DH CONSULTING

Trust and Foundation Fundraising

Testimonials

"Dave developed the partner and community relationships, which have made this project a success"

Andrew Mills - Director of Bideford Railway Heritage Centre

Dave supported bibic for just over a year and during this time secured a range of funding to support our therapy services for children and young people with additional needs. The highlight of this time was receiving a large grant from Children in Need, supporting us for a three year period to secure the salary of one of our Developmental Therapists. This money has gone a long way to support many children and young people during this period.

Pip Buckly (Chief Operating Officer bibic)

Dave has, over the past few years, undertaken a number of projects for the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI). In all of these we have found him to be enthusiastic, friendly and above all professional.

Dave's association with NCI, both in securing project funding and implementation has been successful. Perhaps the most significant contribution was the securing of a significant sum of money to help meet the unexpected VHF radio training commitment in NCI. This training was required in a very short time scale and Dave's efforts resulted in funds being made available in three months.

Our experience with Dave has been a good one and we have no doubt that he would deal with other clients in the same professional way.

Alan Richards (Ex Chairman NCI)

Dave is a fantastic bid-writer and an asset to any charity looking to bring in some hard-won funding.

Dave started at We The Curious just over a year ago and quickly absorbed how we work and our ‘ask’. In just last nine months, Dave succeeded in securing over £300,000 for our charity - even during a time when very few funders were considering science centres over more direct pandemic-related causes - and from entirely new sources. This included creating a new heritage-focused case for support and key documents to support a six-figure application from the National Lottery Heritage Fund – which was of course successful.

I would wholeheartedly recommend Dave as both a bid writer and a hard-working and friendly colleague.

Josie Forsyth (Head of Development, We The Curious)

Knowledgeable and very friendly, whether it's providing consultation and advice, or working in collaboration on a project, his professionalism gets results

Mark Owen - South West Coast Path

Dave is thorough and detailed and knows the baffling grant landscape well. He knows how to tailor a charity's needs to match the grant givers key Objectives, which is often hard to achieve.

Helena Conibear (CEO and founder of The Alcohol Education Trust)

Dave has been working with Yeovil Railway over several years now, in particular helping us develop a project to repair our grade II listed railway transfer shed.

He has been instrumental in developing and researching a funding strategy of local and national heritage trusts and foundations. With his assistance we have also been able to explore the potential of National Heritage Lottery Funding. I find Dave very easy to work with, knowledgeable and its refreshing that he speaks 'plain English' in explaining the minefield that can be project fundraising.

John Reid (Yeovil Railway Heritage Centre)

Dave helped Hostage International Identify possible trusts and foundations to which we could apply. This wasn't straightforward, given our niche cause. He dedicated his time to understanding the nature of our charity, our strengths and weaknesses and also our needs, and used this knowledge to identify a number of possible options for us. He was always really quick to provide feedback or advice when asked. We really appreciated his honest opinion and expertise.

Lara Symons (Chief Executive Hostage International)