Sarah-Jane Pickering
Director @Sj Pickering Consulting
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WORK HISTORY
Director @Sj Pickering Consulting
Derbyshire, GB
Hello there. I\'m Sarah-Jane. I’m an experienced fundraising leader, a trusts and foundations and grant-making specialist. In 2025 I raised just shy of £4m for my clients, securing gifts worth £500-£1m. I love shaping and developing brilliant, fundable projects. I’m passionate about helping charities to be bold and brave and secure the funding they need to make a big difference.I can help with your fundraising- fundraising strategy and planning- funding and prospect research- bid writing and review - interim leadership- grant-making and foundation management- fundraising data and CRM support- impact reporting - troubleshooting🧡 I\'m delighted to be a Home-Start UK Fundraising Associate. Local Home-Start charities can find out more about me on @Home.
EDUCATION
Directory for Social Change
Certificate (ILM Endorsed), Project Management
Kirk Hallam Community Technology College
11 GCSE's grade A* - C
University of Leeds
BA (Hons), Theology/Theological Studies
The Nottingham Bluecoat School
A Level: Sociology (A), Religious Studies (B), Art (C), General Studies (A)
SKILLS
ABOUT SARAH-JANE PICKERING
I’m Sarah-Jane, fundraiser, champion of charities, lover of a good application form. I support for-impact organisations with trust and foundation fundraising, helping you to connect with donors who share your vision for the future. Whether it’s finding the perfect funders,writing winning proposals, or demonstrating life-changing impact, I’m here to be your fundraising friend and help make trust and foundation fundraising easier. No two charities are the same, and so neither is my support offer. I offer flexible consultancy to meet the unique needs of your organisation. Through a free discovery call we can have a good natter and together find the best way forme to help you.Need some support getting your applications written? I can help with that. I have experience of developing applications for many different trust, foundation and statutory funding opportunities with values ranging from £500 to £1m+. Through our Brilliant Bid Writing Service I will provide the skills and capacity you need to write inspiring applications to help you connect with like-minded donors. Writing proposals and applications is easier when you have someone by your side. Through our Fundraising Friend Service I will review your applications, providing supportive feedback and advice to help you hone your approach. This is a really cost effective way to access expert support. I provide real-time feedback in your live application documents, I will provide as many rounds of feedback asyou need. Through our Project Parcel Service I will package your core work into fundable project pieces. By developing your case for support and budget to help you find a new way to attract core funding, even from restricted sources. I will create a 4-6 page branded proposal document, designed with trust and foundation donors in mind which includes: real-life stories, quotes, impact and evidence -ready to share with potential newdonors. Through our Getting Started Service I will help you to establish your; systems and processes, pipeline, template question responses covering your core projects and help you to beginsubmitting applications - leaving everything ready for you to take forward. I will support you to establish your strategy, prospect research, systems, toolkits and processes, templateresponses and help get initial applications ready for submission.Do you need an extra pair of hands for awhile? I offer interim trust and foundation fundraising support helping with all aspects including; applications, pipeline development, reporting and management.
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