth training and career development
some experience of gaining funds through donors and sponsors would be helpful
excellent writing skills

What difference will you make?

The fundraiser would directly help us to maintain our work with disadvantaged young people
Our Creative Pathways programme is currently running local projects with young people in Mansfield and Stoke-on-Trent, with care experienced young people in Dudley, and with rural young people in Shropshire. The programme also provides training and mentoring for around 20 trainees to support their entry into the cultural sector each year. It supports two staff roles who work directly with young people
Our current funding for Creative Pathways finishes in July 2025.
The fundraiser would help us to maintain these roles and projects and extend our youth journalism approach to other parts of the Midlands. We know there is interest provided we can maintain the expertise and development time for our team.

Before you apply

Please contact us via Reach with any questions. Please then send a cover letter explaining why you are interested in this role and your relevant experience or CV to Diana Walton. Thank you for your interest!

Voice Magazine_volunteer fundraiser brief_Sep2024.pdf

About Voice Magazine

Causes

Arts

Children / families

Education

Training / employment support

Young people

Organisation type:

Charity

Voice Magazine supports young people to develop their creativity, skills and confidence by taking part in the arts and media. The magazine creates opportunities for young people to explore

Fundraiser