Happy new year!

I love new year.  I love the anticipation of things to come and everything (including my diary) is crisp and new.

New year is also a good time to reflect on the previous year – what has worked well and what hasn’t worked so well.

2018 was a big year; saying goodbye to steady employment and setting up Anderson Fundraising.  This step has helped to provide support to charities where they most need it.  In 2018, Anderson Fundraising has:

• Applied to identified grant-making trusts and foundations, as well as the Big Lottery Fund for vital funding towards new and existing programmes and core costs;
• Researched the need for new and existing work, demonstrating to potential funders that new projects are needed and can make changes to potential beneficiaries;
• Reviewed and redrafted existing fundraising material;
• Supported charities to become more ‘outcome-focused’;
• Developed future fundraising strategies and plans for charities;
• Supported charities with bids to win public sector contracts.

I’m proud to say that since April 2018, Anderson Fundraising has helped charities to raise over £1.3 million.  £1.3 million!

I’m so proud of the charities that I work with; seeing first hand the changes they create for disadvantaged people is inspiring, motivating and is the real reason I do what I do.

2018 was brilliant – 2019 has a lot to live up to!