Clients
I’m lucky to work with organisations doing important things. My role varies, but the common thread is finding opportunities, building useful relationships and putting practical structure around the next stage of growth.
“Rachael combines strategic insight with a highly practical approach to fundraising and partnerships. She helped us clarify our funding priorities and identify opportunities we hadn’t previously considered. Her ability to bridge commercial thinking and the charity sector makes her a particularly effective advisor for organisations looking to grow their impact.”
Helen Webb, MBE
Co-Founder, Sea-Changers
Supporting a small marine conservation charity to build and strengthen its corporate partnerships work. I developed the approach, researched and cultivated prospects, created propositions and helped turn relationships into longer-term support.
What I delivered
Corporate partnerships strategy and prospect pipeline; tailored approaches and partner stewardship; trustee relationship mapping; partner-facing materials and case studies; online project showcases connecting potential supporters with frontline marine conservation work.
Impact
Secured corporate partnership income in excess of target, while building a wider opportunity pipeline of approximately £250,000.
Sea-Changers
Migration Museum
Developing a corporate partnerships strategy for the Migration Museum as it prepares for its permanent home. The brief was to turn an ambitious future offer into a practical, phased approach to business engagement and income generation.
What I delivered
Corporate partnerships strategy; assessment of potential commercial offers and income streams; prospect and sector thinking; phased delivery roadmap; recommendations for testing propositions with prospective partners.
Impact
Created a clear roadmap for developing and testing corporate partnership opportunities ahead of the museum’s planned permanent opening in 2028.
Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund (SMEEF)
Helping SMEEF identify businesses with a genuine fit for investment in Scotland’s marine environment. The work combined detailed corporate research with practical thinking about motivation, relevance and routes to engagement.
What I delivered
Research and prioritisation of target businesses; eight detailed prospect profiles; partnership-positioning input and prospectus recommendations; a working dashboard to help the team focus its next steps.
Impact
The prospecting approach helped open up new corporate partnership opportunities, including a new partnership with a major UK supermarket.
Opportunity International UK
Working with Opportunity International UK to develop high-value relationships and fundraising opportunities in support of its work tackling poverty. This has included major donors and philanthropy alongside the foundations of a more deliberate corporate partnerships approach.
What I delivered
Prospect research and relationship strategy; donor and event follow-up planning; major-donor cultivation and stewardship frameworks; early-stage corporate partnerships development and pipeline thinking.
Impact
Helped give the team a clearer structure for identifying, segmenting and following up high-potential relationships, including opportunities arising from a major fundraising event.