Fundraising
Almond Tree Strategic Consulting helps charities and social enterprises develop and implement fundraising strategies and plan, including help with bid writing and tender preparation.
Fundraising
Perhaps the most pressing need for most charities is money, particularly with the severe reductions in public sector funding over the last decade or more. Where will your funding come from and how do you go about getting it? There is no such thing as easy money.
fundraising strategy
ATSC can help you develop your fundraising and income generation strategy and plans, exploring all the viable options and identifying which are most likely to work well for you. We can help develop detailed implementation plans and even help project manage their delivery.
bid writing
We offer a specialist bid writing service, with a proven track record of success. Whether you are seeking a few thousand pounds from small family trusts, bidding for a large grant from the Big Lottery or large charitable trusts and foundations or tendering for public sector contracts worth hundreds of thousands, even millions, we can help you.
Julian, our Director, is a member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, holding the Diploma in Fundraising Management, and has so far helped to raise almost £250m for charities and social enterprises. We are registered with the Fundraising Regulator.
If you'd like to find out more about how we can help your charity or social enterprise please get in touch.
““We used Julian as a consultant to help us create a fundraising strategy. As a small charity working in the arts sector and looking for significant capital funding to construct a building, it was a challenge for us to create a compelling case for grant support and to target funders whose priorities aligned with our cause. Using his extensive knowledge of the charity funding environment, Julian helped us to focus on prospective grant organisations and he drew up example grant applications for us to use with major and smaller funders. We were able to secure 90% of the budget funds from 30 successful grant applications. I have no doubt that we would still be a long way from our goal if we had not benefited from Julian’s advice and expertise.”
“Almond Tree Strategic Consulting provided professional support which enabled The Prince’s Countryside Fund to tender effectively to secure two Government contracts totalling over £4m. They added significant value to our bids on both occasions not only through their expertise but particularly through challenge, attention to detail and ensuring robust management of the team involved.”
“CCS first engaged the services of Almond Tree Strategic Consulting Ltd in Autumn 2015. Julian’s areas of expertise are many and varied – supporting CCS with strategic planning/development and bid/tender writing (to the tune of over £2m). He is a critical friend, offers insightful and relevant commentary and his understanding of the sector is second to none. It is an absolute privilege to work with Julian.”
“I want to put on record my huge thanks to you Julian for your contribution over the summer - for bringing shape, pace, and your experience of charity fundraising and strategy to our work, all delivered with a light touch.”
“Guidance and direct input from Julian and Andrew at Almond Tree has been invaluable in our capital appeal and will continue to be as we progress through the high-net-worth stage into the public phase of the appeal.”