Volunteer Fundraiser

What will you be doing?

Our charity delivers a range of awareness campaigns and support services to patients, relatives, partners and  who have been affected by a CHEMSEX;  We are urgently looking for 2 experienced fundraiser volunteers who are able to develop a fundraising strategy, create fundraising events and assist with a donor journey from creation to inception. Even though we are a small organisation we have big ideas and would like to draw on your experience in the fundraising world to help the charity be sustainable especially after the lack of funding throughout COVID-19. We would like the volunteers to help with:

Develop new and imaginative fundraising activities, same of which involve organising events Project manage fundraising events, from inception all the way through to evaluation Recruit and promote supporters and volunteers for challenge and national events. Assisting with researching and approaching corporate entities for event sponsorships, partnerships, Charity of the Year partnerships, and donations from corporate foundations Writing emails and speaking with potential partners about the work of Chemsex families users Support with the aim of securing funds for the organisation Maintaining the fundraising database, ensuring accuracy and consistency of all records; Development in fundraising opportunities Keeping in contact with past donors and assisting in finding new donors Communicating with past fundraisers and encourage them to consider fundraising in the future Assist in marketing our events Development / Improvement of fundraising support (e.g fundraising packs and materials) Communicate with current donors and fundraisers

You will be working with the charity’s founder and Chair who will provide an overview of our existing fundraising materials, our brand and how we have approached fundraising to date.

What are we looking for?

As a small charity our fundraising circle has been small. However we now need experienced fundraisers to open up that circle to get other donors and companies to fundraise for the charity. We are looking for a volunteer who has:

Strong writing and editing skills Good computer skills and a willingness to be contacted via email and/or video chat Experience of working on fundraising strategies Ability to quickly understand the needs of our team, organisation and our services users (we are not expecting you to know about the condition we support) Can ask key questions to enable us to clarify requirements Understands the resource constraints of a small charity and is able to work with these Open to feedback A passion for fundraising for small charities Ability to work flexibly on your own and as part of a small team with enthusiasm and commitment Good initiative and ability to work with little direct supervision but will ask when help is needed Be comfortable volunteering within a small team or by yourself Experience of writing funding proposals and working in fundraising would be an advantage Strong organisational skills Knowledge of corporate fundraising techniques including Charity of the Year, sponsorship, donations, marketing would be an advantage An ability to present and engage potential partners/sponsors in a compelling way Maintaining strict confidentiality

What difference will you make?

Your fundraising efforts will contribute towards:

Helping everybody to take control of their Chemsex, using any technology that we have available, to make things as easy as possible for those who struggle accessing traditional Chemsex services. Helping to minimise risks when they are using Chems (sexual health, mental health, physical health and safety). Delivery of accurate, reliable and very practical information regarding Chemsex, particularly information that covers vital areas that people struggling with Chemsex continue to search for but does not yet exist. Helping to learn how to negotiate boundaries, especially on hook-up apps. Helping people to be able to re-engage with sober sex, and to find different ways to explore intimacy without drugs. Helping people to reconnect with the community and to be able to experience joy without Chems.

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