Open Treasure
Open Treasure is an contemporary exhibition experience through the UK’s most intact monastic buildings within Durham Cathedral.
Description
I worked to raise matched funding for this 4.2 million pound project. I looked after major corporate partners, small business giving schemes and trust and foundation applications.
I worked on researching and cultivating funding prospects, promoting and generating leads for take up on the schemes, writing and stewarding funding applications, consulting with the project and programme teams for fundraising content, monitoring the funding pipeline with the wider team and managing development priorities.
I established close contacts with many of the economic and business organisations across the region and also arranged benefits for partners such as corporate dinners and conferences, behind the scenes tours as well as promotional campaigns.
I achieved increased take up across both the corporate partner scheme and small business giving scheme, joining around 25 new small businesses at an annual giving level of £200 and taking one of the major corporate partners from a relatively small level of giving to a significantly higher tier, contributing £5000 annually.
I also contributed to the successful sponsorship of the LEGO Cathedral; a public fundraising appeal to build Durham Cathedral in LEGO.
Open Treasure is now open to the public.