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Charity Fundraising Support

We know that no two charities are the same, and that every organisations’ needs are different.

We have built these packages from our experience of working with small charities, however if there’s something different you’d like to see, please just let us know and we’d be delighted to build you a bespoke support plan.

Starter

For charities who don’t have a strategy or have not done a lot of fundraising before.
We’ll create a step-by-step action plan to get you started, and we can do the work for you too!

Crisis

Fundraising is hard right now. We get it. But if things are getting really worrying; you’ve lost a big contract or you’re getting pressure from your board, we’ll help you work out a way forward.
There are no quick wins in fundraising, but we’ll work with you to create an action plan and implement it within 4 weeks.

Diversifying Income

Are you looking for new ways to generate income? No longer seeing the same amounts from your current income streams?

Let us help you explore the potentials for your organisation, create a plan, and support you to implement it to get your fundraising back on track!

Launch an Appeal

Looking to launch a seasonal appeal? Want to raise money for a specific project (i.e. a new build, an awareness day or a specific fundraising goal)?
We’ll help you create an appeal and run it for you from start to finish so that you can concentrate on the day job!

Fundraising Strategy

Have you been winging it with your fundraising, but feel like you need some more structure?

We’ll work with you to create a fundraising strategy and action plan to make sure your fundraising is as good as it can be!

Grants and Trusts

It’s getting harder and harder to generate income from trusts and foundations. We can help you maximise your chances by providing research, grant writing services, and working with you on your grants strategy. If you are just looking for a bit of feedback on improving your grants, we’re also happy to provide a mentoring service to improve your in-house bid writing.

Hi, we're Constellation

Constellation is a cluster of fundraising stars. We exist to help you get the fundraising support your small charity or not for profit really needs. By providing you with your own unique fundraising team made up of a selection of incredible associates.

Each of our associates has worked in the charity sector for over a decade. We're bringing together the expertise we've gained to offer completely bespoke, unparalleled support to organisations like yours.

Just as constellations help guide travellers, Constellation Fundraising helps to guide charities towards fundraising success.

Get to know us

Take control of your charity's income in 3 simple steps

Getting to Know You

Reach out to us and let us know about your fundraising needs. We'll have a detailed conversation to understand your unique challenges and objectives.

Building Your Team

We pull together a team of experts to work on your project. From bid writing to campaigns or major donors. You name it, we can support you with it. No job is too big or too small for our team!

Get Your Fundraising Under Control

We'll then get cracking to bring your fundraising plans to life. Your team will be managed by a single point of contact, meaning that you can relax in the knowledge your fundraising is under control.

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FAQs

We have other fundraising needs, can you help?

Absolutely! We can support you with anything you think (or don’t actually realise) that you need.

We spend time getting to know you and your organisation right at the start, so that we can offer the best possible advice to improve your fundraising, whether that’s just support with one thing or a wider scale fundraising project.

No job is too big, or too small, for us to help you with!

Can you guarantee income? What happens if we don't raise any money?

There is no way for us to guarantee you will generate income from working with us. We would love to be able to say we promise results, but unfortunately the sector just doesn’t work like that. What we can promise is that you will have the tools and skills to put your organisation in a better position for raising money, if none is raised through this project. We will do everything in our power to mitigate this risk as we know that as a small charity, raising money is the most important thing right now!

How quickly will we see income?

Unfortunately, this is a bit of a ‘how long is a piece of string’ question! Whilst impossible to guarantee, we would expect you to start seeing income within 6 months of starting to work with us.

Will we be working with lots of different people? Who will manage our project?

Constellation works by providing you with a bespoke fundraising team of experts, built to your needs. This will vary from organisation to organisation, with different numbers of associates needed for different projects.

What makes us special, though, is that you have a dedicated key contact who will lead the project, communicating messages between you and the associates and ensuring that work is completed in a timely and quality way.

We’ll give you the opportunity to meet everyone working on your project though, with an introductory cuppa at the beginning of our time together!

How is Constellation Fundraising different to other Fundraising consultancies?

Constellation Fundraising’s unique feature is that we are based on a model of team work.

Whilst most other consultancies focus on providing a single consultant to carry out work, we’ve recognised that often, that’s not the right support for small charities, who need lots of different skills to improve their fundraising.

Our team-based model means that our associates work as part of a team to deliver your fundraising support needs, creating room for ideas to flourish and addressing your needs in a much more holistic way, leading to a more sustainable future for your charity.

What will it cost?

We want to be as transparent as possible with costs, as we know that that is an important consideration when deciding to work with external fundraisers. We’re aware that very small charities may not have the budget to work with us; even if that is the case, we’re always happy to jump on a call to signpost you to some fantastic free resources.

We work on a sliding scale of day rate ranges based on your organisation’s income. For more information please see our pricing page.

Hear from those we’ve helped

Phoebe has worked with us for 3 years, helping support the development of a fund raising strategy and also writing funding bids for a wide variety of grant applications. Phoebe has been extremely successful in the funding she has managed to gain for our charity. She is extremely professional, thorough and knowledgeable in this area of work which has really helped the development of this charity. Working with Phoebe has helped support the direction and growth of our charity which has been invaluable.

Fitmums and Friends

It really has been such a pleasure to work with you, have you question us, make our approach sharper, and help us make inroads across the charity to getting the right information as a foundation.

I know the work you have been doing will have more positive impacts than ‘just’ any successful funding.

Wikimedia

Phoebe was a fantastic addition to our team when we were navigating a number of strategic and organisational changes. We saw improvement across income, social and comms engagement. Phoebe brought passion, years of experience and creativity to a number of projects which were a real success.

UK Reads

We worked with Phoebe to support our trusts and foundations fundraising while we recruited for a permanent member of staff. Phoebe was committed to our charity’s work and keen to understand what makes the organisation tick. Her funding applications were well researched and clearly written – and they worked!

Streetwise Opera

Take the stress out of your fundraising

Let us give you the tools and the team to create a sustainable future for your charity.

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