Fundraiser (Trusts and Foundations)

TVAP CIO is a medium sized charity with a 40-year proven  history of making a positive difference to the disabled community.

We have a very clear mission - to make life fairer, more fun and less stressful for families and individuals with disabilities.

We are looking for a friendly and dynamic fundraiser to join our team and manage our Trust and Foundation applications. We need someone who cares and who wants to make a real difference, ideally with a disability background or a working knowledge of disability issues.

The Thames Valley Adventure Playground (TVAP) is run by the CIO Trustees and through their Playworkers and support staff provides safe and stimulating play and learning opportunities for over 25,000 visiting families and individuals with disabilities every year. TVAP also offers additional support to families through our respite and ancillary services.

TVAP is an inclusive adventure play space where siblings, friends of a child with additional needs and children from the local community are always welcome to come and join in the fun, play together and experience a special TVAP adventure.

Every child has the right to play and be safe.

This post is a unique opportunity for you to make a positive difference to thousands of individuals living with disabilities. The working hours will be a flexible 16 hours per week and the post is offered for an initial period of 1 year, which will be renewable by mutual agreement. You will work mostly from home but to inform your applications and keep the Trustees and the Team informed you will be required to come into TVAP often.

 An ideal candidate will possess:

- Solid experience and proven track record of fundraising with Trusts and Foundations.. 
- Exceptional skills in creating compelling funding applications.
- Excellent understanding  fundraising platforms and donor management 
- Strong communication skills

As our Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser you will develop and influence our funding strategy, identify, actively seek out and engage trusts, foundations and other funders by writing compelling and comprehensive bids, presentations and applications.

Your ultimate goal is to raise a significant amount of funding and all-out support from Trusts and Foundations for TVAP CIO.

We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about helping others, have a proven record of Trust fundraising and are ready to take on this exciting opportunity and help us to build sustainable engagement with existing and new supporters.

For more information please feel free to email the Charity Manager, Gary Warrington at TVAP