LOCATION: Thame, Oxfordshire

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Dr Sherrie Baehr / The Silver Lining Board members

Silverlining Job Application Form

JOB SUMMARY: Approximately 15 Hours per week with flexibility to respond to change
A charity fundraiser is employed primarily to increase the contributions of individuals and groups to a charity by building relationships and exploring new fundraising opportunities. Charity fundraisers raise funds from various sources and tend to be categorized according to who they fundraise from. The main categories of fundraiser are: community, corporate, legacy, major gifts, trusts, and events. The Silver Lining Charity fundraiser will be expecting to cover several sources.

A key quality for this position is to be able to build successful relationships with supporters, so the ability to network is crucial. Fundraisers also work to raise awareness of the charity’s work, aims and goals.

The role of Fundraiser/administrator for The Silver Lining will be a coordinating role to bring together the ever growing client groups in London, Sussex and Oxford areas. To manage, with support, the details of activities, funds raised at regular events, reporting schedules for each group, updates to the website, overseeing fundraising by members or family members of the charity and facilitating all aspects of our international trips.

Key tasks and working relationships:

• Motivating and facilitating supporters to maximize the funds they raise;
• Inspiring new supporters to raise money, while maintaining and developing relationships with existing supporters;
• Developing new and imaginative fundraising activities, many of which will be events-based;
• Raising awareness of the charity and its work, at both the local and national level - this may involve giving talks to groups or dealing with the media;
• Organizing traditional activities, such as collections of donated goods and money;
• Developing and coordinating web-based fundraising, online auctions and merchandise sales;
• Working with all forms of media, and producing supporting materials such as posters, websites and newsletters to promote, market and advertise forthcoming events;
• Increasing funds by researching and targeting charitable trusts whose criteria match the charity’s aims and activities;
• Overseeing corporate fundraising, including employee giving and matched giving from employers;
• Managing and updating databases to record donor contact and preference information;
• Preparing mail-shots and correspondence;
• Writing applications and mail-shots, using direct mailing to reach a wide range of potential and current donors;
• Recruiting organizing and managing volunteers to fulfill various functions within the charity;
• Making risk analyses for clients and events
• Managing confidential personal and private records for members of the charity in accordance with data protection.
• Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Developing new and imaginative fundraising activities, often events-based
• Working with media outlets to promote, market and advertise forthcoming events
• Building and maintaining long-term fundraising relationships
• Organising traditional fundraising activities such as flag days and house-to-house collections of donated goods and monies
• Increasing funds through researching and targeting charitable trusts sympathetic to the charity
• Raising awareness of the charity at both local and national level
• Management of records and risk analysis for members of the charity.

The Fundraiser/administrator will undertake any other duties commensurate with the post. This job description is may not be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities. It will be reviewed at regular intervals with the post holder during supervisions with the Charity co-ordinators / charity board members.

Provide a photo and your goodwill CV and we’ll make sure your story is put on the website and become an inspiration to others rebuilding their lives after brain injury.

For anyone who hasn’t yet heard we currently have 10 places - a table - still available. Why not call Dr Baehr or her secretary and arrange for a fabulous night out and help a great charity as well!

The Night

The ball is once again be held at the wonderful St George’s Hill Lawn Tennis Club (www.stghltc.co.uk) and with our current spate of lovely weather I think we should have a fantastic evening, with the possibility of dancing and chatting by the gorgeous lake whilst listening to the wonderful music of Fridrick Gustavsson and his band. Fridrick is a renowned guitarist across Europe and is an demand muscian for shows such as the X-Factor and Pop-Idol US.

The evening will start at 7:00pm with a classical guitar reception, a complementary glass of bubbly and a chance to meet new friends, followed by a three course sit down dinner (reminder: anyone who has special dietary needs, please, please contact me now!) During the evening, we have a raffle with a raft of great prizes (£5 a ticket), an open outcry auction and a silent auction. There will also be a fashion show featuring the creations of Vivien of Holloway. http://www.vivienofholloway.com. Once again thankyou soooo much to all those kind people and businesses who have donated these wonderful gifts. Afterwards there will be chance to dance and drink the night away until midnight.

For those coming from London we have a great deal of shared minibuses for £20 a head return. Places limited!

Getting Here

By Car

St George’s Hill address is St George’s Hill Lawn Tennis Club, Weybridge KT13 0LL

If you have SatNav easy!

Directions from Central London more…

By Rail

Weybridge train station is between 30 and 40 minutes from Waterloo and can be reached from Clapham, Wimbledon and Surbiton with ease - generally a Woking or Basingstoke bound train. Cost around £8-£12 return.

Taxis

Eden Cars - 01932 830 830

For those coming from London we have a great deal of shared minibuses for £20 a head return. Places limited!

Accommodation - some suggestions

The Oatlands Park Hotel www.oatlandsparkhotel.com

Hilton Cobham - www. hilton.co.uk/cobham

The Ship Hotel, Weybridge - www.the-ship-hotel.eurobookings.com

Best wishes from the Silverlining Team

The number is : 1132902

For those of you wishing to donate to our Charity, please note you can now quote this number in respect of any giving you may do via your income tax returns, or through any schemes your employer may run allowing you to give to charity through PAYE.

Once again many thanks to all involved and a lovely early Christmas present for us all.

For those who weren’t able to make it the venue was astounding, both visually and audibly.

Ed Lewis and the Templar Ensemble with Helen on Flute gave a masterful introduction with Bach’s Orchestral Suite No 2 in B Minor  and Vivaldi’s Flute Concerto in D Major.

Andy gave a moving introductory speech about his composition and how he is working towards his recovery.

Then the main attraction. The ensemble gave a beautiful rendition of Andy’s work’s and certainly to these uninitiated ears it was impossible to tell where the masters Bach and Vivaldi ended and Andy started.

Pictures to come!

The concert supports Andy’s dreams of being a professional composer.

This charity concert shall raise funds for The Falklands Conservation who gives needed aid to Penguins, a species greatly loved by Andy.

Andy hopes that the audience for this concert shall be touched by his music.

Concert Flyer

We would also like to thank Tony Williams for his contribution to our registration process.

Please watch this space for details of our UK Charity Registration No.