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



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