Fundraising Officer- London - Volunteer
The Fundraising Officer ensures a steady income for the charity by organising events, supporting volunteers, promoting online fundraising, managing collections, and ensuring compliance. Ideal for someone enthusiastic about community engagement and fundraising opportunities.What difference will you make?Make a Smile brings joy to children affected by illness, disability, or hardship through hospital visits, community events, and volunteer activities. The Fundraising Officer ensures a steady flow of income so the charity can
- Cover costs for volunteers, costumes, travel, and events
- Support chapter growth and reach more children in local communities
- Run seasonal and special fundraising campaigns
- Build partnerships with supermarkets, local businesses, and other organisations
- Proactive and self-motivated
- Organised and able to manage multiple tasks
- Confident communicator and team player
- Enthusiastic about fundraising and community engagement
- Reliable and committed to seeing projects through
- Event planning or coordination experience
- Experience working with volunteers or community groups
- Basic understanding of fundraising or charity operations
- Comfortable with simple administrative tasks and paperwork
- Experience liaising with local businesses or organisations
- Plan and organise fundraising activities
- Develop an annual fundraising plan with the committee.
- Execute events such as quizzes, bake sales, charity sports matches, raffles, and seasonal campaigns.
- Liaise with local organisations and businesses
- Collaborate with supermarkets, other societies, and businesses to join their fundraising schemes.
- Manage and monitor counter-top donation buckets in local businesses, ensuring collection, monitoring, and donor appreciation.
- Support volunteers
- Help chapter members with their individual fundraising efforts.
- Promote charity-wide initiatives like Survival Games.
- Manage administrative and financial tasks
- Complete relevant paperwork for each fundraiser (e.g., Post-Event forms).
- Work with the Treasurer to count, bank, and record funds.
- Ensure compliance with charity law (sealed buckets, card readers, etc.).
- Promote fundraising channels
- Encourage use of online tools like Easyfundraising.
- Advertise charity merchandise and centrally-run fundraisers.
- Explore additional opportunities
- Seek donations of prizes, products, or services from local businesses.
- Collaborate with other groups for joint fundraising initiatives.