Fundraising Culture Change

“They’ve delivered the workshops really well for us and, certainly Michelle commands respect from everybody across the board. They do work at a very practical and real level – its real stuff. It is very hands on, and I actually think that’s what most organisations need.”

“Michelle has an ability to get people’s attention and to get them to listen – and she says really relevant things in a no nonsense kind of way. It’s very effective communication and you get a lot of information across in a short space of time. I think we arrived at a good mission and vision and the process helped to galvanize cooperation and shared consensus.”

“I think the great thing about it is it kind of challenges, it challenges you, but in quite a positive way. I felt it really made you think about the organisation. Overall it was an enjoyable programme, and it was, I think it was really beneficial for RAW and I think it really, it really focused us.”

“It was incredible to work with someone with that level of understanding and breadth of knowledge across the sector. And I think, you know, she’s someone who comes into these sessions with a great deal of authority and knowledge, and I think that’s easy, it’s very clearly trans- you know, communicated. So I think that she was able to very quickly win the respect of the board members as well. 100% it definitely felt like a collaborative development process that we all took part in. It kind of got us, it helped make us, it helped in our development as a coherent team, if you know what I mean. So it kind of had benefits beyond simply getting the information, you know that was in the report.”

“We worked with our board, the team and Michelle to develop a fundraising strategy. It was really useful as a team building/values, vision and mission piece of work as well as being forward facing. Michelle was a brilliant facilitator and both board and team fed back to us at how useful the sessions were. I think it was very tailored which I appreciated. I liked the 1:1 almost mentorship which I needed and learnt a lot from. A really useful programme. The strategy was sensitively and quickly delivered and has been very useful.”

“I can’t advocate for Michelle strongly enough. Her delivery has been as close to perfect as possible.”

“Culture Change was strategic but also practical, we had open discussions and moved towards a culture of fundraising within the organisation.”

“The Culture Change programme enabled a fresh approach to assessing our organisational culture, providing support and advice which has helped us to move forward in an informed and re-invigorated way.”

“As a small organisation we were thrilled to be given a place on the Culture Change programme in 2022. Working with the team at Cause4 to develop a fundraising strategy has given us the insight and confidence to embrace pro-active and manageable fundraising for the first time”.