Who we are
OBS aims to increase breastfeeding, provision of breast milk and responsive feeding for babies in Oxfordshire by educating and empowering Oxfordshire families to define and achieve their feeding goals and by taking a lead role in developing an integrated network of breastfeeding support throughout Oxfordshire, so that all parents can access skilled, timely, local breastfeeding help.
The role
Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support is seeking to recruit a trustee responsible for fundraising strategy and liaison for a period of 2-3 years. In addition to the role description of a general trustee (provided below), the trustee will:
● Have regular contact with the fundraising lead to support fundraising activity
● Have oversight of the organisation’s fundraising strategy, including the setting of middle and long term fundraising targets with the fundraising lead
● Take a lead role in writing and editing fundraising applications as needed
● Coordinate other trustee involvement with fundraising applications as needed
● This work is likely to involve around 6 hours per month
Background:
OBS relies solely on fundraising in order to exist and in recent years we have grown quickly so need to focus on ensuring our funding stream is sustainable. We currently fundraise in the following ways:
● Grants – We have been in receipt of the National Lottery grant and have secured several other smaller grants over the last few years
● Major donors
● Localgiving website where our service users donate/set up monthly giving
● Donations at physical services or after use of virtual services
● Fundraising events – these have been in abeyance since the pandemic and need to be weighed up in terms of benefit versus resource allocation
Essential Skills/experience
● A good understanding of fundraising or income generation
● Self-motivated and self-directed
● Working effectively as a team member and demonstrating a willingness to learn and develop
● Organisational skills
● Writing skills
Desirable Skills/experience
● Experience in the charitable or voluntary sector
● Experience of charity law and governance
● Experience with Google Workspace (Drive, Docs etc)
Please feel free to contact our current fundraising liaison trustee (
hannahm@oxbreastfeedingsupport.org
) to discuss this post in more detail, alternatively you could also contact our secretary of trustees:
ashvina@oxbreastfeedingsupport.org
Supporting document(s)
- role-description-fundraising-liaison-trustee-2025.docx.pdf - Download
