# First Arts Fundraising Fellows announced to receive year-long support

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/09/12/first-arts-fundraising-fellows-announced-receive-yearlong-support/
- Published: 2013-09-12T14:11:10+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The first 11 recipients of the new Arts Fundraising Fellowship Programme have been
announced. They will have a rare opportunity to learn on the job with a variety 
of leading arts organisations.

The first Fellows will take part in an intensive 12-month programme, designed to
produce the next generation of Development and Fundraising Directors with the skill,
entrepreneurial expertise and vision to make a major different to fundraising for
arts organisations.

The 11 were chosen from nearly 200 applicants who were then narrowed down to 64 
for an assessment day.

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The programme has been put together by the Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy Consortium
and is funded by Arts Council England. Its training element includes a bursary to
attend the [National Arts Fundraising School](http://www.nationalartsfundraisingschool.com),
run by the Management Centre.

The Fellows will work on "high-impact projects" based with host organisations in
London, Leeds, Manchester, Gateshead and Liverpool.

The Fellows and placements are:

 *  Jill Richens – A New Direction
 *  Stephanie Graham – Barbican
 *  Sarah Ruff – Dance UK
 *  Naomi Allen – Free Word
 *  Sarah Johnston – Opera North
 *  Tom Bevan – Royal Northern College of Music
 *  Emma Pickering – Sadler’s Wells
 *  Adam Cooper – Sage Gateshead
 *  Bex Shindler – Tate Liverpool
 *  Dana Segal – The Roundhouse
 *  Sandie Mattioli – Whitechapel Gallery.

Michelle Wright, Programme Director of the [Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy Programme](http://artsfundraising.org.uk/),
Cause4 said: “The Arts Fundraising Fellowship Programme responds to the shortage
of skilled arts fundraisers at a time when many organisations have seen significant
cuts and need to be flexible and entrepreneurial in the pursuit of alternative income
sources.

"We are aiming to support these 11 Fellows to help redefine the relationships between
private and public sector funding leveraging their passion, commitment and know-
how to help maximise alternative income streams. We hope, in time, that they become
future leaders in this vital field of income generation.”

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