Fundraising Volunteer

Fundraising Volunteer

A few hours a week – day/time flexible to suit

Based with the Fundraising team at Norton Park (EH7 5QY)

Overview

The Fundraising Team are a public facing part of Cyrenians, responsible for generating income by building relationships with our individual and corporate supporters. The team delivers a growing range of engagement opportunities – including events, appeals and products – to maximise support for Cyrenians’ work tackling the causes and consequences of homelessness.

What are the aims and expectations of the role?

This role will support our fundraisers as they increase the diversity of our supporters and income. With Cyrenians’ profile and support growing, you will be an integral part of developing and maintaining supporter relationships. Every day is different and we’re looking for someone who can get stuck in and help us make the most of the opportunities on offer.

Tasks will vary based on your interests and Cyrenians’ needs but may include:

· Donation processing and data uploads to help the team provide excellent stewardship to our supporters

· Updating and categorising data on our eTapestry database

· Assisting with copy and design for supporter communications, social media and fundraising events promotion

· Assisting the team with fundraising event planning and delivery

· Design support on Canva for fundraising resources and promotional materials

· Assisting with group volunteer enquiries, booking and donation processing

· Assisting with prospecting and tracking for grant funding opportunities

About Cyrenians

Cyrenians is over 50 years old. We began with the creation of an innovative community to meet the needs of a group of homeless people who had fallen through the cracks of whatever support was available at the time. Our roots lie in responding to the injustice of homelessness.

We have spent the last five decades journeying with people grappling with the causes and consequences of homelessness through building and nurturing of trusted relationships and engaging with social exclusion and inequality which has so often been at the root of their tough reality. We are values-led and relationship based; our core values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Innovation.

Cyrenians’ head office is based in Edinburgh, with smaller offices in other areas, including Falkirk and West Lothian. Cyrenians is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), registered charity SC011052.