Target-driven fundraising and marketing solutions
Catherine Bennett, Associate Consultant
Catherine has worked in fundraising for over ten years and has previously held senior roles in a range of charities including Breast Cancer Campaign, Help the Aged and more recently, running the Fundraising Directorate at the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID). She has a strong track record delivering solid and sustained year on year growth and has particular specialisms in corporate fundraising, commercial partnerships, trusts, events and legacy fundraising. A lateral thinker, Catherine has wide experience of tackling a range of challenges from across the fundraising mix and is adept in developing fundraising strategies that deliver strong results.Grahame Darnell, Associate Consultant
Grahame has worked in the not-for-profit sector for over ten years following a successful career in commercial sales and marketing. He has worked up to Director level and is an expert in a number of fundraising disciplines. He has delivered results in several organisations such as RNID, where he led a Corporate and Events team that doubled net income over 4 years and NCH as Assistant Director of Fundraising where he delivered a new fundraising strategy that grew net income by 20% in 2 years. Working as a fundraising consultant he has successfully helped a number of charities, big and small, to develop a formula for success by combining his blend of commercial sales and marketing experience with professional fundraising and strategic management skills.
Catharine Langrish - Associate Consultant (currently on maternity leave)
Catharine brings 14 years’ knowledge and experience of successfully developing and implementing fundraising from a variety of sources (including individuals, trusts, corporate, community and government) for charities of varying sizes in health, mental health, education, human rights and development sectors.
Catharine is an all-round fundraising specialist, with particular strengths in: fundraising audits; strategic development; start-ups fundraising operations; establishment of new trust and major donor fundraising programmes; development of new funding relationships; bid-writing; and team recruitment and development.
Jackie Mendoza - Director & Principal Consultant
Jackie has just under 20 years’ commercial sales, marketing and voluntary sector fundraising experience. She started her career in the sector as a Corporate Partnerships Account Manager and worked through to Director level for a range of charities including Age Concern England, Victim Support, Breast Cancer Care, Kids, Rethink and Childhood First. Jackie’s strengths lie in managing change, kick-starting or trouble-shooting income streams and setting up fundraising functions. Her specialisms include new business development, corporates, major donors and change management as well as an increasing interest in digital and social media.
Clare Skivington - Associate Consultant
Clare is an experienced fundraiser specialising in major donor development, corporate fundraising, event management and interim management.
She has been working in the sector for over 15 years. Clare started her career at Oxfam GB as a campaigner and moved to their fundraising department culminating in heading up their major donor team raising £2.8 million. Since leaving Oxfam, Clare has worked with The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, Pump Aid, IntoUniversity, Action for Children and JUCONI Ecuador.
Her achievements include successfully managing teams though times of significant change, writing bids of up to $8,000,000 and securing income from individual major donors of up to £250,000
