Over the past 20+ years I have been working as a consultant and trainer for management committees, individuals and staff across the voluntary sector to strengthen fundraising capacity. I assist with strategic planning, proposal writing and research on funding sources as well as developing membership and friends schemes and individual giving programmes.  In addition, I have been a trustee for two major Scottish grant making trusts and have assessed a range of applications for several funders in Scotland. Among my current clients is Resourcing Scotlands Heritage, a four year Scotland wide programme to create and deliver capacity building sessions to increase the Heritage and Cultural sectors knowledge and understanding of fundraising from private sources. I speak at a range of conferences across the UK and deliver bespoke fundraising training for a wide variety of organizations including SCVO.