What is it?

Healthy fundraising requires many things to be in place in a charity: good governance; clear communication between departments; high morale amongst fundraisers; good, clear materials; easy access to decision makers; clear information on what the organisation does and how it monitors and evaluates that; and long term plans that are understood across the organisation.  When one or more of these is lacking fundraising can suffer, targets are missed and turnover of
staff is high. 
 

It makes economic sense to understand why fundraising sometimes doesn’t work as well as it should.  Fundraisers are the highest paid of charity employees along with IT staff and keeping them and building their skills is a good use of charitable resources.  Lisa Dowling provides a ‘House Doctor’ style service within Midas for charities wanting to get to the root of problems around fundraising and develop new ways of working.

Much of Lisa’s work is with charities who:  

• Are having trouble with their fundraising in one way or another;
• Are struggling with a wide range of projects that are not attracting funding to the extent that they should;  
• Need advice and practical input in how best to present their charity and projects to funders; and
•  Want to ensure that every area of their fundraising is as near perfect as possible in preparation for a big fundraising campaign. 

She might also suggest bringing in other Midas staff when their particular expertise is needed, such as around monitoring and evaluation or communications.

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