Fundraising Volunteer
Description
We're seeking a volunteer to be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to increase donations and community support through a variety of activities, including organising fundraising events, recruiting and managing volunteers, and building relationships with individual and business donors.
Responsibilities will include: • Organise fundraising events: Plan, coordinate, and manage a variety of community events. Co-ordinate volunteer support where this is required. • Cultivate donor relationships: Build and maintain relationships with existing supporters while also recruiting new individual and corporate donors. • Engage with the community: Represent the organisation at local events, and build awareness of the charity's mission and work. • Manage and grow income from collection pots: Promote these in the community, changing collection pots on a regular basis. • New fundraising initiatives: Research, plan and recommend new ideas to the FONFA Board and implement those that are approved. • Shop sales: Manage the sales of promotional materials and stock for re-sale in our shop. • Maintain accurate records: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of donors and supporters.
The skills you'll need
You will need to have the following skills in order to participate:
The ideal person will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be self-motivated with initiative, and good organisational skills. Experience with fundraising and/or event planning would be an advantage.
Directions - car
Free parking available
When
Schedule
Flexible times
Commitment
Self Managed
You will need
Driving required
Minimum age: 18
FRIENDS OF THE NEW FOREST AIRFIELDS
Arts, culture and heritage
Every year hundreds of holiday makers head for the New Forest, to relax in the tranquillity of the area. Little do they realise that there were once 12 airfields situated in this small area and the peace would have been shattered by the sounds of aero engines as Britain defended itself from invasion and prepared for the D Day landings.
At the start of the war there were only two airfields in the New Forest. The seaplane base at Calshot, and the airport at Christchurch. These were rapidly joined by five new airfields being built at Stoney Cross, Ibsley, Holmsley South, Beaulieu and Hurn.
In preparation for D Day, Advanced Landing Grounds were also quickly built, five of these were in the New Forest at Winkton, Lymington, Needs Oar Point, Bisterne and on Christchurch airfield. These were temporary airfields which then moved to new Advanced Landing Grounds built in France after D Day.
During 1944, the New Forest airfields housed more than 25,000 military and 10,000 civilian staff and around 1500 aircraft. The Advanced Landing Ground at Needs Oar Point became the busiest airfield in the country for around three weeks, with aircraft taking off or landing every 45 seconds, for up to eighteen hours a day.
It is difficult to comprehend the impact this had on the way of life for the people of the New Forest. Today there is very little left of these airfields, but it is important that future generations are able to appreciate the scale of involvement of those in the New Forest during those days.
The role of FONFA is to preserve this history and tell the story through our Heritage Centre and Outreach Programme. The charity is run entirely by volunteers who form a small, but expanding band of friendly, like-minded people. Roles include acting as guides, tearoom helpers, outreach speakers and members dealing with social media etc. No previous experience is required as we have a training programme in place, and you will be assigned a personal mentor when you join us.