• Freelance Fundraising (project contracts)
• Personal Coaching to business owners; executives and senior managers
• Business Skills Training and Development
• Project Management
• Business Planning
• Visioning
• Positive Self Coaching
• Effective Communication
• Behavioural Profiling and Coaching

Achievements
• Increasing profit and productivity within small business (e.g. one businesses turnover increased from just under £1m to £2.5m) working with the business owners and then coaching the team through the change and introduction of new working systems and practices
• Short term contracts with charities to reach desired fundraising targets; also introducing new marketing strategies and income streams feeding into strategic objectives
• Coaching several other small businesses in various disciplines – all with specified outcomes – all reaching desired target.
• Developed business skills workshops for sixth form Business Study students delivered via Young Enterprise and personal tutor contact.
• Several fundraising contracts – target based.

• Contribution to the development and implementation of 3 year strategy that reflects brand and values
• Work closely with the Head of Funding Development and manage the Funding Development Team
• Make proposals, approaches and applications that achieve success to achieve capital target via Trusts, Grant giving bodies and Statutory giving
• Create and maintain productive partnerships and relationships within the private sector
• Support and coordinate a fundraising champions group
• Identify and lead on initiatives to develop funding and sponsorship primarily in the commercial sector
• Prepare and present winning applications which identify donor benefits and key beneficiaries
• Develop a range of donor packages
• Ensure that all fundraising activity complies with legal requirements
• Develop funding streams that have hitherto been untapped
• Manage and motivate others towards the goals of the funding team
• Build and action realistic plans and deliver on time within agreed budgets
• Ability to network recognise and develop potential supporters
• Develop and present corporate standard power point presentations that reflect the nature of the project or partnership being sought
• Utilise every opportunity to profile and advocate The Public

Achievements
• Successful development of donor packages
• Successfully integrated new Funding Development team that now has clear strategic direction, with targets, work plans and training and development
• Successful sponsorship within first 6 months including brokering a £500,000 partnership with Sony
• Several pledges for in-kind giving – e.g. Hewlett Packard to supply suite of pc’s and specialist printing peripherals for the start up units
• Building database and researching new CRM systems for total organisational use

Member of strategic management team
 Input into the business plan (i.e. budget/strategy)
 Sales and Marketing forecasts/plans
 Design and development of specific marketing products and campaigns
 Achievement of financial targets
 Motivation, morale and training of staff
 Coaching of product knowledge
 Recruitment
 Direction of the Business Development Team
 Monitor and manage performance to agreed KPI’s
 Attend sales appointments
 Manage key account relationships

The role of Regional Development Manager is multi-functional, and key areas of activity include:
 Fundraising
 Developing and maintaining productive working relationships with prospective and existing supporters of Crimestoppers in order to reach fundraising targets
 Research and application of funding and grant possibilities
 Raising the profile of Crimestoppers through the design and selling of innovative campaigns for the general public, corporate sector, police and other agencies
 Marketing and public relations - including live radio interviews and press interviews
 Administration including regional and centre operations
 Project Management of both awareness and fundraising campaigns
 Management and development of project teams
 Internal and external networking for benchmarking and the sharing of best practice
 Developing and maintaining productive working relationships with 4 cluster police forces at all levels
 Developing and maintaining productive working relationships with Crime & Disorder Partnerships
 Researching, designing and delivering suitable crime campaigns that reflect Crime & Disorder Audit objectives

Achievements
 In excess of £500k unrestricted funds raised in West Midlands Region
 Successful Drug Action Team bid for 100k for SNAP (Say No And Phone) drug awareness projects in the Birmingham area
 Successful Crime & Disorder bid for 66k for projects in the West Midlands Region
 Developing successful teams, creating energy and synergy in order to deliver specific objectives and projects
 Creating a corporate membership scheme, from inception to on-going maintenance, that guarantees an annual income of unrestricted funds (in excess of £40K per annum)
 Major Crime and Disorder Campaign that is now being used as a model in other Operational Command Units in the West Midlands
 SNAP (Say No And Phone) Campaign delivered to 75 schools reaching 25,000 students – developed and maintained corporate sponsorship via Coventry Building Society.
 Crimestoppers signage on all police stations in the West Midlands region – sponsored by Jaguar
 Successful strategic change for SNAP product giving new life and wider utilisation
 Directed four Police Forces towards a working partnership in order to tap into Regional Government funding for specific initiatives, maintained and coordinated the working party in order to reach mutual objectives reaping mutual benefits.