Thoughts on Working with Alternative Funders

Beth Breeze

I was speaking to Dr Beth Breeze yesterday after I had advertised the latest Grants Factory workshop on 'Alternative Sources of Funding'. Beth is the Director of the Centre for Philanthropy, and has been incredibly successful at working with charities, trusts and individuals. She has had experience from both sides of the funding fence: she began her career working as a fundraiser for the youth homelessness charity, the Cardinal Hume Centre and spent a decade working in a variety of fundraising, research and charity management roles, before co-founding the Centre in 2008.

Given this experience, she's someone who is worth listening to when she talks about the specific issues around seeking funding from non-standard sources, and in how to work with the funders for your mutual benefit.