Clients

"The hospice engaged Paddy to advise on and support the charity’s capital appeal for £2.2 million for a new Day Therapy & Out-Patients Building. He started this work in liaison with the former chief executive and when I was appointed, Paddy came to see me even before I was in post to brief me and get my opinions on the future appeal fundraising.

Once I was in post, Paddy and I worked very well together, as we went through the preparation stage of the capital appeal and then into the private stage. His advice and direct support (he took on the role of Appeal Director) has been excellent. He built up very strong relationships with the key trustees and staff here at the hospice and this has built up trust and allowed us to work closely with him. He liaised direct with the likes of the lord-lieutenant and the bishop and used their contacts with skill and diplomacy, maximising on the connections we were able to make with key trusts, wealthy individuals and some companies.

His advice on trust applications and approaching wealthy people has been excellent – he even introduced us to a non-UK trust fund that has become the largest giver at £250,000.

As of this month we have raised 95% of the funds needed and are well on the way to raising the £2.2 million needed for the project.

We would not have done this without Paddy’s support and guidance. Furthermore he strikes the very difficult balance between having the professionalism of a consultant with the personal qualities that are necessary to gain the trust of clients and prospective donors.

I would recommend him to any charity considering his services."

CEO, Hospice of the Good Shepherd

“We engaged Paddy as a Fundraising Consultant to advise and support us with our £13m appeal to purchase specialist equipment for our Cambridge Centre. He immediately went about meeting with our Chair, some of the more relevant trustees, the CEO and some senior clinicians to gauge their contacts and connections. From this he put together a very impressive appeal committee made up of some serious high net-worth individuals (each of them worth between £25 million and £450 million). 

Using his skill, experience and some hard work he managed to procure £6 million from eight people to ensure that the appeal was ‘well on its way’ before handing over the reins to a new senior staff member in the Fundraising team – who subsequently completed the appeal on time and on budget. 

CRUK would not have been able to do this without Paddy’s expertise and advice. Furthermore, Paddy has people skills in abundance and has the right balance of managing to befriend someone and then end up with a large donation for the charity! 

I do not hesitate to recommend him.”

Director of Strategy, Cancer Research UK

“We needed to raise £2.6 million to build a day centre for homeless people and had no idea where to start when we met Paddy.  He soon sorted us out by systemising what we had to do. He learnt all about the charity and what we wanted to do, wrote out our ‘case for support’, helped us with the costings for the project and then worked with us laying out our capital appeal strategy. 

 I was particularly impressed by how he insisted on meeting some of the homeless people themselves on his own and chatting to them about their lives and their issues. He then helped us recruit the lord lieutenant as an appeal patron, a chairman for our appeal committee and then the other members of that committee. This was the cornerstone to the whole appeal and from that time, with Paddy’s advice, we were able to raise the appeal total and build the day centre.” 

Trustee, Trinity Homelessness Centre

“Paddy is helping us with our £21 million re-development appeal.  We have raised £14 million so far from statutory and similar bodies and Paddy is now showing us how to approach prospective major donors and how to maximise on trusts and foundations.  

We are impressed with how he is overseeing the fundraising department and how he is taking a lead on the activities while, at the same time, is transferring his skills and experience to the team.” 

Chair, RNCB..

“As the Chairman of Martin House I would have no hesitation in recommending Paddy most warmly.  He has helped us raise essential funds for our Teenage Unit by directing the appeal that has reached its £2.2 million target. Apart from being effective and knowledgeable he is actually, and perhaps more importantly, a sensitive and understanding individual and this affects the way he works. 

He has been most understanding in knowing when to keep a low profile and in dealing with Martin House he has respected the wishes of staff, parents and children.”

Chairman, Martin House Children's Hospice

"Paddy worked with us for a period of over a year. His methodology includes spending a good amount of his consultancy time actually with his clients and their prospects and with us there was no exception to this. He travelled up to us every fortnight for a two-day visit, staying in an inexpensive B&B, and was really part of the team at our Coventry offices. We did not feel at any time that he was distant at all.  In fact, with his laptop and mobile phone he was always available at the other times and very frequently travelled up for important networking and other meetings in between his regular fortnightly visits.
 

He worked well with the staff and volunteers and networked thoroughly - he even managed to recruit all the lord lieutenants for each of our five counties where we work. Furthermore he worked with us and was instrumental in recruiting the appeal chairman and asking and receiving from him a leading gift of £360,000.
 

I found Paddy to be very professional and hard working in his approach and he was totally focused on our needs. His efforts made a lasting impression on our fundraising by engaging donors with our staff and our objectives. I would have no hesitation in recommending Paddy to anyone needing fundraising help."
 

CEO, The Children's Air Ambulance 

We decided to engage Paddy as our consultant for our capital appeal as he seemed to understand the brief very well and he communicated with us in an approachable but professional way. Out of all the choices, Paddy took the time to understand what we really needed.  This is a decision that we have not regretted. He advised and supported us through the preparation stage of our appeal, which included the recruitment of appeal patrons, including the former Police Chief Commissioner of the county and some deputy lieutenants of the county. Paddy helped us ‘network’ with them and others and via the contacts that we made, we managed to secure enough funding to purchase the building we wanted - a small hotel that we are converting into a 7-bed enhanced night shelter.

We continue to work with him on a monthly retainer as he helps us raise more capital money to refit the building and also for revenue funding to enable us to recruit our first staff member. We particularly like the way Paddy works – informal but efficient – he gets on very well with everyone but ‘gets things done’. He is also helping us form a fundraising strategy to help us plan our [revenue] fundraising efforts in the future to be sustainable.

Thanks Paddy, for all you do for us.

Chair of Trustees, Off the Streets

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