Fundraiser

Dreamflight is an independent UK charity that provides amazing holidays for children with a serious illness or disability.

Since 1987 we have taken over 6,500 children on their holiday of a lifetime to Orlando and in recent years have expanded to also offer exciting activity holidays in the UK. The children are accompanied by teams of medical and non-medical volunteers to help encourage independence and confidence and provide lots of fun. Dreamflight needs to raise more than £1m each year to provide such opportunities.

We are looking for an experienced fundraiser who is a highly organised, flexible individual to join this small and friendly team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a charity that punches above its weight and to make a real difference to the lives of deserving young people.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To work with the Head of Fundraising & Communications in order to:

·         Fully support individuals, Fundraising Groups and organisations who are fundraising for Dreamflight

·         Maintain relationships with third party event companies, fundraising platforms etc in order to maximise income

·         Grow income over the next five years by actively securing funds from existing and new income streams including individuals, corporates, legacies and Trust/Foundations

·         Ensure a varied portfolio of fundraising activities are available, including developing and organising new events

·         Represent Dreamflight at community events, to raise funds and awareness (including building new relationships with the small to medium local business community, local groups, societies and faith organisations)

·         Ensure all fundraising activities conform to regulations, legal requirements, best practice, organisational policy, branding etc and complete all necessary returns

·         Maintain accurate records on all fundraising activity via the Salesforce database

·         Report back on a regular basis to the Head of Fundraising and Communications

·         Ensure donors and fundraisers are consistently and appropriately thanked

·         Complete ad-hoc projects/duties as and when they arise. Dreamflight has a small office team, and all staff members must be flexible regarding duties to be undertaken