Action Planning works with a diverse range of local,
national and international organisations, providing comprehensive
support from initial research through to fundraising, appointment
of key people and support with implementing strategy. Here
are seventy of our recent clients.
ACEVO -
facilitation of
strategic planning workshops, development of international
programme, provision of fundraising advice on the Third Sector
Leadership Centre and organisation of national conferences
for voluntary sector leaders
Acorns Children’s Hospice - interim management and fundraising
planning study
Action for Kids - organisational
review, strategic planning, stakeholder research, advice on
board governance and appointment of Fundraising Director and
Finance Director
Age Concern Peterborough - strategic planning,
trustee awayday and building options appraisal
Aid to the Church in Need (International) -
development of global strategy
Amnesty International (UK) - business planning
training for senior management
Arthritis Care - preparation and consultation
for organisation-wide strategic review
Ashiana Project - feasibility study for a
capital appeal
Attlee Foundation - fundraising feasibility
study and implementation of a £3.3 million capital appeal
Biggin Hill Heritage Centre - feasibility
study for a capital appeal
Birmingham Royal Ballet - developed 5 year
fundraising strategy across major donor, corporate, trust and
individual donors
The Butler Trust – appointing, mentoring
and supporting a young graduate to fundraise for the Trust
CAN - research
and bid writing implementation
Cardboard Citizens - fundraising strategy
review and bid writing
2 Care - market research into the external
environment and new business opportunities
Central London Arts - preparation of strategic
plan and ‘hands on’ revenue fundraising, including
bid writing
Central YMCA - facilitation of several strategic
planning cycles
Chase Children’s Hospice - Recruitment
ChildLine - fundraising review with a particular
focus on regional fundraising, followed by the provision of
five months of interim management
Children’s Hospice South West - Feasibility study & prospect
research
Christ Church Henley - capital appeal feasibility
study and support for implementation
Church Urban Fund - market research into
attitudes to the Fund from discrete elements within and beyond
the Church of England, advice on relaunching the fund and appointment
of Fundraising Campaign Director and National Volunteer Manager
CICRA - appointment of Executive Director
and General Manager
Citizens Advice - market mapping exercise,
competitor analysis and sales evaluation to establish the feasibility
of adopting a proactive marketing strategy for a new product
and research to support income generation planning
Civic Trust - appointment of Fundraising
Manager
CLIC Sargent - provision of HR support during
the merger of CLIC and Sargent Cancer Care
CLS Care Services - research and implementation
for capital appeal
Consumers International - full strategic
planning process and facilitation of
international meetings
Corrymeela Community - UK/Ireland/US £2.5
million capital appeal feasibility study
Derby Hospitals NHS Trust - Feasibility Study, strategy and recruitment
Disability Challengers - implementation of £3
million capital appeal
Dove House Hospice, Hull - Fundraising review
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust – Planning study and research
East Somerset NHS Trust - Fundraising audit and evaluation and
recruitment
Exeter NHS Trust - Fundraising strategy and research
Feed the Minds - market and competitor research
Greenwich & Bexley Health Authority - Feasibility study and
fundraising training for the staff
Halton Haven Hospice, Runcorn – Fundraising
review and capital appeal health check
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust
Charitable Fund -
development of strategic plan, provision of strategic consultancy
support, management review and mentoring
Harewood House - feasibility study for a
capital appeal
Harlington Hospice - Feasibility study and project management
Haven House Foundation - Feasibility study and fundraising research
and strategy
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People - fundraising
review and advice on recruitment
Home Farm Trust - strategic overview of the
potential for a major donor programme plus major donor prospecting
and mentoring
Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth - Fundraising planning
study
InterHealth - feasibility study for capital
appeal, capital appeal project management, bid-writing and
appointment and mentoring of Fundraising Manager
Kingston Maurward College – Planning
and research study on a fundraising strategy
Leonard Cheshire - support for two capital
appeals, strategic advice to the central fundraising team and
presentation to directors on major donor fundraising
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - research
for a consortium of CVSs, volunteer bureaux and other charities
towards an "infrastructure investment plan" to develop
the voluntary sector in Lincolnshire and bid in to the Regional
Government Office 'ChangeUP' funding
Lions Hospice - Recruitment
LMCA - research and bid writing
London Borough of Tower Hamlets -
capital appeal for £1.5 million to fund additional facilities
at the Whitechapel Idea Store
London’s Arcadia - implementation of
a capital appeal for the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Martlets Hospice - Feasibility study for a £5m capital
appeal
Mothers’ Union – research
into the charity’s brand and image
National Council for Hospice & Palliative Care Services – Fundraising
audit followed by a strategy
National Library of Scotland - individual
profiles to inform appointment of an appeal committee
Northamptonshire Learning and Skills
Council -
research for Northamptonshire Voluntary Sector Consortium into
widening access to learning amongst 'hard to reach' groups
North Devon Hospice - Capital appeal feasibility study and
interim management
North Warwickshire & Hinckley College - Planning and research
study for a revenue fundraising strategy
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust – Case for support,
research and trust bid writing
Nuneaton and Bedworth Voluntary
Sector Consortium - preparation of Futurebuilders bid for shared use
facility capital project
Oakleaf Enterprise - establishment of a community
fundraising programme and bid-writing
PDSA – benchmarking, trust research
and fundraising review
Pasque Hospice - appointment of Head of Fundraising
Peace Hospice - appointment of Chief Executive
and Director of Development
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - Fundraising audit, research
and recruitment
Prisoners’ Education Trust - major
donor research
Rainer - organisational strategy review,
strategy update, operational planning training for managers,
development of fundraising strategy and initial interim management
support
Rainbo - prospect research into UK and European
funders and ongoing fundraising support through bid writing
to trusts, foundations and statutory funders
RNID - in-house training in statutory bid
writing
Rotherham General Hospital - Fundraising audit and appraisal
Royal Blind Society - appointment of Head
of Fundraising
Royal College of Nursing - development of
strategic plan, business planning training and development
of key performance indicators
Royal School for Deaf Children,
Margate -
capital appeal consultancy, recruitment, bid writing and appointment
of Appeal Director
RSPCA - facilitation of review of vision
and mission
Ruskin College – Feasibility study for a capital appeal
Salisbury NHS Trust - Fundraising audit and appraisal followed
by recruitment
School-Home Support UK - interim fundraising
management support and recruitment
Scottish Native Woods - fundraising review
Shaftesbury Society - major donor research
Shoreditch Town Hall Trust - trust research
and bid writing including trusts and landfill
Southampton University Hospitals
Trust -
fundraising strategy and implementation and appointment of
Head of Fundraising and Fundraising Administrator
Southend Hospitals NHS Trust – Fundraising planning study
SPCK - market research and preparation of
donor profiles
St Christopher’s Hospice - Interim management and recruitment
St Luke’s Hospice, Harrow - Fundraising audit and trust
development programme followed by Recruitment
St. Mungo’s - branding and image research
Sue Ryder - Recruitment
Sue Ryder Care - Interim management
and recruitment
Suzy Lamplugh Trust - fundraising review
Topolski Memoir of the Century - implementation
of capital appeal including research and bid writing
Treetops Hospice Trust - mentoring newly
appointed fundraiser
Tresham Institute – Planning study for fundraising strategy
Tresham Institute - fundraising review to
establish this Further Education college’s potential
for a capital appeal
Tudor Trust - market research into new ways
to support the voluntary sector
University Hospitals of Coventry & Warwickshire
NHS Trust – Fundraising
review followed by research and a fundraising feasibility study
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS
Trust - Fundraising audit
and evaluation followed by a fundraising strategy and recruitment
Volunteering England - research and bid writing
implementation
WelCare - facilitation of merging
eleven charities into one
William Harvey Hospital - Capital appeal
Worthing & Southlands NHS Trust - feasibility study for
capital appeal, followed by recruitment
Yellow Brick Road Children’s Foundation, Newcastle – Fundraising
planning study and recruitment |