Fundraiser Profiles:

Simon Campbell: "I have to admit that I'm pretty suspicious of charities. While homelessness has upset and angered me for as long as I can remember, I didn't suppose that Shelter could make much difference. Then I lost my own accomodation in a fire and Shelter helped me back on my feet. So when TLFC advertised in 1997 for people to raise money for the National Campaign for Homeless People, it seemed a perfect opportunity to put something back to the pot I'd taken from. (That and my girlfriend wanted some hot wage-packet action.)" Read more...

Tracey Cabache: "I graduated with little or no practical experience, but sure that I wanted to work in the voluntary sector. I heard about TLFC and I joined up for a six week campaign. Four or five months later I realised that I was not only investing my time and energies for the benefit of a variety of good causes, but I was investing in myself too because I was learning so much. In fact I stayed for a couple of years and ended up training other fundraisers." Read more...

Christine DeGrasse: "Asking for something from someone who has no obligation whatever to give came to me as quite a challenge. Without the right preparation I could have become disheartened, disillusioned or angry. This preparation is a unique training programme which does not indoctrinate the trainee or teach the trainee to indoctrinate the client but which allows the required skills to reveal themselves to the fundraiser over a period of time as a result of their own experience. This allows each individual to develop their own particular way of applying the training. It gave me the opportunity to remember the importance of listening to my own intuition." Read more...

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