INVITIATION TO TENDER – FUNDRAISING
CONSULTANCY
“We used to do everything together. I’ve never been on my own, ever.
If you’ve never been lonely, you don’t realise what it is like.
I go hours and hours and never speak to anyone.
The room’s just empty. I’ll never get used to it.”
Margaret Nickless, aged 91.
Widowed and alone for two years.
Who we are
The Campaign to End Loneliness is a network of national, regional and local organisations and people
working together through community action, good practice, research and policy to create the right
conditions to reduce loneliness in later life. We believe that loneliness is not inevitable, and that the
third age can be the best age.
"The Campaign to End Loneliness is a fantastic organisation, engaged in crucial work on an issue that
is of critical importance to us and our society"
Ewan McLennan & George Monbiot
What we believe: It’s time to make loneliness everyone’s business
Every day, average life expectancy in the UK increases by about 5 hours1. And every day there are 150
more people over 65 living with chronic loneliness.
For the last five years, the Campaign to End Loneliness has been working with organisations up and
down the country, sharing evidence and encouraging best practice. We’re extremely proud of what
we’ve achieved:
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Through building a new research network of 119 leading academics we have been
instrumental in making loneliness a major public health issue
Our Learning Network has shared best practice with over 900 organisations across all UK
nations, transforming service delivery. 95% say they have improved existing services or
activities to tackle loneliness in older people as a result of the Campaign
We have been an influential development partner in Scotland’s new National Strategy on
Loneliness
83% of English local authorities have commissioned new services to tackle loneliness; the
majority say they used our resources, information and materials to do so
80% of English Health & Wellbeing Boards have made a commitment to tackle loneliness;
73% say this is as a direct result of our influence
At long last, almost everywhere, loneliness is recognised as a major public health issue. The Charities
Evaluation Service’s 2016 evaluation of our work described us as “the national champion of the
issue… a catalyst for change”.
“Across local authorities, the Campaign has been instrumental in just reassuring local authorities that
they should be focused on this issue, that there is good evidence and that there is an organisation that
will be advocating for it”
Kevin Fenton, Director of Health & Wellbeing, Public Health England
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Nesta, 2013
But what is actually different for Margaret? The truth is, the percentage of older people who feel
lonely has changed very little over the past 50 years. And, because of the dramatic increase in life
expectancy and the consequent growth in the proportion of people over 65, the number of older
people who are chronically lonely is expected to grow from 1.1 million today, to over 2 million in
2050. We are living in what has been described as “The Age of Loneliness”.
We believe it is time for a radical new approach to tackling loneliness - for a step change in our and
society’s attitudes and actions. Margaret’s loneliness won’t end just through the work of academic
researchers, service commissioners and policymakers. Her loneliness will only be ended by us all,
whether we be neighbours, shop keepers, family or just citizens. All coming together. Margaret’s
loneliness can be ended by mobilising the kindness of her community.
Our work 2017-2020
The Campaign has recently been awarded £2.65m of Big Lottery Funding to run a UK wide
programme of activities over the next four years to pioneer this new approach – see
https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/press-releases/ukwide/130117_uk_local_neighbourhoods_inspired_tackle_lonelinessThe programme of work will run
in all four nations of the UK and be co-ordinated from the Campaign’s Head Office in London. The
Campaign will grow rapidly its staff team from 4 to a total of 12 staff and significantly increase its
overall spend and impact.
High level details of our programme of activity can be found in the recent press release announcing
our new funding – see link above.
Our Fundraising Challenge
Over the next three years the Campaign plans to significantly increase its fundraising activities and
generate some £1.4m of matched funding from a variety of income sources to deliver £4m of income
over four years (Big Lottery funding plus our match funding).
As part of that overall matched funding challenge the Campaign is planning to secure an additional
£390K of Trust and Foundation funding over the four year period as detailed below:
Year
2017
2018
2019
2020
Amount £K
£40K
£100K
£140K
£110K
Our Fundraising needs
We are planning to work over a three year period with an experienced freelance fundraiser that has a
track record in securing Trust and Foundation funding.
The Consultant will need to demonstrate the following:
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Proven track record in setting a trust and foundation fundraising strategic plan, with
ambitious financial targets and working through both advertised/open rounds from trust
funders as well as through networking and relationship building for larger, strategic grants
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Proven track record in researching, identifying, applying for and securing funding from trusts
& foundations.
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Proven track record in developing, preparing high quality funding bids with a strong emphasis
on efficiency (success to bid ratio).
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Proven track record of delivering funding and pipeline targets for other clients.
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Proven track record of delivering funding for organisations operating within the broad area of
the Campaign
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Proven track record of working with organisations that have received Big Lottery Funding
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Proven track record of working with organisations that are growing quickly
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Proven track record of working as a freelance closely alongside a senior manager and other
internal colleagues to co-ordinate networking and meetings with potential funders
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Proven track record of preparing reports to trust funders (current and future)
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Proven track record of securing income from all four nations of the UK
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A strong affinity and understanding of the aims and objectives of the Campaign and an ability
to articulate these verbally and in writing
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A strong understanding of the trends and key factors affecting income generation from the
Trust and Foundation sector
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Excellent contacts and networks within the Trust and Foundation fundraising community
Our Budget
We have currently allocated £20K per year to deliver the targets outlined above (£60K in total
over the three year period). We would anticipate contracting initially for the first 12 months and
reviewing performance at the end of that first period with the opportunity for the contract to be
extended for the full three years.
Our timeline
February 1st – issue and advertise ITT
February 28th – Deadline for receipt of applications
March 8th – interviews
March 15th – appointment and kick off meeting
To apply
Please send the following by February 6th to [email protected]
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A full CV of individual(s) that will be working on the brief
A budget and initial allocation of time over the 3 years to deliver the fundraising targets
detailed above
A full list of past and current clients and income generated (where possible to disclose)
A short note of how you meet the requirements above and listed under ‘our fundraising
needs.’
A short note (of no more than 250 words) on what you see as the greatest challenges
facing the Campaign in securing the funding outlined above and your initial thoughts on
how those will be overcome.
To understand more about us
If you want to understand more about the work of the Campaign to help your application then please
do visit our web site where you can download information on our work over the past five years – see
http://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/