Community Relationship Fundraiser

As a Community Relationship Fundraiser, you'll represent Ashgate Hospice and engage our community throughout North Derbyshire to raise essential funds that enable us to deliver compassionate, specialist care.

Your passion, commitment and knowledge of the Hospice will inspire and attract new donors. You will drive and develop community fundraising initiatives and recruit and support a network of volunteers.

By building strong relationships with community groups, schools, businesses, and supporters and collaborating with the wider fundraising team you will create long-term givers to the Hospice.

This post will ensure that donors feel valued and are supported throughout their fundraising and understand the impact and importance their donations will make.

• Deliver excellent supporter stewardship, ensuring that all donors receive personal acknowledgment of their support and that they understand the impact that their fundraising has
• Identify and attend high-footfall events with a visually appealing pitch and engaging offering
• Engage schools in fundraising and inspire a young generation of fundraisers
• Offer bespoke support to maximise donor’s fundraising efforts and share regular updates to the difference their fundraising makes
• Analyse and grow income through community fundraising initiatives
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of charity legislation to ensure all fundraising activity complies with policies and procedures and also the legislative requirements of fundraising, including the Code of Fundraising Practice, Charity Commission requirements and the Charities Act
• Promote the full range of fundraising initiatives, events and appeals and contribute to all fundraising income streams, i.e. the Lottery, Events, Corporate Fundraising

• Ability to live the Hospice’s values
• Excellent relationship management skills
• Knowledge of the North Derbyshire community
• Confidence to effectively communicate with a wide range of people
• Highly organised with the ability to plan and prioritise workload
• Experience of using a database to manage relationships through accurate record keeping
• Flexible approach to working outside of normal working hours (Time in lieu is granted)

Ashgate Hospice, based in North Derbyshire, offers free palliative and end of life care for adults with life-limiting or incurable illnesses, including cancer, neurological diseases and advanced heart, kidney and lung conditions. Last year, we cared for over 2,400 people. Our aim is to support our patients by keeping them informed, managing their symptoms and improving their quality of life from diagnosis onwards.

We also provide vital support to the people who are important to them, offering practical assistance and emotional support, including bereavement services. We are more than a care provider. We are a campaigner for sustainable end of life care funding in the UK, and we continually invest in our services and workforce.

• We are compassionate
• We are a team
• We are respectful, open and inclusive

• Generous holiday entitlement
  , with the option to increase it through our Annual Buy and Sell Leave Scheme
• A flexible working approach to help meet your needs and ours, including options like job-sharing
• A Cycle to Work scheme and a Tech Benefit scheme to help spread the cost of your next bike or gadget
• Health Cash Plan
  , giving you money back on treatments like physiotherapy, dental care and eye tests
• Free access to Rewards
  , with discounts at hundreds of high-street retailers
• A confidential Employee Assistance Programme
  , offering free, round-the-clock support when you need it
• A pension scheme with up to 7% employer contribution
  , helping you save for the future
• A life assurance scheme
  , giving peace of mind for you and those important to you, up to age 65
• Commitment to your personal and professional development
  , with training opportunities to help you grow
• Free, on-site parking whenever you’re working at the hospice
• A wide range of initiatives to support your wellbeing and time out to practice self-care

To learn more about the role, please contact Leigh Allwood, Senior Community Relationship Fundraiser at or email.