Volunteer Ealing Book Festival: Fundraiser | Ealing Book Festival

The Fundraiser will be a key member of our management team and will help ensure we have the necessary funds in place to cover the expenses of the book festival

What difference will you make?

Your input will help secure the future of the book festival by ensuring that we have a well financed and financially sustainable festival that we can grow and develop in future years

What are we looking for?

Knowledge and previous experience of fundraising. Willingness to seek out potential sources of funding. Experience of writing funding bids. Great people skills; approachable and friendly. Organised, methodical, reliable. Great negotiating and influencing skills.

What will you be doing?

Responsibilities Agree with the trustees how much money we need to raise each year. Working with the Trustees and Management Team to agree best approaches to fundraising, including suitable potential sponsors. Together with the marketing team, develop a sponsorship matrix for local businesses with different tiers of sponsorship. Together with the marketing team, develop attractive sponsorship collateral. Develop relationships and liaise with approved local businesses to secure sponsorship. Ensure that all aspects of the agreed sponsorship packages are fulfilled. Identify and apply for grants. Develop “Easy Fund Raising” and Just Giving as sources of revenue. Organise public acknowledgement and thanks to donors.