Fundraising Consultant

About the Lambeth Youth Opportunities Fund

Lambeth Council and The London Community Foundation have partnered to create the Lambeth Youth Opportunities Fund (LYOF). The aim is to provide support and funding for local children’s and young people’s voluntary sector. The LYOF aim is to help young people to be safe, resilient, healthy and achieve their potential. We want to identify, test and scale the most innovative and effective initiatives to reduce inequality amongst young people in Lambeth.

The Lambeth Youth Opportunities Fund is focused on improving the life chances for the most vulnerable young people in the borough: children living in poverty, children with special educational needs and disabilities, looked after children and care leavers. The Fund will also prioritise supporting young people from communities that have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 such as black African and Caribbean communities.

Background

In consultation with Lambeth’s voluntary community sector, the LYOF was launched in December 2020 with an individual giving campaign. Letters were mailed to residents and local businesses introducing the LYOF and seeking donations via the online payment platform.

Adverts raising awareness of the fund ran in a number of local publications and a video featuring (then) Leader of the Council, Cllr Hopkins was posted on Lambeth Council’s Linkedin page. Links to the donation platform were posted on the council’s twitter and Instagram pages.

The Fund has raised £42,000 to date and continues to receive donations from residents.

Request for Proposals

Supported by Lambeth Council and the London Community Foundation, LYOF is seeking a fundraising consultant or consultancy to develop and implement a fundraising strategy to raise £250,000 to support the first year of the Fund’s grant process. Subject to performance it is envisioned that this work could be extended to support LYOF’s future fundraising and communication needs.

Overview of the proposal:

• Deliver a fundraising campaign and raise £250,000 from major donors, companies, and individual giving.

• Work with key stakeholders (councillors, council teams and others) to identify prospects, engage donors, and put in place a fundraising and communication programme.

• Mid project report to councillors and senior council officers

• Final report and proposed next stage fundraising and communication plan

Support from Lambeth Council

• Access to council corporate teams, account managers and business lists (GDPR compliant)

• Access to members and councillors as ambassadors of LYOF

• Access to Lambeth Council’s social media channels (Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram) to to support the fundraising campaign

• Campaign coverage in Love Lambeth and local media

• Regular meetings with the Lambeth Council officer responsible for LYOF and the London Community Foundation

We are seeking fundraising professionals or consultancies that can deliver social value beyond the commissioned scope of the contract