Trusts, Foundations & Statutory Fundraising Manager

Zarach is the children’s bed charity, and we’re on a mission to end child bed poverty in England, giving children the opportunity to engage at school and a chance to break the cycle of poverty.

Since we were formed in 2017, and registered as a charity in 2018, we have gone on to provide bed bundles to almost 9,000 children through our partnerships with schools who make referrals to us to support their most vulnerable children.

Our cause and story have captured the nation’s attention, and we have been provided with an incredible national platform that has seen us appear on local and national TV, on radio and in the national press. This has included appearances on BBC Breakfast, Channel 4 News, Radio 5 Live and The Independent newspaper supported our Christmas 2023 appeal, culminating in Zarach being the front-page story on Christmas Day.

In our short history we have received continual funding support from a range of charitable Trusts & Foundations, as a vital part of our overall income and resources mix.

With over 4.3 million children in the UK living in poverty – including 1 million experiencing destitution and around 900,000 living in bed poverty – we have an aspiration to reach more children, in more areas of high need across the country.

To further develop our areas of activity, we are looking for an experienced and successful Trusts & Foundations professional to join our team. We are committed to building our capacity in this area of work so we can look to securing increased income from smaller and larger scale, local and national funders, and via one-off, single-year and multiple-year funding.
We are also wanting to explore opportunities to secure public sector contracts due to the unique engagement we have with families and the signposting support we can provide.

If you see that joining a still relatively young, exciting and developing charity, that has gained national recognition is for you, please do read through the key information, main aims of the post and the person specification to help you consider making an application. We would also recommend that you look at us on Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube and LinkedIn to gain a
good sense of our work and the support we are so fortunate to have.