# Fundraising team of the year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/06/16/fundraising-team-year-570/
- Published: 2011-06-16T12:18:10+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

For any team or department that, through the nature of teamwork, has achieved considerable
and recognisable success.

 

The shortlisted entries in alphabetical order are:

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Childreach International

 

National Star Centre for Disabled Youth

 

University of Exeter

 

**Childreach International Student Fundraising Managers (challenge events team)**

 

Childreach International has four student fundraising managers (SFMs) who work in
partnership with the communication and operations departments to promote and run
the flagship challenge events to students around the UK. Former students themselves
and with an average age of 22, they are forecast to raise a combined £4m this year,
smashing all previous targets. Their dedication, enthusiasm and commitment to the
Childreach International ethos has proved inspirational to the whole charity. They
all had a longstanding voluntary relationship with Childreach and brought with them
a desire for increased professionalism. They have increased the number of partner
universities from 17 to 44 and seen the number of challenge event registrants rise
by 42%. The success in 2010 would not have been possible without the teamwork of
these four individuals.

 

**National Star Centre for Disabled Youth – the fundraising team**

 

In 2009/10 the College lost its promised matched funding from the Learning and Skills
Council towards an essential capital redevelopment project worth £15.4m, putting
the future of the college at risk. The fundraising team responded to this by delivering
an outstanding fundraising, lobbying and media campaign that has completely transformed
the outlook for the College. They worked hard to retain the £3m already secured 
from donors and the trustees had enough confidence in the team to proceed with a
building contract worth £6.8m, knowing that a further £2.5m was needed to complete
the appeal. In the following six months the team raised £2.4m. During the second
half of the year they collectively double the number of corporate supporters, increased
regular giving by a third, challenge event income by 125% and trust and foundations
income by 400%.

 

**University of Exeter development team**

 

The team launched the University’s very first major fundraising campaign to raise
£23m by 2012. They were severely understaffed, but still secured £6.6m towards the
total against a target of £3.5m. The team put relationship building at the heart
of everything, from working together, to working with others in the University, 
to working with potential donors, donors and stakeholders. The team learned that
you can achieve great things in a very short time by focusing on outputs, working
very hard, being flexible and learning on your feet. The steps the team has taken
to make sure the success can be replicated elsewhere in the organisation include
demonstrating best practice, professionalism and effectiveness.

 

 * **[Volunteer fundraiser of the year](https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/06/16/volunteer-fundraiser-year-973/)**(
   16 June 2011)
 * **[Institute's National Convention wins conference award](https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/06/21/institute039s-national-convention-wins-conference-award/)**(
   21 June 2011)
 * **[Best use of legacy fundraising](https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/06/30/best-use-legacy-fundraising-815/)**(
   30 June 2011)