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London Tigers - Trust and Statutory Fundraising Consultancy Case Study

London Tigers

Posted on 29 October 2024

London Tigers reaches over 3,000 children, young people and adults marginalised by poverty, disadvantage and racism. With a focus on racially minoritized communities in London, they use the power of sport to improve physical health, mental wellbeing, training/education, life-skills and support community cohesion. A key part of their work is conflict resolution, tackling anti-social behaviours, hate crime and radicalisation/extremism through building trusted networks and relationships with community groups and young people.

Charity Fundraising Ltd began working with London Tigers in 2021 when the charity approached us to increase their capacity for securing grant fundraising.

To date we have achieved £1,052,853 through securing grants from a range of different funding bodies including local authorities, the National Lottery, the Garfield Weston Foundation, Prevent, London Youth and Street Games.

Our support has included:

  • Grant prospect research
  • Grant and tender bid writing
  • Research, consultation and analysis of beneficiary needs
  • Strategic advice and support

We continue to work with London Tigers, on an ad-hoc basis, through the delivery of ongoing fundraising support.

Highbury Roundhouse

Highbury Roundhouse

Posted on 07 February 2022

Based in Islington, Highbury Roundhouse is a youth and community centre which delivers  a broad spectrum of activities and services for children, young people, working age adults and older people alike.

In 2013, the building was earmarked for demolition due to being served a dangerous structures notice. The local community were devastated and Highbury Roundhouse developed plans to rebuild the centre on the same site.

This fantastic charity initially engaged Charity Fundraising Ltd to undertake prospect research and develop the necessary funding applications to secure the income needed.  We supported Highbury Roundhouse to undertake consultation and needs analysis, develop their pitch and supported them with funding applications to bodies such as The National Lottery Fund, Clothworkers Foundation, Garfield Weston and others. Additional mentoring, guidance and bid review services were carried out to help them secure a large grant from Sport England.

“An excellent and professional firm, that understands clients’ needs. Would recommend to anyone seeking professional fundraising advice” – Andrew Berthier, CEO

Capital Fundraising Project

Queen Victoria Seamen’s Rest

Posted on 20 October 2020

Queen Victoria Seamen’s Rest – also affectionately known as the Queen Vic has been helping homeless people in East London for an incredible 176 years. They enable homeless people to escape the street, rebuild their lives and then support them to move on to a home of their own.

The charitable services QVSR deliver are both life-saving and life-changing. Their hostel has been based in the very same building since 1845 – and maintaining the large Victorian building to a modern standard is an undertaking somewhat akin to painting the Forth bridge!

The hostel was in urgent need of refurbishment, many of the rooms were small with very dated decor and the bathrooms were all shared. QVSR needed external funding to achieve this but didn’t have the experience to secure this within their team. They therefore sought a fundraising consultancy with a really strong track record of capital fundraising campaign success and decided to appoint Charity Fundraising Ltd.

To date we have secured grants of £239,800 for the Queen Vic, which has enabled them to make substantial progress with the building works. The support from grant makers towards the project has been fantastic, with lead gifts from The Clothworkers’ Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation and the Methodist Insurance Fund.

Alex Campbell, CEO of QVSR had these kind words to say about working with us:

“Charity Fundraising Ltd are great. Honestly, we’ve really enjoyed working with them. They are complete experts in what they do, they have raised us lots of grants from new funders for us and secured significant return on our investment with them.”

 

Tom Harrison House

Posted on 25 October 2019

Based in Liverpool, Tom Harrison House provides an addiction recovery centre for military personnel.

This fantastic charity initially engaged Charity Fundraising Ltd to work on a small number of grant making trust applications in 2017, in order to generate more grant income to boost their sustainability. Following our initial success, the charity has continued to reappoint us, resulting in grant funding secured to date of £1,960,321.

Our consultancy support has included:

Our success has had a major impact on overall growth. When we started working with THH, their total annual income was around £400k but within a year this had grown to around £730k.

We continue to work with Tom Harrison House to support them in the growth of their organisation and the development of their remarkable services for military personnel affected by addiction.

Mind in Mid Herts

Posted on 04 January 2019

Mind in Mid Herts is a local mental health voluntary association and charity affiliated to national Mind, which delivers recovery focused services to people in St Albans, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield.

Charity Fundraising Ltd started working with the charity in 2015 when they had identified that the sustainability of their services were facing significant risks. They were looking for a consultant that could increase their capacity for securing grant funding.

To date we have achieved £632,147 through securing grants from a range of different funding bodies such as Henry Smith Charity, National Lottery Community Fund and Lloyds Bank Foundation. Through ongoing work in partnership with the charity, we have enabled them to increase their income by over 40% in the last few years.

Our support over the period has included:

  • Research, consultation and analysis of beneficiary needs
  • Grant prospect research
  • Grant and Tender Bid Writing
  • Project evaluations
  • Monitoring and evaluation framework design and mentoring

We continue to work with Mind in Mid Herts through the delivery of ongoing fundraising support and project evaluations.

 

“I find Charity fundraising offer a great service – supporting us finding funding streams and then writing applications. Using the whole team at Charity fundraising with their different skills and experience gives us the whole package.” – Sharn Tomlinson, Chief Executive

Sickle Cell Society

Posted on 21 March 2018

The Sickle Cell Society is the only national organisation supporting people with one of the most common genetic blood conditions in the UK.

Charity Fundraising Ltd started working with the society in 2014 at a point where the organisation had seen annual income falling year-on-year and deficits reported in the previous three years.

To date we have achieved £2,936,798 directly for the society through securing grants and winning contract tenders. We have also developed a comprehensive fundraising strategy and action plan which has helped to achieve substantial growth in individual giving and community fundraising.

When we started working with the society their income in the previous financial year was just £286,000. Working closely with the new Chief Executive since then, we have supported them to more than double their income within three years. By the end of the 2016/17 financial year, income was £607,000.

Our consultancy support has included:

  • Research, consultation and analysis of beneficiary needs
  • Grant prospect research
  • Grant and Tender Bid Writing
  • Public sector partnership prospecting
  • Developing a comprehensive Fundraising Strategy
  • Guiding development of a new website
  • Supporting implementation and monitoring of the strategy including through a quarterly fundraising working group
  • Mentoring fundraising staff on community fundraising and individual giving strategy
  • Project and Fundraising Recruitment support
  • Monitoring and evaluation framework design and mentoring

We continue to work with the society to build on and grow its essential advocacy and support for people living with Sickle Cell Disease and their families.

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