3 March 2016

The final touches are being put to the Engage Newsletter as I write and it will be arriving in your inboxes soon. It was a real joy to speak to some of the partner clubs about their work when I was looking for stories to include in this edition. It was really useful to talk to you about the work you are doing. The articles in this edition show the diverse and interesting ways in which the needs of young people are being met and I hope it inspires you to continue making a difference to the lives of the young people you work with.

The Newsletter also has a contribution from all the staff as Young Gloucestershire. We spent a day as a staff team putting together a calendar of activities which we are delivering. Each month we have a theme and have created session plans for each theme that can be tailored to the needs of different types of youth work. The calendar of activities can be used in youth clubs to raise awareness amongst the young people around religious and cultural events as well as highlighting a range of issues that affect young people. The activities are all arranged into months so its like a virtual programme of activities and events that you can select from and start planning for. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.

You will also notice that the Newsletter has a fresh new look to it I hope you like it and let us know what you think.

3 March 2016

The final touches are being put to the Engage Newsletter as I write and it will be arriving in your inboxes soon. It was a real joy to speak to some of the partner clubs about their work when I was looking for stories to include in this edition. It was really useful to talk to you about the work you are doing. The articles in this edition show the diverse and interesting ways in which the needs of young people are being met and I hope it inspires you to continue making a difference to the lives of the young people you work with.

The Newsletter also has a contribution from all the staff as Young Gloucestershire. We spent a day as a staff team putting together a calendar of activities which we are delivering. Each month we have a theme and have created session plans for each theme that can be tailored to the needs of different types of youth work. The calendar of activities can be used in youth clubs to raise awareness amongst the young people around religious and cultural events as well as highlighting a range of issues that affect young people. The activities are all arranged into months so its like a virtual programme of activities and events that you can select from and start planning for. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.

You will also notice that the Newsletter has a fresh new look to it I hope you like it and let us know what you think.

3 March 2016

The final touches are being put to the Engage Newsletter as I write and it will be arriving in your inboxes soon. It was a real joy to speak to some of the partner clubs about their work when I was looking for stories to include in this edition. It was really useful to talk to you about the work you are doing. The articles in this edition show the diverse and interesting ways in which the needs of young people are being met and I hope it inspires you to continue making a difference to the lives of the young people you work with.

The Newsletter also has a contribution from all the staff as Young Gloucestershire. We spent a day as a staff team putting together a calendar of activities which we are delivering. Each month we have a theme and have created session plans for each theme that can be tailored to the needs of different types of youth work. The calendar of activities can be used in youth clubs to raise awareness amongst the young people around religious and cultural events as well as highlighting a range of issues that affect young people. The activities are all arranged into months so its like a virtual programme of activities and events that you can select from and start planning for. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.

You will also notice that the Newsletter has a fresh new look to it I hope you like it and let us know what you think.

3 March 2016

The final touches are being put to the Engage Newsletter as I write and it will be arriving in your inboxes soon. It was a real joy to speak to some of the partner clubs about their work when I was looking for stories to include in this edition. It was really useful to talk to you about the work you are doing. The articles in this edition show the diverse and interesting ways in which the needs of young people are being met and I hope it inspires you to continue making a difference to the lives of the young people you work with.

The Newsletter also has a contribution from all the staff as Young Gloucestershire. We spent a day as a staff team putting together a calendar of activities which we are delivering. Each month we have a theme and have created session plans for each theme that can be tailored to the needs of different types of youth work. The calendar of activities can be used in youth clubs to raise awareness amongst the young people around religious and cultural events as well as highlighting a range of issues that affect young people. The activities are all arranged into months so its like a virtual programme of activities and events that you can select from and start planning for. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.

You will also notice that the Newsletter has a fresh new look to it I hope you like it and let us know what you think.

3 March 2016

The final touches are being put to the Engage Newsletter as I write and it will be arriving in your inboxes soon. It was a real joy to speak to some of the partner clubs about their work when I was looking for stories to include in this edition. It was really useful to talk to you about the work you are doing. The articles in this edition show the diverse and interesting ways in which the needs of young people are being met and I hope it inspires you to continue making a difference to the lives of the young people you work with.

The Newsletter also has a contribution from all the staff as Young Gloucestershire. We spent a day as a staff team putting together a calendar of activities which we are delivering. Each month we have a theme and have created session plans for each theme that can be tailored to the needs of different types of youth work. The calendar of activities can be used in youth clubs to raise awareness amongst the young people around religious and cultural events as well as highlighting a range of issues that affect young people. The activities are all arranged into months so its like a virtual programme of activities and events that you can select from and start planning for. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.

You will also notice that the Newsletter has a fresh new look to it I hope you like it and let us know what you think.

3 March 2016

The final touches are being put to the Engage Newsletter as I write and it will be arriving in your inboxes soon. It was a real joy to speak to some of the partner clubs about their work when I was looking for stories to include in this edition. It was really useful to talk to you about the work you are doing. The articles in this edition show the diverse and interesting ways in which the needs of young people are being met and I hope it inspires you to continue making a difference to the lives of the young people you work with.

The Newsletter also has a contribution from all the staff as Young Gloucestershire. We spent a day as a staff team putting together a calendar of activities which we are delivering. Each month we have a theme and have created session plans for each theme that can be tailored to the needs of different types of youth work. The calendar of activities can be used in youth clubs to raise awareness amongst the young people around religious and cultural events as well as highlighting a range of issues that affect young people. The activities are all arranged into months so its like a virtual programme of activities and events that you can select from and start planning for. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.

You will also notice that the Newsletter has a fresh new look to it I hope you like it and let us know what you think.

3 March 2016

The final touches are being put to the Engage Newsletter as I write and it will be arriving in your inboxes soon. It was a real joy to speak to some of the partner clubs about their work when I was looking for stories to include in this edition. It was really useful to talk to you about the work you are doing. The articles in this edition show the diverse and interesting ways in which the needs of young people are being met and I hope it inspires you to continue making a difference to the lives of the young people you work with.

The Newsletter also has a contribution from all the staff as Young Gloucestershire. We spent a day as a staff team putting together a calendar of activities which we are delivering. Each month we have a theme and have created session plans for each theme that can be tailored to the needs of different types of youth work. The calendar of activities can be used in youth clubs to raise awareness amongst the young people around religious and cultural events as well as highlighting a range of issues that affect young people. The activities are all arranged into months so its like a virtual programme of activities and events that you can select from and start planning for. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.

You will also notice that the Newsletter has a fresh new look to it I hope you like it and let us know what you think.

3 March 2016

The final touches are being put to the Engage Newsletter as I write and it will be arriving in your inboxes soon. It was a real joy to speak to some of the partner clubs about their work when I was looking for stories to include in this edition. It was really useful to talk to you about the work you are doing. The articles in this edition show the diverse and interesting ways in which the needs of young people are being met and I hope it inspires you to continue making a difference to the lives of the young people you work with.

The Newsletter also has a contribution from all the staff as Young Gloucestershire. We spent a day as a staff team putting together a calendar of activities which we are delivering. Each month we have a theme and have created session plans for each theme that can be tailored to the needs of different types of youth work. The calendar of activities can be used in youth clubs to raise awareness amongst the young people around religious and cultural events as well as highlighting a range of issues that affect young people. The activities are all arranged into months so its like a virtual programme of activities and events that you can select from and start planning for. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.

You will also notice that the Newsletter has a fresh new look to it I hope you like it and let us know what you think.

3 March 2016

The final touches are being put to the Engage Newsletter as I write and it will be arriving in your inboxes soon. It was a real joy to speak to some of the partner clubs about their work when I was looking for stories to include in this edition. It was really useful to talk to you about the work you are doing. The articles in this edition show the diverse and interesting ways in which the needs of young people are being met and I hope it inspires you to continue making a difference to the lives of the young people you work with.

The Newsletter also has a contribution from all the staff as Young Gloucestershire. We spent a day as a staff team putting together a calendar of activities which we are delivering. Each month we have a theme and have created session plans for each theme that can be tailored to the needs of different types of youth work. The calendar of activities can be used in youth clubs to raise awareness amongst the young people around religious and cultural events as well as highlighting a range of issues that affect young people. The activities are all arranged into months so its like a virtual programme of activities and events that you can select from and start planning for. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.

You will also notice that the Newsletter has a fresh new look to it I hope you like it and let us know what you think.

3 March 2016

The final touches are being put to the Engage Newsletter as I write and it will be arriving in your inboxes soon. It was a real joy to speak to some of the partner clubs about their work when I was looking for stories to include in this edition. It was really useful to talk to you about the work you are doing. The articles in this edition show the diverse and interesting ways in which the needs of young people are being met and I hope it inspires you to continue making a difference to the lives of the young people you work with.

The Newsletter also has a contribution from all the staff as Young Gloucestershire. We spent a day as a staff team putting together a calendar of activities which we are delivering. Each month we have a theme and have created session plans for each theme that can be tailored to the needs of different types of youth work. The calendar of activities can be used in youth clubs to raise awareness amongst the young people around religious and cultural events as well as highlighting a range of issues that affect young people. The activities are all arranged into months so its like a virtual programme of activities and events that you can select from and start planning for. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.

You will also notice that the Newsletter has a fresh new look to it I hope you like it and let us know what you think.

3 March 2016

The final touches are being put to the Engage Newsletter as I write and it will be arriving in your inboxes soon. It was a real joy to speak to some of the partner clubs about their work when I was looking for stories to include in this edition. It was really useful to talk to you about the work you are doing. The articles in this edition show the diverse and interesting ways in which the needs of young people are being met and I hope it inspires you to continue making a difference to the lives of the young people you work with.

The Newsletter also has a contribution from all the staff as Young Gloucestershire. We spent a day as a staff team putting together a calendar of activities which we are delivering. Each month we have a theme and have created session plans for each theme that can be tailored to the needs of different types of youth work. The calendar of activities can be used in youth clubs to raise awareness amongst the young people around religious and cultural events as well as highlighting a range of issues that affect young people. The activities are all arranged into months so its like a virtual programme of activities and events that you can select from and start planning for. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.

You will also notice that the Newsletter has a fresh new look to it I hope you like it and let us know what you think.

4 January 2016

No week is the same as fundraiser for YG which is part of the attraction of my job. My time is varied and as the only fundraiser, I get to carry out a variety of roles that cover a wide variety of fundraising practices.

The bulk of my work is working with Trusts and Foundations. These are bodies that are set up by individuals (alive or on their death) to give to causes that they feel/felt worthy of support or companies that donate a % of their profits to their Foundation which is then donated to specified causes. A big proportion of this job is researching and finding these funders then completing multi-paged application forms – think job applications but bigger – that normally ask for specific details of the projects that YG are looking to fund. For smaller charities like YG, Trusts and Foundations provide a vital source of funds and I’m pleased to say that we’ve had some success which has seen our new mental health project fully-funded for 12 months – thank you Gloucestershire Community Foundation (http://www.gloucestershirecf.org.uk) and Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner (http://www.gloucestershire-pcc.gov.uk).

As a fundraiser there is nothing better that seeing your name on a letter saying “we’re pleased to award you £X” as for 80% of the time you’re more likely to receive a “on this occasion you’ve been unsuccessful” – the similarity between fundraising in this way and applying for jobs is uncanny.

Corporate fundraising can be similar, but also different, to Trusts & Foundations fundraising. This form of fundraising is generally built on more relationship-building; something I particularly like about my job. Again we’ve had some recent successes – thank you St James’s Place and Royal Bank of Scotland  the latter who has donated funds towards our youth clubs but are also putting forward volunteers and runners towards another corporate success we’ve had – our partnership with Trimax Events and the Gloucester Marathon (http://www.gloucestercitymarathon.com) who have selected YG as their Charity for the race next August. We are now looking for fundraisers to run the whole race next year or teams to enter the relay race. Get your running shoes on and support young people across Gloucestershire!

As a fundraiser I am simply a salesman, a representative of the organisation whose job is to spread the message and to explain about our work as wide as possible. Events like the Marathon help this but so does the local media and we were delighted that The Citizen / Echo chose to dedicate their recent issue of Young Citizen to stories about us and some of the Young People we work with.

I’ve been privileged to speak to quite a few young people this week; to hear their stories which in turn give me stories that I can share on. I attended YG’s 25th Team Anniversary and heard from young people who’ve just graduated from the 12-week programme. Throughout the 12-weeks, I’ve seen these guys around the office and have seen them grow in confidence; I’ve seen their outlooks for the future improve and even though I’ve not been their youth-worker on the programme, I felt proud of them in the way that they delivered their presentations to a room full of people. Well done to you all and good luck for the future.

They can tell their stories so much better than I can but fundraisers thrive on this kind of insight as it is infectious and will be reflected in my writing and my conversations with fundraisers and potential fundraisers. This in turn will without doubt enable me to raise more money and therefore for YG to help even more young people across the County – the reason that I do the job and why I’m proud to be a fundraiser!