Our Fundraising and Membership Team

Working for Worcestershire Wildlife Trust

Our Fundraising & Membership Team

Areas of work

Promoting and encouraging Trust membership.
Managing our face-to-face recruiters and their venue booking team to ensure the Trust has a presence at local events and venues in order to recruit members and raise awareness of the Trust.
Working closely with the engagement team and communications team to ensure our membership message is promoted throughout our work.
Generating income though finding and applying for grants, bids and other funding applications.
Developing a range of fundraising activities, schemes and initiatives (including retail).
Developing projects and securing funding for specific projects, such as the purchase of land.

Skills	Computer literate including, in particular, database skills Excellent customer care
Knowledge	Health & Safety requirements and implementation Community and individual fundraising techniques
Experience	Fundraising within the charity sector Engaging with donors Managing project budgets Working with local community organisations Planning, producing and developing events and activities
Personal qualities	Well organised and methodical

Case Study: Anne Williams, Membership Development Officer

My background is in communications - talking to people, arranging events and helping other people to deliver frontline services.

Like many people, I fell into what I do – I’m not one of those people who have a burning passion for something and go for it headlong. After graduating with a degree in Economics from what is now Manchester Metropolitan University, I joined the Civil Service because I didn’t know what else to do. While working for the Civil Service, I was offered a secondment to a local environmental charity and I jumped at the chance. Three years later I was successful in getting a full-time job. While this was happening, I went back to college and gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing, studying at night while working full-time.

Before ending up at the Trust as our Membership Development Officer, I had a spell in local government and higher education but I finally discovered that straight marketing wasn’t for me. Fast forward a few years, I was being made redundant from my last job when I saw the advert for the Trust and the rest is history. The Trust took a gamble on someone with little charity experience but I think it has worked out well for us both! You don’t have to be an expert in wildlife habitat management to work in conservation.