Our Clients and Our Impact
The following list contains information and testimonials from a selection of Swift Fundraising Limited's clients and associates:
EXETER GATEWAY CENTRE
Exeter Gateway Centre is a friendly place where learning disabled people can come together and enjoy a range of social and recreational activities.
Swift Fundraising Limited was appointed to raise funds for the refurbishment and expansion of the Centre.
"The centre Swift helped us achieve is now wonderful and loved by everyone who goes there. It has given us a lovely, fresh and well-equipped environment in which we can flourish. There is no way that this project could have been successfully completed without Swift's persistence and professionalism and we are all so grateful."
Dr Rosalind Leveridge, Trustee, Exeter Gateway Centre
www.exetergateway.org.uk
Devon Link Up
is an independent service user-led charity for people who have learning disabilities and/or autism. The aim of the charity is to give people a voice and choice about the things that are important in their lives.
"Working with Swift has been one of the best decisions we have made as a Charity and from our experience we have found them to be:
Successful,
Wise,
Intuitive, Focused and
Trustworthy.
We would highly recommend them and it is a pleasure to work with such a professional, friendly team."
Jo Morgan, Chief Executive, Devon Link Up
www.devonlink-up.org
STUDENTS AND REFUGEES TOGETHER (START)
supports refugees in Plymouth and the South West to reduce the impact and isolation they feel coming to live in the region. Start offers holistic support either by working on a one-to-one basis or through community activities. Start also advances the education of students in training by providing learning experiences, which contribute to their personal and professional development.
“We would like to thank Swift Fundraising for the advice and guidance they have provided. Their support has transformed our fundraising strategy and enabled us to diversify our funding portfolio, making START more financially sustainable.”
Isaac Kelly, Manager and Administrator, Students and Refugees Together (START), Plymouth
www.studentsandrefugeestogether.com
SIRONA THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP
provides equine-based educational and therapeutic activities to disadvantaged young people and adults with the aim of promoting increased resilience and social, emotional and physical well-being.
"'We have been pleased to have received support from Brenda and Julie of Swift fundraising Limited through the Swift Initiative and found them to be really warm and welcoming to work with. They both seemed to really 'get' our small charity and the funding bids they have supported us with have been really professionally produced. We hope to work with Swift again in the future and would highly recommend them to others'.
Dr Hannah Burgon, CEO, Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship
www.sironaequine.org.uk
B SHARP
is passionate about building a sound future for young people through music. The charity offers a broad, inclusive programme of music, singing, participation, creation, performance and development from early years to adulthood, and to young people from a wide variety of backgrounds across West Dorset, East Devon and South Somerset.
"It has been been really useful working with Brenda and Julie of the Swift Initiative. While we don't as yet know the results of the fundraising, they have been very perceptive in the process of preparing requests for support. They have been able to see clearly the essence of our work and have helped us explain this simply to potential funders and supporters."
Ruth Cohen, Chief Executive/Artistic Director, B Sharp
www.bsharp.org.uk
ISLES OF SCILLY WILDLIFE TRUST
is an independent and locally run charity that champions, values and manages the landscapes of the Isles of Scilly for the benefit of current and future generations of islanders and visitors.
“It was a pleasure working with Brenda and Julie; they both understood our needs completely, they communicated brilliantly by both e-mail and phone and nothing was too much trouble. Having their insight and knowledge in our project has been invaluable and we look forward to working with them again in the future”
Sarah Mason, Chief Executive, Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust
www.ios-wildlifetrust.org.uk
CORNWALL WILDLIFE TRUST
protects Cornwall's wildlife and wild places on land and sea.
“I would highly recommend Swift Fundraising to any charity who wants to understand, strategically and/or operationally, how to take forward a new area of fundraising. I found both Brenda and Julie approachable, professional, knowledgeable, insightful and very patient. They went above and beyond to deliver our project on time and I thoroughly enjoyed working with both of them.”
Marie Preece, Former Head of Marketing and Fundraising, Cornwall Wildlife Trust
www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk
CREDITON METHODIST CHURCH
is located in the centre of Crediton. Deeply embedded in its Christian vision, mission and belief is a determination to nurture, encourage and support one another by reaching out to the community, and by providing help for those who are most vulnerable and in need.
"Swift Fundraising Limited worked with us from the inception of our refurbishment programme and gave us invaluable help on the approach we should take to capital fundraising. They also had the expertise to disseminate the criteria of various funders, which made our choices for targeting funders much more efficient. Their funding plan was invaluable throughout the procedure and by the time we finished our fundraising, Swift had approached enough funders to ensure that we could go ahead with our refurbishment project in the knowledge that funding was available to cover our current target. Work has now started and we anticipate a grand opening of the newly refurbished Church in late summer."
Christine Marshall, Project and Fundraising Co-ordinator, Crediton Methodist Church
www.creditonmethodist.org.uk
WILD FUTURES
is a UK primate welfare and conservation charity rescuing, campaigning, educating and providing sanctuary to primates in need. The charity also support projects overseas, working to protect primates and habitats worldwide.
"I cannot recommend Swift's mentoring help highly enough. I've been fortunate enough to have had one-to-one mentoring with Julie for the past year, and in that year my confidence, ability and knowledge of fundraising has grown. Her kind-hearted and understanding nature gave me the space to explore and develop my ideas and thoughts. I would encourage anyone thinking of exploring mentoring to go with Swift Fundraising."
Sarah Hanson, Campaign Officer, Wild Futures
www.wildfutures.org
LIVING OPTIONS DEVON is a user-led charity working across the South West to ensure that people with disabilities and Deaf people (who use British Sign Language (BSL)) can live the lives they choose.
"Swift Fundraising has supported Living Options Devon to develop a fundraising strategy, trained our fundraising team as well as supporting us to write bids. They combine responsiveness and creativity with clarity of thought. This combination results in a highly professional and effective fundraising service."
Diana Crump, CEO Living Options Devon
www.livingoptions.org
YOUTH MUSIC
is a national charity investing in music-making projects that help children and young people aged 0-25 to develop personally and socially as well as musically.
" The thing that sticks in my mind about Julie and Brenda is that they have years of experience in fundraising and raising money and they really make it happen. It's this experience that they pass on to their clients. They have that lovely combination of thinking about it, planning it and then actually doing it - an ideal mix. All too often the consultant comes and creates the plan, then waves goodbye and leaves you to it. What you get from Swift is the plan and the proactive steps to make it happen. That's what makes Swift Fundraising stand out from the crowd and I highly recommend them."
Matt Griffiths, CEO, Youth Music
www.youthmusic.org.uk