# Laura Croudace to join Remarkable Partnerships

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/10/08/laura-croudace-to-join-remarkable-partnerships/
- Published: 2015-10-08T00:01:48+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Laura Croudace, the winner of this year’s I Wish I’d Thought of That event, is
joining corporate partnerships agency Remarkable Partnerships.**

She takes up her role this month, joining Jonathan Andrews, the company’s founder.
His background includes co-founding Byte Night, and working on The Big Knit, Age
UK’s partnership with innocent drinks. He set up [Remarkable Partnerships](http://remarkablepartnerships.com/)
to help charities and companies create long-term, strategic partnerships.

Croudace said:

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> “Charities that understand the changes in donor behaviour, and understand what‘
> Generation Y’ / The Millennial’s will want in the next 10 years are investing 
> in their corporate partnerships teams… Companies want their customers and employees
> to see the caring work they’re doing and feel a part of it. I’ve been watching
> what Remarkable Partnerships is doing for the past two years and think it is exciting
> and is progressive”.

 

![Laura Croudace at IWITOT 2015](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/
2015/09/laura-croudace-iwitot-humans-of-new-york.jpg)

Laura Croudace speaking at [IWITOT 2015](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2015/09/11/are-we-getting-it-right-and-who-is-i-wish-id-thought-of-that-2015/)
on Humans of New York

 

Croudace started in fundraising as a sole fundraiser. For the past five years she
has been volunteering and giving _pro bono_ help to start-ups, working at a national
charity, and for smaller charities. She is an advocate of the power of mentoring.

Jonathan Andrews said of her appointment:

> ”Laura is passionate about fundraising, very creative and emotionally intelligent.
> Also she is a brilliant relationship builder and has achieved significant fundraising
> success at both PDSA and the Vegan Society. The timing of her joining is perfect,
> because there has never been a better time for companies and charities to partner.”

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