Fundraising Consultant and Marketing for your charity

Unlock Unrestricted and Sustainable Income through a Powerful Fundraising Mix, Creative Communications, and a Donor Experience that keeps them coming back for more.

The meaning of life is to have a positive impact on the lives of others – give people the opportunity to give for the joy of giving!

About Us

Finding fresh income streams that are a good fit for your nonprofit – grants, donations, volunteer fundraising, commercial partnerships, events, legacy giving, crowdfunding, lotteries, digital fundraising, collections, fundraising groups ….

As a fundraising consultant, we help you to harness the power of traditional and social media to create creative and compelling content, so people grasp the impact they can make by donating, fundraising or volunteering.

Giving your supporters an enriching and fulfilling experience, so they keep coming back for more!

Bespoke guidance and practical support to help you on your journey.

Strategic Direction

To map out how you will get to where you want to be.

Fundraising Consultant

To give you confidence that you are on the right track.

Freelance Fundraising

To help you along the way.

Testimonials

What Our Clients Say

"We were lucky enough in The Hummingbird Project to have Glenn do some consulting work with us for several months. His positivity, professionalism and knowledge made him a pleasure to work with. He helped us to explore innovative fundraising options, raise our social media profile and develop new website content for our corporate services. I would have no hesitation in recommending Glenn as a collaborator and well connected fundraising specialist. Many thanks Glenn :)"

"Glenn swiftly provided numerous benefits and helped us identify several key areas and actions to focus on. He is a great fundraising consultant and we are grateful for the on-going flexible approach of a skilled expert, allowing us to develop our knowledge to further strengthen sustainability through income generation which is aligned to our mission and values."

"Delighted with the services provided by Glenn at Caboodle. The mentoring support provided to fledging groups has been critical and aided their development and focus. A very professional, flexible and responsive service".

"Glenn has always been open to helping us at the level we need at Fresh Minds Education, and has helped us to transform our financial wellbeing for the betterment of the children, young people and families we serve. Glenn's character and commitment is a rare find. Looking forward to working together again in the future!"

‘’Glenn completed an organisational review and compiled a four year fundraising strategy for ASCERT, focused on generating unrestricted sustainable income. As part of the process he delivered training and workshops for staff to develop organisational culture to reflect the shift to the charity proactively seeking voluntary income. He also provided guidance on developing the case for support and a little mentoring to aid project delivery.’’

Glenn Oakes founded Caboodle in 2016 and is our fundraising and marketing consultant and charity mentor. He has over twenty-five years of experience working in marketing and fundraising, including managing a UK team of fundraising managers.

He has worked across a diverse range of income streams and is experienced in communications and content creation; volunteer recruitment and support; training; building cases for support; supporter satisfaction; strategic direction and planning; budgeting; recruiting and managing fundraisers; monitoring and control.

Glenn is a high-profile player on LinkedIn and regularly saves content on his profile that will help you to raise funds.

He is professionally qualified through the Institute of Marketing and a member of the Institute of Fundraising.

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